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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102204
Titel (primär) Phasing out and in: System transition through disassociation in the German energy transition – The case of light and coal
Autor David, M.; Schulte-Römer, N.
Quelle Energy Research & Social Science
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
Department SUSOZ
Band/Volume 80
Seite von art. 102204
Sprache englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Abstract In this paper, we focus on and compare policies for phasing-out coal and lignite energy production and light bulbs as part of regime-level climate change mitigation measures. Our approach broadens the transition focus on discontinuation policies by adding a relational STS perspective. Our goal is to understand how the relationships that constitute sociotechnical regimes are deliberately brought to an end. In order to understand this “dissociation”, we explore how policymakers instigate phase-out by engaging technology users and producers to loosen their entanglements in existing socio-material networks and eventually end their established sociotechnical relations. In two case studies we show how dissociation was achieved through 1) translating the German coal and lignite phase-out into a regional development challenge and 2) translating a well-established business with highly standardised and cosy incandescent lighting into a fast-changing lead market for energy-efficient LED technology.
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David, M., Schulte-Römer, N. (2021):
Phasing out and in: System transition through disassociation in the German energy transition – The case of light and coal
Energy Res. Soc. Sci. 80 , art. 102204