Print Email Facebook Twitter The Power of Justice Title The Power of Justice: Spatial Strategies for a fair Energy Transition in North-West Europe Author van der Padt, Arjanne (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment) Rybak, Małgorzata (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment) Spaaij, Jing (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment) Hashas, Hasan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment) Contributor Wandl, Alex (mentor) Dabrowski, M.M. (mentor) Rocco, Roberto (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism Project AR2U086 R&D Studio – Spatial Strategies for the Global Metropolis Date 2023-04-21 Abstract The energy industry is responsible for almost 89% of GHG emissions (IEA, 2022), and projected CO2 emissions would exceed the 1.5°C goal (IPCC,2023). There is no question that we need to transition towards renewable energy sources, it has become an urgency and we need to transition now. However, there are several challenges within this energy transition. Renewable energy sources require better spatial planning in terms of land-use. Its production and the stability of energy systems require reliable and resilient geopolitical relationships. It is also a challenge to ensure affordability and accessibility of renewable energy, as well as the acceptance of the transition towards renewables. We have to tackle all these challenges while involving nature as an actor.We aim to achieve a just and resilient energy transition by 2050. This means creating secured geopolitical relationships, ensuring affordable, accessible and fair distributed energy and regenerating ecology in the process. These goals are divided into three main pillars: Geopolitics, Social aspects and Ecology. With circular economy as one of our theoretic frameworks combined with our pillars, we create a conceptual framework. In this report we made use of other theoretic frameworks like resilience, spatial and social justice, the pattern language and panarchy theory.Spatial analysis and literature research have concluded in several strategies to ensure a just and resilient energy transition. We zoomed into the region of and between Rotterdam and Ruhr-area. On this scale we determined areas of specialised and generalised production; inter-connection of energy production landscape and expanded protected nature areas; mixed land-use of energy production, agriculture, the urban fabric and natural areas. On a local scale we explained two different systems of rural decentralised energy systems with a bottom-up approach.The ‘Power of justice’ aims for a future that is resilient and just because of strong geopolitical relationships and an improved energy grid. We not only consider present life but also the future of human and non-human generations. Subject Energy TransitionRuhr-areaRotterdamGeopoliticsSpatial JusticeSocial Justice To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ad664645-c43c-4fbd-8591-fc2f117fe91c Part of collection Student theses Document type student report Rights © 2023 Arjanne van der Padt, Małgorzata Rybak, Jing Spaaij, Hasan Hashas Files PDF 5_2_The_Power_of_Justice_report.pdf 61.98 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ad664645-c43c-4fbd-8591-fc2f117fe91c/datastream/OBJ/view