Details zur Publikation |
Kategorie | Textpublikation |
Referenztyp | Zeitschriften |
DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.01.019 |
Titel (primär) | The German energy transition as a regime shift |
Autor | Strunz, S. |
Quelle | Ecological Economics |
Erscheinungsjahr | 2014 |
Department | OEKON |
Band/Volume | 100 |
Seite von | 150 |
Seite bis | 158 |
Sprache | englisch |
Keywords | Energy system; Energy transition; Regime shift; Renewable energy sources; Resilience |
UFZ Querschnittsthemen | RU6; |
Abstract | In this paper, I use the resilience framework to interpret the project of transforming the German energy system into a renewable energy sources (RES)-based system, the so-called Energiewende, as a regime shift. This regime shift comprises several transformations, which are currently altering the technological, political and economic system structure. To build my argument, I first sketch how technological, political and economic developments reduced the resilience of the conventional fossil-nuclear energy regime and created a new RES-regime. Second, I depict recent changes in German public discourse and energy policy as the shift to the RES-regime. Third, I highlight the challenges involved with increasing the resilience of the RES-regime. In particular, sufficient resilience of the electricity transmission grid appears to be crucial for facilitating the transformation of the whole energy system. |
dauerhafte UFZ-Verlinkung | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=14606 |
Strunz, S. (2014): The German energy transition as a regime shift Ecol. Econ. 100 , 150 - 158 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.01.019 |