"This reviewer notes the strong role of the states in Germany, which may be typical of states or regions in other countries. In the USA for instance, such approaches could easily be used for renewable energy development in California and New York or British Columbia in Canada or possibly other regions in Europe. Certainly on the national level, Germany stands apart with their continued support for renewable energy development or "Energiewende as they call it. This book's blurb stated would be useful for practitioners and energy planners, but it also could be used as a supplemental textbook for energy policy or participatory methods courses. This reviewer wished he had such a book that he could have used for a public participation and environmental mediation course that he taught." --Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
1. Introduction: Stakeholder involvement and public participation for designing energy policies
Part 1: Concepts of inclusive governance in the energy sector
2. A brief history of the German "Energiewende": Targets, programs and social resonance.
3. The six approaches to inclusive governance: foundations, applications and lessons learned
4. Energy Transition and Civic Engagement
5. From Coal to Renewables: Changing Socio-Ecological Relations of Energy in India, Australia and Germany
6. New Global Governance for Sustainable Global Energy Transformation: Democratic, Participatory-Deliberative, Multilayered
Part 2: Case Studies
7. The Kopernikus Project E-Navi: Linking science, business, and civil society
8. Climate change policies designed by stakeholder and public participation
9. Digital tools in stakeholder participation for the German Energy Transition. Can digital tools improve participation and its outcome?
10. Citizen Participation for wind energy: Experiences from Germany and beyond
11. The contact group - public participation in the distribution network expansion in Baden-Württemberg
12. Social sustainability: Making energy transitions fair to the people