Critical Densities of Energy Self-sufficiency and Carbon Neutrality

Raphael Ménard (1)

1 OCS - L'Observatoire de la condition suburbaine

Finding the routes to self-sufficiency. The end of the two-century long fossil fuel interlude. Creating a new global convergence, a myriad network of local self-sufficiency. What is the limiting balance between the consumption and collection of renewable flows? What is the density, the level curve of an energy topography that identifies self-sufficient regions? What are the good governance scales for orchestrating energy self-sufficiency and carbon neutrality?

Mots clés: density; carbon neutral; energy; renewable; autonomy

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace; Sciences de l'environnement; Histoire; Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences; Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Raphael Ménard. Critical Densities of Energy Self-sufficiency and Carbon Neutrality. Local Energy Autonomy, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp.85-118, 2019, ⟨10.1002/9781119616290.ch5⟩. ⟨hal-03475877⟩