The impact of precarious security conditions on renewable electrification: The case of the West Bank |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The Advanced School for Environmental Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, 91950, Israel;2. Dept. of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, 91950, Israel;3. Dept. of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, 91950, Israel;1. The Advanced School for Environmental Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, 91950, Israel;2. Dept. of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, 91950, Israel;3. Dept. of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, 91950, Israel;1. Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom;2. University of Washington, United States;3. Florida International University, United States;1. Shenzhen Tourism College, Jinan University, Shenzhen, 518053, China;2. Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK;1. Department of Culture and History, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Via Guerrazzi 20, 40125, Bologna, Italy;2. Department of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia;3. Department of Geography & Planning, Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Room 5047, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Recent energy-related writing has highlighted the spatiality of renewable energy and its possible affinity to geopolitics. Yet, energy geography and geopolitics literature lack reference to security and how it may shape the energy landscape. This study unpacks the elusive concepts of security and territoriality and operationalizes them into measurable variables. Using statistical and qualitative methods, including an original dataset based on planning and building protocols, this study tests the interplay between security conditions and territoriality on renewable energy adoption. It examines the case study of the contested Area C territory in the West Bank, within the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The findings show that precarious security conditions discourage renewable energy diffusion, particularly when security is linked to territorial conflict. As land-intensive infrastructures, renewable energy systems challenge territorial claims. This study demonstrates how space acts as an intermediate variable connecting security concerns with the diffusion of renewable technology. Security interests use spatial planning as a key mechanism to negatively influence on renewable energy diffusion in contested territory, such as Area C, where power asymmetry heavily leans to the advantage of one party. These findings contradict the argument that renewable energy is a catalyst for peace building. They show how renewable energy projects create inequalities and are often held hostage by the territorial dispute between Israel and the Palestinians. |
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| Keywords: | Renewable energy Security Territoriality West bank Israel Palestinians |
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