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Reconfiguring energy flows: Energy grid-lock and the role of regions in shaping electricity infrastructure networks (2021)
Journal Article
De Laurentis, C., & Cowell, R. (2022). Reconfiguring energy flows: Energy grid-lock and the role of regions in shaping electricity infrastructure networks. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 24(4), 433-44. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2021.2008235

This paper investigates how a regional perspective can offer an insightful frame to examine the distribution of agency in energy transitions, with particular reference to the widespread problem of restructuring electricity grid networks to accommodat... Read More about Reconfiguring energy flows: Energy grid-lock and the role of regions in shaping electricity infrastructure networks.

Understanding the effects of spatial planning on the deployment of on-shore wind power: Insights from Italy and the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Cowell, R., & De Laurentis, C. (2023). Understanding the effects of spatial planning on the deployment of on-shore wind power: Insights from Italy and the UK. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 66(2), 241-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2021.1987866

Despite sustained interest in spatial planning approaches for steering renewable energy development, the effect of these practices remains poorly understood. This paper addresses this knowledge deficit through comparative analysis of the effects of s... Read More about Understanding the effects of spatial planning on the deployment of on-shore wind power: Insights from Italy and the UK.

Policy-relevant insights for regional renewable energy deployment (2021)
Journal Article
De Laurentis, C., & Pearson, P. J. (2021). Policy-relevant insights for regional renewable energy deployment. Energy, Sustainability and Society, 11(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-021-00295-4

Background: The paper explores how regional actors engage with energy systems, flows and infrastructures in order to meet particular goals and offers a fine-tuned analysis of how differences arise, highlighting the policy-relevant insights that emerg... Read More about Policy-relevant insights for regional renewable energy deployment.

What are the regionally specific institutions that matter for renewable energy deployment and how can they be identified? Some insights from Italian regions (2021)
Journal Article
De Laurentis, C. (2021). What are the regionally specific institutions that matter for renewable energy deployment and how can they be identified? Some insights from Italian regions. Local Environment, 26(5), 632-649. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2021.1904859

While energy transition processes are embedded in locally and regionally specific institutions, infrastructures and natural environments challenges remain in identifying the institutions that matter for renewable energy deployment, how they work and... Read More about What are the regionally specific institutions that matter for renewable energy deployment and how can they be identified? Some insights from Italian regions.