ContentsPART I CREATING ENERGY SECURITY IN RURAL,REGIONAL, AND REMOTE AREAS1 Introduction - the need for rural, regional, and remote energytransformations: adopting an energy quadrilemma lens 2Madeline Taylor2 Regulating low-carbon technologies in rural areas in theEuropean Union 20Matteo Fermeglia and Alberto Quintavalla3 Legal issues in the development of deep geothermal energyproduction in Scotland 43John Paterson4 Creating energy security in import-dependent energyeconomies: energy communities in Japan 67Maciej M. SokolowskiPART II ASSURING EQUITY AND ACCESS IN RURAL,REGIONAL, AND REMOTE AREAS5 'Planning' for renewable energy zones and considering localinterests: a comparative analysis 90Anne Kallies6 The renewable energy burden in Hungary's carbon-intensiveregions: a case study of energy poverty and low-quality fuels 116Michael Carnegie LaBelle, Tekla Szép, and Géza Tóth7 Negotiating rural energy transitions in the US 153Hannah Wiseman, Kaitlyn Spangler, Jennifer Baka, andCandace BoylePART III ACHIEVING ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY INRURAL, REGIONAL, AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES8 Rural energy transitions and agricultural synergies: exploringagrivoltaics social innovations 179Madeline Taylor9 Energy, emissions, abatement, and mitigation in the Arctic 204Dr Tina Soliman Hunter10 Social license to operate in Colombia and local development:opportunities and challenges in the era of critical minerals 239Milton Fernando Montoya Pardo and Manuel José OcampoHernándezPART IV ACHIEVING ENERGY JUSTICE IN RURAL,REGIONAL, AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES11 Legal aspects of rural energy transitions in Germany and theNetherlands: an energy justice perspective 266Ruven Fleming and Ceciel Nieuwenhout12 A just energy transition for the 'Emptied Spain' 289Romain Mauger and Paola Villavicencio-Calzadilla13 Brine lithium development in rural and regional areas ofAlberta, Canada through the lens of energy justice 313Allan Ingelson and Isabella Vegso14 Conclusion: the future of rural, regional, and remote energytransformations 339Madeline Taylor.