Scholars have yet to devote sufficient attention to the reciprocal relationship between renewable energy (RE) and the dynamics of political borders. This oversight is surprising given the tangible examples demonstrating how RE projects are strategically sited as part of, near, across, and even distant from political borders. This study asserts that the selection of border sites for RE is influenced by the interplay of conditions prevalent in borderlands. Accordingly, it seeks to establish a theoretical foundation for the search for causalities between conditions in contact zones on the fringes of national states (borderlands) and RE transition. To this end, the study builds a multidimensional taxonomy of RE spatial relations in borderlands. It then suggests competing relationships between the physical, political, and regulatory conditions prevailing in borderlands and the choice of RE spatial relations in borderlands. It concludes by proposing a research agenda that addresses the reciprocal interaction between border studies and the energy transition.

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边疆在能源转型中的作用：迈向理论框架


学者们尚未对可再生能源 （RE） 与政治边界动态之间的互惠关系给予足够的关注。这种疏忽令人惊讶，因为有具体的例子表明 RE 项目如何战略性地选址为政治边界的一部分、附近、跨越甚至远离政治边界。本研究断言，RE 的边界地点选择受到边境地区普遍存在的条件相互作用的影响。因此，它寻求为寻找民族国家边缘（边境地区）接触区的条件和 RE 过渡之间的因果关系建立理论基础。为此，该研究建立了边疆地区 RE 空间关系的多维分类法。然后，它提出了边疆地区普遍存在的物理、政治和监管条件与边疆地区 RE 空间关系的选择之间的竞争关系。最后，它提出了一个研究议程，以解决边界研究和能源转型之间的相互互动问题。