Contents: A few words on the creation of the cover image xviii 1 Introduction to Research Handbook on Energy and Society: why study energy and society? 1 Janette Webb, Faye Wade and Margaret Tingey PART I ENERGY SERVICES AND THE MAKING OF MARKETS 2 Socio-technical transitions from coal and gas: an unfinished story 14 Peter J.G. Pearson 3 This land is our land: understanding energy nationalism 31 David McCrone 4 The making of energy consumers: from mutual provisioning to mass markets and beyond 45 Hiroki Shin and Heather Chappells 5 Services revisited: what is energy for? 57 Janine Morley 6 Heating system transformation in Europe: accelerating sources of path dependence to escape carbon lock-in 69 Richard Hanna and Robert Gross 7 The redesign of electricity markets under EU influence: the capacity mechanism in Britain and France 83 Thomas Reverdy, Frédéric Marty and Ronan Bolton 8 Pivoting toward Energy Transition 2.0: learning from electricity 97 Gretchen Bakke PART II SOCIAL DIMENSIONS IN ENERGY AND SOCIETY 9 Why rationale matters in energy and climate policy 112 Niall Kerr 10 Access to energy: the contribution of the social sciences to delivering energy equity and justice 126 Julia Tomei and Long Seng To 11 Gender and solar energy in India’s low-carbon energy transition 141 Karina Standal and Mariëlle Feenstra 12 Contextualizing Nussbaumer via Nussbaum: unveiling a multi-disciplinary, human capabilities-centred approach to energy poverty from Mexico 154 Karla Ricalde, Karla G. Cedano, Harriet Thomson and Tiare Robles 13 Closing the gender gaps in energy sector recruitment, retention and advancement 168 Bipasha Baruah and Sandra Biskupski-Mujanovic 14 Social divisions in energy justice in the transport sector: personal car ownership and use 184 Karen Lucas, Noel Cass and Muhammed Adeel PART III ENERGY GOVERNANCE, POLICIES AND POLITICS 15 Will China deliver urban ‘ecological civilisation’? 201 David Tyfield 16 Energy transitions and multi-level governance: how has devolution in the United Kingdom affected renewable energy development? 215 Richard Cowell 17 Local heat and energy efficiency policy: ambiguity and ambivalence in England and Scotland 229 Faye Wade, Janette Webb and Margaret Tingey 18 Energy policy for buildings fit for the future 245 Tina Fawcett and Marina Topouzi 19 How non-energy policies shape demand for energy 259 Sarah Royston and Jan Selby 20 Debating energy futures on Lewis: energy transition, the politics of land use and law, and the question of the commons 272 Annabel Pinker PART IV CLIMATE CONSEQUENCES AND ENERGY FUTURES 21 Knowledge infrastructures for sustainable energy transitions: marine renewable energy in Scotland 287 Shana Lee Hirsch 22 ‘A little self-sufficient town close to the beach’: local energy system transformation through the lens of place and public things 299 Nick Pidgeon, Christopher Groves, Catherine Cherry, Gareth Thomas, Fiona Shirani and Karen Henwood 23 Disrupting markets with peer-to-peer energy trading 317 Alexandra Schneiders, Anna Gorbatcheva, Michael J. Fell and David Shipworth 24 Making energy futures at the edge of the grid: smart energy innovation in rural communities 328 Heather Lovell 25 Energy futures: understanding integrated energy systems modelling 340 Antti Silvast 26 How stories of the future impact energy and climate policy in the present 354 Noam Bergman and Kathryn B. Janda 27 Conclusions and new directions for energy and society research 367 Janette Webb and Faye Wade Index 375

‘At last, a serious review of the interactions between society and energy. The Handbook considers the impacts of decarbonisation options from many angles, but all through the lens of society and social science, and not just from the techno-economic perspectives which usually dominate such analysis. The authors provide valuable insights, not only into the potential changes to energy production and consumption but also to the governance needed to achieve them, as society is weaned off its dependence on fossil fuels.’