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Jenny Palm
International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden

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Journal article
Published: 13 August 2021 in Energies
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One organizational innovation introduced by the clean energy for all Europeans package (CEP) is that of the energy community (EC), including the renewable energy community (REC) and citizen energy community (CEC). The translation of related directives into national legislation is underway in Sweden, and the Swedish Energy Market Inspectorate (Ei) has proposed a new law on ECs, which has been sent for consultation. This article analyzes the Ei proposal and the responses from the 27 referral bodies commenting on the new EC regulations. Positive aspects of the proposal were that it would be a law on ECs and that it would be easy to start and run an EC. Critics were concerned that the law was too vague, the relationship between existing cooperatives and the new ECs was not clear, both CEC and REC are used instead of only using one term, there is a lack of suggestions on supportive measures for ECs, ECs will have less favorable conditions than other micro-producers of electricity, there is a lack of barrier analysis and visions of a future of ECs, and finally, that the situation for marginalized households was not dealt with in the proposal.

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Jenny Palm. The Transposition of Energy Communities into Swedish Regulations: Overview and Critique of Emerging Regulations. Energies 2021, 14, 4982 .

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Jenny Palm. The Transposition of Energy Communities into Swedish Regulations: Overview and Critique of Emerging Regulations. Energies. 2021; 14 (16):4982.

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Jenny Palm. 2021. "The Transposition of Energy Communities into Swedish Regulations: Overview and Critique of Emerging Regulations." Energies 14, no. 16: 4982.

Original research article
Published: 12 May 2021 in Frontiers in Energy Research
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An extensive and reliable electricity grid is essential for all the sectors of society. In parts of Sweden, the electricity grid has been suffering from a lack of capacity. This is something affecting all the sectors and all the people in these regions. The capacity problems have, however, so far, mainly been analyzed from a technical system perspective, focusing on incumbent actors, whereas other actors have been less researched. This article aims to fill this gap and include a variety of perceptions of Swedish actors’ on the lack of electricity grid capacity. It is, however, a challenge to capture the views of others than the professionals working in the area because the electricity grid is not something people, in general, reflect upon. The article takes an explorative approach to the subject by analyzing the problems and the solutions raised in four arenas: the regulative, the media, the technocratic, and the user. It also focuses on the city of Malmö in Sweden and two projects where the lack of grid capacity has been discussed. Sweden’s lack of capacity concerns that, although electricity is available, the energy grid cannot transmit the required amount of electricity to all parts of the country. The article concludes that the electricity grid has been developed within a technocratic frame, with a few professionals dominating the agenda, which has led to convergence of perspectives and narrowing options. In the regulative arena, which often decides what issues are prioritized and in the end implemented, there is a focus on investment in transformers and lines rather than demand-side solutions and user flexibility. Technological and economical values are dominating all arenas, and other values, such as user engagement and ownership, are marginalized.

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Jenny Palm. Exploring Limited Capacity in the Grid: Actors, Problems, and Solutions. Frontiers in Energy Research 2021, 9, 1 .

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Jenny Palm. Exploring Limited Capacity in the Grid: Actors, Problems, and Solutions. Frontiers in Energy Research. 2021; 9 ():1.

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Jenny Palm. 2021. "Exploring Limited Capacity in the Grid: Actors, Problems, and Solutions." Frontiers in Energy Research 9, no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 17 March 2021 in Water
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The industrial symbiosis (IS) landscape is evolving rapidly. While previous studies have argued for the importance of municipalities participating in the governing of IS, research on the implications of different forms of municipal organization is still lacking. This paper aims to investigate how municipal administration and municipally-owned corporations, as two forms of organization, impact the governing of IS in the water and sewage sector. This is explored in relation to the Swedish municipality Simrishamn, which recently underwent changes in the form of organization. Results show that municipal administration contributes to a more inclusive process where many actors can influence and bring ideas and perspectives on how to develop an IS. The risk, however, is that other issues within the municipality are seen as more pressing and, therefore, get prioritized before IS. In corporate form, the development of IS becomes more business-like as the focus is kept on core business. Technology development is strengthened as skills and competencies are promoted through the expertise of the employees. Drawbacks include processes becoming less transparent and political goals, such as citizen welfare not receiving the same level of priority as within municipal administration. There is also a risk that fewer perspectives are included in the process of developing IS, which may inhibit innovation, even if the results also indicate that an increased business focus of the corporate form strengthens the innovation capacity.

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Karolina Södergren; Jenny Palm. How Organization Models Impact the Governing of Industrial Symbiosis in Public Wastewater Management. An Explorative Study in Sweden. Water 2021, 13, 824 .

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Karolina Södergren, Jenny Palm. How Organization Models Impact the Governing of Industrial Symbiosis in Public Wastewater Management. An Explorative Study in Sweden. Water. 2021; 13 (6):824.

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Karolina Södergren; Jenny Palm. 2021. "How Organization Models Impact the Governing of Industrial Symbiosis in Public Wastewater Management. An Explorative Study in Sweden." Water 13, no. 6: 824.

Journal article
Published: 18 February 2021 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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There is huge potential to increase installation of photovoltaics (PV) using the roofs of non-residential buildings. While barriers to and enablers of the adoption of PV in residential buildings are well studied, this is not the case for non-residential buildings. This article is intended to fill this research gap by mapping barriers to and enablers of PV adoption by property owners of non-residential buildings. This was done through a literature review and an empirical study in Sweden using a survey and semi-structured interviews. Common barriers identified in earlier research and in the present Swedish empirical study include economic, information/knowledge, and administrative/organizational barriers. New barriers identified in this Swedish study include building construction, lack of electricity storage, and tenants’ existing electricity supply contracts. Enablers identified in this Swedish and in earlier research include subsidies, environmental concerns, and expense reduction. The Swedish material also revealed enablers not mentioned in earlier studies, such as the opportunity to earn money and taking advantage of third-party ownership. Mapping barriers and enablers in research and in practice is an important step to understand why a wider diffusion is not happening. It is also important for developing new, creative ways of approaching companies and as a base when developing policy interventions. This study contributes to such a mapping for the non-residential sector.

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K. Reindl; J. Palm. Installing PV: Barriers and enablers experienced by non-residential property owners. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2021, 141, 110829 .

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K. Reindl, J. Palm. Installing PV: Barriers and enablers experienced by non-residential property owners. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2021; 141 ():110829.

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K. Reindl; J. Palm. 2021. "Installing PV: Barriers and enablers experienced by non-residential property owners." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 141, no. : 110829.

Editorial
Published: 08 February 2021 in Energies
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The urban context is an experimentation space to accelerate the transition to a circular economy

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Jenny Palm; Nancy Bocken. Achieving the Circular Economy: Exploring the Role of Local Governments, Business and Citizens in an Urban Context. Energies 2021, 14, 875 .

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Jenny Palm, Nancy Bocken. Achieving the Circular Economy: Exploring the Role of Local Governments, Business and Citizens in an Urban Context. Energies. 2021; 14 (4):875.

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Jenny Palm; Nancy Bocken. 2021. "Achieving the Circular Economy: Exploring the Role of Local Governments, Business and Citizens in an Urban Context." Energies 14, no. 4: 875.

Policy brief
Published: 01 January 2021 in Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy
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Which societal functions should be prioritized when the electricity grid reaches its maximum capacity? By using Sweden as an example, this policy brief discusses the societal negotiations that arise around capacity deficits of the electricity grid. By introducing the term energy gentrification, we aim to highlight the potential dangers of failing to recognize that energy also constitutes a societal resource, and like any other resource of the built environment, it is exposed to the risk of exploitation if left unprotected. We propose energy gentrification as an analytical perspective, through which negotiations and potential conflicts can be studied when grid owners must prioritize who should be connected to the grid. In relation to previous research on gentrification, we identify several parallels to the Swedish case of data centers, such as the relative prioritization of global versus local capital, the competition over resources, the allusion to promises of job opportunities and regional development for justification, and the tradeoffs between common goods versus private interests. The perspective of energy gentrification offers a useful approach for inquiring into the ethical dimensions of energy policies and for highlighting the bureaucratic nature of energy policy decision-making. The policy brief concludes by proposing opportunities for future research.

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Frans Libertson; Julia Velkova; Jenny Palm. Data-center infrastructure and energy gentrification: perspectives from Sweden. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy 2021, 17, 153 -162.

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Frans Libertson, Julia Velkova, Jenny Palm. Data-center infrastructure and energy gentrification: perspectives from Sweden. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy. 2021; 17 (1):153-162.

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Frans Libertson; Julia Velkova; Jenny Palm. 2021. "Data-center infrastructure and energy gentrification: perspectives from Sweden." Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy 17, no. 1: 153-162.

Journal article
Published: 29 September 2020 in Energy Reports
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This study focuses on the experiences of tenants in renovation projects of public housing rental apartments in Sweden. Tenants’ perspectives are under-researched in the context of energy efficiency renovation projects, which is a considerable oversight given the many ways in which such projects impact their lives. The aim of the paper is to reveal rare qualitative insights into tenants’ experiences of, and attitudes towards, energy efficiency renovations in a public housing context and the extent to which they feel motivated and able to influence the renovation project. Participatory observations at tenant meetings were conducted as well as semi-structured phone interviews. An empirically driven typology is developed indicating that tenants have different interests and attitudes regarding energy efficiency renovations. Six different types are identified: the satisfied; the demanding, the conservative, the resigned, the sceptical and the resistant.

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Jenny Palm; Katharina Reindl; Aimee Ambrose. Understanding tenants’ responses to energy efficiency renovations in public housing in Sweden: From the resigned to the demanding. Energy Reports 2020, 6, 2619 -2626.

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Jenny Palm, Katharina Reindl, Aimee Ambrose. Understanding tenants’ responses to energy efficiency renovations in public housing in Sweden: From the resigned to the demanding. Energy Reports. 2020; 6 ():2619-2626.

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Jenny Palm; Katharina Reindl; Aimee Ambrose. 2020. "Understanding tenants’ responses to energy efficiency renovations in public housing in Sweden: From the resigned to the demanding." Energy Reports 6, no. : 2619-2626.

Articles
Published: 12 May 2020 in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
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Sweden is considered an environmental sustainability pioneer, targeting a 50% reduction in energy use in buildings by 2050. This ambitious goal requires the active engagement of municipal actors and the building sector. Dialogue processes have been identified as a way to mobilize such engagement, but in earlier research, there has been a lack of studies where dialogue practices are analyzed in real-time and on location and where the role of leadership has been scrutinized. Taking two cases in Malmö as a starting point, the aim of this paper is to analyze the interconnections between dialogue models and the local context and to examine how the role of process leadership affects exchanges between included actors. The results show that it is difficult to create guidelines useful in the local context and that learning was embedded in the doing and was transferred through the process leaders.

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Jenny Palm; Daniela Lazoroska. Collaborative planning through dialogue models: situated practices, the pursuit of transferability and the role of leadership. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2020, 64, 164 -181.

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Jenny Palm, Daniela Lazoroska. Collaborative planning through dialogue models: situated practices, the pursuit of transferability and the role of leadership. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2020; 64 (1):164-181.

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Jenny Palm; Daniela Lazoroska. 2020. "Collaborative planning through dialogue models: situated practices, the pursuit of transferability and the role of leadership." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 64, no. 1: 164-181.

Journal article
Published: 20 February 2020 in Sustainability
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The sharing economy has become prominent in the policy, business and academic discourse as a way to achieve greater levels of resource efficiency in sustainability transitions. An example is carsharing, which is regarded as a potential lever for change in sustainable mobility transitions. In this article we, apply the “ecologies of business models” perspective to investigate how carsharing initiatives have coevolved in Sweden. We focus on the city context as a useful unit of analysis to investigate carsharing in four Swedish cities: Gothenburg, Malmö, Stockholm and Umeå. Through qualitative case research, we investigate the following: How did carsharing business models coevolve in the studied cities? It was found that early notions of carsharing date back to the 1970s, but the concept has changed significantly over time, particularly with the emergence of (Internet) technology-based platforms. The findings suggest that carsharing is complementary to existing private car usage in cities, rather than a replacement. Based on this, we suggest pathways for local policymakers to consider when implementing sustainable carsharing solutions. The contributions are threefold: providing an empirical study on the theoretical ecologies of business models concept; understanding how carsharing coevolved in Swedish cities and in relation to wider sustainability and mobility trends; and giving novel insight into the role of local governments.

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Nancy Bocken; Alexandra Jonca; Karolina Södergren; Jenny Palm. Emergence of Carsharing Business Models and Sustainability Impacts in Swedish Cities. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1594 .

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Nancy Bocken, Alexandra Jonca, Karolina Södergren, Jenny Palm. Emergence of Carsharing Business Models and Sustainability Impacts in Swedish Cities. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (4):1594.

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Nancy Bocken; Alexandra Jonca; Karolina Södergren; Jenny Palm. 2020. "Emergence of Carsharing Business Models and Sustainability Impacts in Swedish Cities." Sustainability 12, no. 4: 1594.

Original article
Published: 15 January 2020 in Energy Efficiency
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This article discusses ineffective knowledge and information communication as an important barrier to improving energy efficiency in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and considers how to make functional communication an enabler of future SME energy-efficiency programmes. Energy audits – important tools when addressing energy efficiency in companies – are often performed by professionals with an engineering background, which does not reflect the backgrounds of those receiving the audit, inhibiting the interpretation of those audits. SMEs must actively process the information, and their employees must be able to connect the information to existing knowledge.We analysed two methods used by Swedish municipal energy-efficiency programmes to improve energy efficiency in SMEs. The results indicate that in the programme providing SMEs with third-party information, but without any possibility to process the information, the energy-efficiency results were poor, while in the programme in which SMEs were actively engaged in all stages and could discuss problems and results with peers, the energy-efficiency results were better.In implementing SME energy-efficiency programmes, municipalities should avoid simply offering audits. Instead, they should find methods that facilitate knowledge creation among the participants, allowing the participating SMEs to share experience and knowledge with one another and with experts, and to take home ideas, testing them in their own contexts, and communicating their experiences. This would be a way to make communication an enabler rather than a barrier.

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Jenny Palm; Fredrik Backman. Energy efficiency in SMEs: overcoming the communication barrier. Energy Efficiency 2020, 13, 809 -821.

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Jenny Palm, Fredrik Backman. Energy efficiency in SMEs: overcoming the communication barrier. Energy Efficiency. 2020; 13 (5):809-821.

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Jenny Palm; Fredrik Backman. 2020. "Energy efficiency in SMEs: overcoming the communication barrier." Energy Efficiency 13, no. 5: 809-821.

Journal article
Published: 13 January 2020 in Energies
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In 2011, the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) applied for a permit to construct a disposal facility. The Swedish government is expected to make a decision in 2020. Three surveys have been conducted to investigate how informed the Swedish Members of Parliament (MP) and the citizens are in these issues. The first study with the MPs was done in 2013, the second in 2016 and the one with the citizens was conducted in the winter of 2018/2019. The results show that most MPs and half of the citizens were aware of the ongoing permission process. Rather surprisingly, there were more politicians and citizens who knew about the suggestions to use copper canisters, than knew the suggested location. In general, nuclear waste was seen as an important issue by all respondents. A majority of the MPs and the citizens believed that Sweden can dispose the waste in a safe manner. Among the citizens, the trust in politicians’ decisions on where and how to build a final repository were low and more trust was put into scientists and experts. Half of the citizens wanted to see a phase out of nuclear power, over half of the MPs meant that the repository should be designed so that the withdrawal of nuclear waste can be done.

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Jenny Palm. Knowledge about the Final Disposal of Nuclear Fuel in Sweden: Surveys to Members of Parliament and Citizens. Energies 2020, 13, 374 .

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Jenny Palm. Knowledge about the Final Disposal of Nuclear Fuel in Sweden: Surveys to Members of Parliament and Citizens. Energies. 2020; 13 (2):374.

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Jenny Palm. 2020. "Knowledge about the Final Disposal of Nuclear Fuel in Sweden: Surveys to Members of Parliament and Citizens." Energies 13, no. 2: 374.

Journal article
Published: 12 December 2019 in Energies
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Cities have for a long time been key actors in sustainable urban development, and in recent times, also for the sharing economy, as they provide a fertile breeding ground for various sharing initiatives. While some of these initiatives build on existing practices and infrastructures such as public libraries and repair workshops, others require the involvement of private companies, as in the case of car sharing. The sharing economy might therefore require a significant reinterpretation of the role of local governments, businesses and citizens, which in turn might imply a complex re-organisation of governing. This article will explore what potential roles cities might have in governing the sharing economy. Four Swedish cities serve as case studies for this purpose: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Umeå. City data was collected primarily through qualitative means of investigation, including workshops, interviews and desk research. In Malmö, additional participatory observations were conducted on the testbed Sege Park. Results were analysed with a framework developed for understanding the various governing roles for cities in the sharing economy. Three dominant modes of governing were identified and discussed: governing by provision and authority; governing by partnership and enabling; and governing through volunteering. The four cities made use of all three governing modes, although with a primary focus on governing by authority and governing through partnership. When characterised by governing through volunteering, projects were always initiated by the city, but then run formally by an NGO. While all governing modes may have a role and a purpose in the sharing economy, it is still important that cities reflect upon what are their actual implications. Risks include a collaborative governing mode out-competing some businesses, for example, and a self-governing mode reducing the action space of the volunteer sector.

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Jenny Palm; Karolina Södergren; Nancy Bocken. The Role of Cities in the Sharing Economy: Exploring Modes of Governance in Urban Sharing Practices. Energies 2019, 12, 4737 .

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Jenny Palm, Karolina Södergren, Nancy Bocken. The Role of Cities in the Sharing Economy: Exploring Modes of Governance in Urban Sharing Practices. Energies. 2019; 12 (24):4737.

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Jenny Palm; Karolina Södergren; Nancy Bocken. 2019. "The Role of Cities in the Sharing Economy: Exploring Modes of Governance in Urban Sharing Practices." Energies 12, no. 24: 4737.

Journal article
Published: 14 March 2019 in Sustainability
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Together with increased shares of renewable energy supply, improved energy efficiency is the foremost means of mitigating climate change. However, the energy efficiency potential is far from being realized, which is commonly explained by the existence of various barriers to energy efficiency. Initially mentioned by Churchman, the term “wicked problems” became established in the 1970s, meaning a kind of problem that has a resistance to resolution because of incomplete, contradictory, or changing requirements. In the academic literature, wicked problems have later served as a critical model in the understanding of various challenges related to society, such as for example climate change mitigation. This aim of this paper is to analyze how the perspective of wicked problems can contribute to an enhanced understanding of improved energy efficiency. The paper draws examples from the manufacturing sector. Results indicate that standalone technology improvements as well as energy management and energy policy programs giving emphasis to standalone technology improvements may not represent a stronger form of a wicked problem as such. Rather, it seems to be the actual decision-making process involving values among the decision makers as well as the level of needed knowledge involved in decision-making that give rise to the “wickedness”. The analysis shows that wicked problems arise in socio-technical settings involving several components such as technology, systems, institutions, and people, which make post-normal science a needed approach.

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Patrik Thollander; Jenny Palm; Johan Hedbrant. Energy Efficiency as a Wicked Problem. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1569 .

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Patrik Thollander, Jenny Palm, Johan Hedbrant. Energy Efficiency as a Wicked Problem. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (6):1569.

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Patrik Thollander; Jenny Palm; Johan Hedbrant. 2019. "Energy Efficiency as a Wicked Problem." Sustainability 11, no. 6: 1569.

Journal article
Published: 18 February 2019 in Sustainability
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Community energy (CE) and grassroots innovations have been widely studied in recent years, especially in the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands, but very little focus has been placed on Sweden. This paper describes and analyses the development and present state of several types of community energy initiatives in Sweden. The methodology uses interviews, document studies, analysis of previous studies, and website analysis. The results show that fewer initiatives have been taken in Sweden than in other countries, but that even with a rather ‘hostile’ institutional setting CE has emerged as a phenomenon. Wind cooperatives are the most common form of initiative, with solar photovoltaics cooperatives and eco-villages also prominent. The various types of initiatives differ considerably, from well-organized wind cooperatives that have grown into professional organizations to small-scale hydroelectric power plants owned by a rural community. The initiatives may have modest impact on the energy transition in quantitative terms, but they are crucial in knowledge sharing and as inspirations for future initiatives.

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Dick Magnusson; Jenny Palm. Come Together—The Development of Swedish Energy Communities. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1056 .

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Dick Magnusson, Jenny Palm. Come Together—The Development of Swedish Energy Communities. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (4):1056.

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Dick Magnusson; Jenny Palm. 2019. "Come Together—The Development of Swedish Energy Communities." Sustainability 11, no. 4: 1056.

Journal article
Published: 07 May 2018 in Energy, Sustainability and Society
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Jenny Palm; Elina Eriksson. Residential solar electricity adoption: how households in Sweden search for and use information. Energy, Sustainability and Society 2018, 8, 1 .

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Jenny Palm, Elina Eriksson. Residential solar electricity adoption: how households in Sweden search for and use information. Energy, Sustainability and Society. 2018; 8 (1):1.

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Jenny Palm; Elina Eriksson. 2018. "Residential solar electricity adoption: how households in Sweden search for and use information." Energy, Sustainability and Society 8, no. 1: 1.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2018 in Energy Research & Social Science
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Jenny Palm; Maria Eidenskog; Rasmus Luthander. Sufficiency, change, and flexibility: Critically examining the energy consumption profiles of solar PV prosumers in Sweden. Energy Research & Social Science 2018, 39, 12 -18.

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Jenny Palm, Maria Eidenskog, Rasmus Luthander. Sufficiency, change, and flexibility: Critically examining the energy consumption profiles of solar PV prosumers in Sweden. Energy Research & Social Science. 2018; 39 ():12-18.

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Jenny Palm; Maria Eidenskog; Rasmus Luthander. 2018. "Sufficiency, change, and flexibility: Critically examining the energy consumption profiles of solar PV prosumers in Sweden." Energy Research & Social Science 39, no. : 12-18.

Book chapter
Published: 03 January 2018 in Handbook on the Geographies of Energy
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Residential energy consumption is a consequence of household members’ activities in their homes. Analysing and understanding energy consumption in households therefore needs to start from household activities and everyday life. From household members’ time diaries, we can analyse and learn about when, where and what energy-related activities occur in the household, involving what household members are engaged and in what wider social context activities are performed. Based on the work of Torsten Hägerstrand, the chapter use a time-geographic visualization to analyse the activities and the software VISUAL-TimePAcTS/energy to track the relationship between activities, appliance use and electricity consumption in Sweden. By aggregating activity sequences from the time diaries written by many individuals we can reveal differences in activity patterns in larger groups, for example, men and women, people in and outside the labor force, single households and families, adults and children.

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Jenny Palm; Kajsa Ellegård. Residential energy consumption from a time-geographic perspective. Handbook on the Geographies of Energy 2018, 195 -210.

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Jenny Palm, Kajsa Ellegård. Residential energy consumption from a time-geographic perspective. Handbook on the Geographies of Energy. 2018; ():195-210.

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Jenny Palm; Kajsa Ellegård. 2018. "Residential energy consumption from a time-geographic perspective." Handbook on the Geographies of Energy , no. : 195-210.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Jenny Palm; Sara Gustafsson. Barriers to and enablers of district cooling expansion in Sweden. Journal of Cleaner Production 2018, 172, 39 -45.

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Jenny Palm, Sara Gustafsson. Barriers to and enablers of district cooling expansion in Sweden. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018; 172 ():39-45.

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Jenny Palm; Sara Gustafsson. 2018. "Barriers to and enablers of district cooling expansion in Sweden." Journal of Cleaner Production 172, no. : 39-45.

Journal article
Published: 08 December 2017 in Sustainability
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In Sweden, energy-consulting services, here referred to as local energy advising (LEA), have traditionally contributed to improving household energy efficiency. The aim of this article is to analyze the development of this service from the 1970s, when the consultancy came into being, to the present day, through a review of documents and published literature. The analysis enables the understanding of the evolution of local energy advising as a policy instrument, and provides valuable insights for the future. Local energy advising has often been subsidized by the Swedish government and used as a state policy measure rather than a municipal one. As a policy measure, the function of the service has changed over time. In the early period, the oil crisis was a fact and the local advisers were used to inform households. In the 1980s, however, the task of energy-advising was taken over by the energy companies in the spirit of market liberalization. In the 1990s, Sweden became a member of the European Union, and the emphasis was put on general information campaigns. Recently, the development of decentralized energy systems (including micro-energy systems) has necessitated targeting individuals with information. One important lesson to learn from the historical development of LEA is the imperativeness of providing energy advising at the local rather than the state level for better efficiency.

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Are E. Kjeang; Jenny Palm; G. Venkatesh. Local Energy Advising in Sweden: Historical Development and Lessons for Future Policy-Making. Sustainability 2017, 9, 2275 .

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Are E. Kjeang, Jenny Palm, G. Venkatesh. Local Energy Advising in Sweden: Historical Development and Lessons for Future Policy-Making. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (12):2275.

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Are E. Kjeang; Jenny Palm; G. Venkatesh. 2017. "Local Energy Advising in Sweden: Historical Development and Lessons for Future Policy-Making." Sustainability 9, no. 12: 2275.

Original article
Published: 26 July 2017 in Energy Efficiency
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We have studied how energy efficiency is discussed by professionals during renovation of multifamily dwellings, in order to capture how barriers in relation to energy measures are appearing, disappearing and transformed during the process. We did participatory observations of renovation meetings, conducted interviews with the involved professionals and studied-related documents. Our intentions have not been to assess decisions made, but to follow the process to gain a different understanding of how barriers can be understood during renovations. We can conclude that the renovation process is based on a complex series of contractural relationships, where assymetric information and lack of common goals contribute to split incentives. The results also show that the housing company’s internal organisation becomes a barrier where assymetric information and split incentives also became an in-house barrier. The decisions were often based on bounded rationality where calculations were surprisingly absent in meetings and during discussions on energy measures.

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Jenny Palm; Katharina Reindl. Understanding barriers to energy-efficiency renovations of multifamily dwellings. Energy Efficiency 2017, 11, 53 -65.

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Jenny Palm, Katharina Reindl. Understanding barriers to energy-efficiency renovations of multifamily dwellings. Energy Efficiency. 2017; 11 (1):53-65.

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Jenny Palm; Katharina Reindl. 2017. "Understanding barriers to energy-efficiency renovations of multifamily dwellings." Energy Efficiency 11, no. 1: 53-65.