Maatila energiajärjestelmän muutoksessa : hajautetun energiatuotannon tulevaisuuksien rakentamisesta

Abstract

Sustainable energy production solutions have gained momentum in energy production systems during recent decades. Technological developments, along with the transitions taking place in forestry, farming and energy networks, have produced opportunities for bioenergy production. However, the promotion and production of bioenergy takes place at the junction of complex networks of policymaking and sociotechnical systems. This article, based on a case-study of a pioneering forest bioenergy project on a farm in Eastern Finland, studies the obstacles, negotiations and solutions of four sociotechnical networks: agricultural policy, electricity network governance, energy-wood markets and technological development. The geographically specific technological arrangements, bureaucratic practices and market principles are revealed and transformed as a new actor enters the system. Research shows how these alternative futures are produced and made present through anticipatory practices that can be analysed through a threefold typology: calculative futures, imaginary futures and performative futures.