Energy security governance and its adaptive capacity
International Journal of Energy Sector Management
ISSN: 1750-6220
Article publication date: 14 June 2024
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to introduce the Adaptive Capacity Wheel (ACW) Framework to assess the adaptive capacity of local institutions to address energy security issues. This study used two comparative cases, representing Indonesia's city level (Palembang) and the province level (South Sumatra Province).
Design/methodology/approach
Data used in the analysis were from face-to-face interviews, site observation and document review. This study conducted a set of semi-structured interviews with the key interviewees.
Findings
The two government institutions (city and province) report the challenges in dealing with energy security. The results found that the stakeholders at the city level are less adaptive than those at the province level. This challenge is substantially visible regarding variety, resources, room for autonomous change and leadership. On the other hand, South Sumatra Province is quite adaptive in terms of variety, resources and leadership. This study offers a potential adoption of the ACW framework as an analytical instrument to review the adaptive capacity of local institutions in addressing energy security.
Research limitations/implications
Transforming data from the qualitative to the quantitative form can lead to a biased interpretation of data.
Originality/value
This study is the first attempt to explore the adaptive capacity of local institutions to address the energy security agenda through the lens of the ACW framework.
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Acknowledgements
This research was part of the Utforsk project (Building resilience through education and research in nature-based solutions – BUILD), funded by Direktoratet for høyere utdanning og kompetanse (HK-dir), grant no. UTF-2020/10061 and the Greencoin project, which has received funding from a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants and the Polish budgetary funds, grant no. NOR/IdeaLab/GC/0003/2020–00.
Citation
Sagala, S., Tarigan, A.K.M., Alberdi, H.A. and Faruq, U.A. (2024), "Energy security governance and its adaptive capacity", International Journal of Energy Sector Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJESM-01-2024-0018
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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