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

Economic development, technological innovation, and policy change are especially prominent factors shaping energy transitions. Therefore explaining energy transitions requires combining insights from disciplines investigating these factors. The existing literature is not consistent in identifying these disciplines nor proposing how they can be combined. We conceptualize national energy transitions as a co-evolution of three types of systems: energy flows and markets, energy technologies, and energy-related policies. The focus on the three types of systems gives rise to three perspectives on national energy transitions: techno-economic with its roots in energy systems analysis and various domains of economics;…

• RC
  Research Councils UK
• EC
  European Commission

  Awards: 730403, 642147
• DF
  Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond

  Award: 4182-00033B
• CE
  Central European University
• EA
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  Award: EP/K011790/1