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SUMMARY:LUCSUS seminar: “We can’t just sit here and wait” - saving Go
 tland’s energy transition in times of disrupted policy directionality
DESCRIPTION:Contact: valentina.lomanto@LUCSUS.lu.se\n\nHenner Busch\, Assoc
 iate Professor\, LUCSUS.The Swedish island of Gotland was long seen as the
  frontrunner of the country's renewable energy transition. Recently\, inte
 rnational and national developments have led to a state of policy turbulen
 ce endangering the island’s energy transition. In particular\, policy di
 rection has changed repeatedly since 2017. The development is defined by t
 hree events: the lack of transmission grid connection to the mainland\, th
 e cancellation of the “energy pilot” project and lastly\, the cancella
 tion of several large-scale offshore wind projects after a veto by the Swe
 dish defence forces in response to the Russian threat. We investigate how 
 the work of key actors (politicians\, planners and intermediaries) is affe
 cted by disruptions in directionality\, and how it affects the energy tran
 sition on the island. We collected data through interviews\, field visits\
 , observations and desk research. We find that repeated changes were highl
 y disruptive to Gotland’s energy transition. Nevertheless\, we find no i
 ndication of surrender but rather a sense of defiance amongst the intervie
 wees. This renders the transition surprisingly resilient. Nevertheless\, s
 everal informants indicated that they chose to wait instead of initiating 
 new planning processes until the political climate had changed.\n\nMore in
 formation about the event: https://www.lucsus.lu.se/calendar/lucsus-semina
 r-we-cant-just-sit-here-and-wait-saving-gotlands-energy-transition-times-d
 isrupted
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LOCATION:Maathai\, 3rd floor\, Josephson building\, Biskopsgatan 5\, Lund
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