Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.01.019 |
| Title (Primary) | The German energy transition as a regime shift |
| Author | Strunz, S. |
| Source Titel | Ecological Economics |
| Year | 2014 |
| Department | OEKON |
| Volume | 100 |
| Page From | 150 |
| Page To | 158 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | Energy system; Energy transition; Regime shift; Renewable energy sources; Resilience |
| UFZ wide themes | 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. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | 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 |
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