Energiewende in der Verflechtungsfalle: Chancen und Grenzen von Partizipation und bürgerschaftlichem Engagement in der Energiewende

This article deals with design options and conflict types in the context of the German energy transition. In particular, this article focuses on conflict types that arise from the interaction of the actors involved in energy policies, their individual behavior, and different participation processes. It is argued that the conflicts described are part of local and regional participatory governance arrangements and have their origin in the different logic of action underlying centralized and decentralized infrastructures. This can lead to refusal, inefficiency, fatigue, and frustration among the involved actors. In the following, this problem of traps of social and political interrelations, interaction, interdependence and joint decision making is analyzed using the example of so-called community renewable energy. This paper is based on a comprehensive literature review and empirical results from a case study analysis and survey Research