Differential perception of the energy transition in the rural-urban axis

In the context of the climate crisis we are living, from rural areas throughout the peninsula, groups are emerging that oppose the construction of large renewable energy plants in their territories. In this paper, we analyse the reasons for these mobilizations in defense of the territory in the rural areas of the Valencian region. Through structural content analysis, we try to identify the symbolic structures that shape the meaning that these movements attribute to the phenomenon of energy transition and that lead them to collective action. We compare the symbolic structure of these groups with that of a more urban and global environmentalism. This comparison provides us with a better contextualization of these groups opposing the massive deployment of renewable energy macro-projects in an unprecedented climate crisis context.