Energy transitions Archives - Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand (CIED)

New paper sheds light on national energy transitions

A new journal article co-authored by Prof Benjamin Sovacool looks at integrating three perspectives to explain the complexity of transitions.

Integrating techno-economic, socio-technical and political perspectives on national energy transitions: A meta-theoretical framework

A.Cherp, V.Vinichenko, J.Jewell, E.Brutschin, B. Sovacool (2018)

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CIED Director cited in Nature Outlook on Energy Transitions

CIED Director, Benjamin Sovacool has been cited in a Nature Outlook article on energy transitions.

Conceptual and empirical advances in analysing policy mixes for energy transitions

K. Rogge, F. Kern, M.Howlett (2017)

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CIED Director interviewed on the Energy Transition Show

Professor Benjamin Sovacool was interviewed on the Energy Transitions Show about the speed of energy transitions.

CIED Director mentioned in Financial Times article on the energy transition

An article published by the Financial Times refers to a paper by CIED Director Professor Benjamin Sovacool on the pace of energy transitions.

Contestation, contingency, and justice in the Nordic low-carbon energy transition

B. Sovacool (2017)

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Experiments in climate governance – A systematic review of research on energy and built environment transitions

P. Kivimaa, M. Hilden, D. Huitema, A. Jordan, J. Newig (2017)

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Construction of first offshore wind farm in Sussex welcomed by Dr Kern

Dr Florian Kern is interviewed on BBC Sussex Radio and ITV Meridian News about the construction of the first ever offshore wind farm in Sussex.

The political economy of energy transitions in Mozambique and South Africa: The role of the Rising Powers

M. Power, P. Newell, L. Baker, H. Bulkeley, J. Kirshner, A. Smith (2016)

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People power crucial for low-carbon future, new research shows

Policy makers must harness the power of ordinary people if society is to transition to low-carbon energy, argues a leading technology historian.

Towards a science of climate and energy choices

Paul C. Stern, B. Sovacool, Thomas Dietz (2016)

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Policy mixes for sustainability transitions: An extended concept and framework for analysis

K. Rogge, K. Reichardt (2016)

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The pace of governed energy transitions: Agency, international dynamics and the global Paris agreement accelerating decarbonisation processes

F. Kern, K. Rogge (2016)

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The enactment of socio-technical transition pathways: A reformulated typology and a comparative multi-level analysis of the German and UK low-carbon electricity transitions (1990-2014)

F. Geels, F. Kern, N. Hinderer, G. Kungl, J. Mylan, M. Neukirch, S. Wassermann (2016)

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Low Carbon Mobility Transitions

D. Hopkins, J. E. S. Higham (2016)

Books and book chapters

Change trends in urban freight delivery: a qualitative inquiry

D. Hopkins, A. McCarthy (2016)

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Making the most of community energies: three perspectives on grassroots innovation

A. Smith, S. Hielscher, T. Hargreaves, M. Martiskainen, G. Seyfang (2016)

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Innovations to transform personal mobility

T. Schwanen (2016)

Books and book chapters

Sustainability transitions and the politics of electricity planning in South Africa

L. Baker (2016)

Books and book chapters

Further reflections on the temporality of energy transitions: A response to critics

B. Sovacool, F. Geels (2016)

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How long will it take? Conceptualizing the temporal dynamics of energy transitions

B. Sovacool (2016)

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Energy Systems and Innovation

J. Watson, W. Xinxin, F. Kern (2015)

Books and book chapters

Policy mixes in stimulating energy transitions: the case of UK energy efficiency policy

F. Kern

Books and book chapters

The Bumpy Road toward Low-Energy Urban Mobility: Case Studies from Two UK Cities

T. Schwanen (2015)

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Regime resistance against low-carbon energy transitions: Introducing politics and power in the multi-level perspective

F. Geels (2014)

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A grassroots sustainable energy niche? Reflections on community energy in the UK

G.Seyfang, S. Hielscher, T.Hargreaves, M. Martiskainen, A.Smith (2014)

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