Project informations
Status:
Ongoing
Period:
September 2023 to September 2026
Kristian Holst Kristiansen
Ph.D Student
The SEA-PtX research project focuses on supporting the Danish strategy on decarbonization by means of accelerating the implementation and scaling of green Power-to-X (PtX) technologies in Denmark. A pivotal part in such acceleration is to build well functioning and safe infrastructures of storage, handling, and bunkering in Danish ports, as these play a key part as future green energy hubs.
The project applies techno-anthropological theories and methodologies to explore and unpack possible safety concerns and ethical controversies within social acceptance among stakeholders across the PtX value chain in the port of Rønne. It will describe local controversies related to safety considerations and concerns surrounding PtX infrastructure in ports, and use ethnographic fieldwork to engage affected citizens in technology evaluation of these concerns.
Based on this, the project develops a handbook with guidelines and tools on how to establish social agreements on safety in PtX projects. This handbook will serve as a guiding tool for municipalities and technology developers for citizen engagement for new PtX facilities. Thus, the project taps into topics in the themed area of green research and technology development, i.e. developing new energy systems while also understanding societal consequences of these, and drafting tools supporting this shift.
The project is undertaken in collaboration with Aalborg University and supported the Innovation Fund.
The project commenced in September 2023 and will conclude in September 2026.
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