Domestic heating systems require a rapid shift to low-carbon options to meet global climate targets. We analyse a heat pump transition in two contrasting case studies: Finland and the United Kingdom, utilizing original data from interviews, document analysis, and archival online data. Finland has an almost completed transition, while the United Kingdom can be considered […]
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The development of solar energy has been depicted as a paradigmatic break in unsustainable global growth, largely because it is framed as an innovation with minimal carbon emissions. On the contrary, drawing on literatures from spatial justice and political ecology, including on authoritarian populism, this article analyzes the rise and fall of the solar industry […]
https://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/solar-300x300-1.jpg300300Andrea Brock, Benjamin K. Sovacool and Andrew Hookhttps://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/innopaths-logo.pngAndrea Brock, Benjamin K. Sovacool and Andrew Hook2021-02-22 11:03:562021-04-29 07:36:06Volatile Photovoltaics: Green Industrialization, Sacrifice Zones, and the Political Ecology of Solar Energy in Germany
Innovation in clean-energy technologies is central toward a net-zero energy system. One key determinant of technological innovation is the integration of external knowledge, i.e., knowledge spillovers. However, extant work does not explain how individual spillovers come about: the mechanisms and enablers of these spillovers. We ask how knowledge from other technologies, sectors, or scientific disciplines […]
https://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Elsevier-thumbnail.jpg230230Annegret Stephan, Laura Díaz Anadón and Volker H. Hoffmannhttps://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/innopaths-logo.pngAnnegret Stephan, Laura Díaz Anadón and Volker H. Hoffmann2021-01-22 09:13:452021-04-29 07:36:06How has external knowledge contributed to lithium-ion batteries for the energy transition?
This study critically examines 20 years of geography and political ecology literature on the energy justice implications of climate change mitigation. Grounded in an expert guided literature review of 198 studies and their corresponding 332 case studies, it assesses the linkages between low carbon transitions—including renewable electricity, biofuel, nuclear power, smart grids, electric vehicles, and land […]
https://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Elsevier-thumbnail.jpg230230Benjamin K. Sovacoolhttps://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/innopaths-logo.pngBenjamin K. Sovacool2021-01-20 09:55:162021-04-29 07:36:06Who are the victims of low-carbon transitions? Towards a political ecology of climate change mitigation
The literature evaluating the technical and socioeconomic outcomes of policy instruments used to support the transition to low-carbon economies is neither easily accessible nor comparable and often provides conflicting results. We develop and implement a framework to systematically review and synthesize the impact of ten types of decarbonization policy instruments on seven technical and socioeconomic […]
https://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Nature-logo-1.jpg300300Cristina Peñasco, Laura Díaz Anadón and Elena Verdolinihttps://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/innopaths-logo.pngCristina Peñasco, Laura Díaz Anadón and Elena Verdolini2021-01-18 09:07:162021-04-29 07:36:06Systematic review of the outcomes and trade-offs of ten types of decarbonization policy instruments
User innovation, niche construction and regime destabilization in heat pump transitions
/in Publications /by Mari Martiskainen, Johan Schot and Benjamin SovacoolDomestic heating systems require a rapid shift to low-carbon options to meet global climate targets. We analyse a heat pump transition in two contrasting case studies: Finland and the United Kingdom, utilizing original data from interviews, document analysis, and archival online data. Finland has an almost completed transition, while the United Kingdom can be considered […]
Volatile Photovoltaics: Green Industrialization, Sacrifice Zones, and the Political Ecology of Solar Energy in Germany
/in Publications /by Andrea Brock, Benjamin K. Sovacool and Andrew HookThe development of solar energy has been depicted as a paradigmatic break in unsustainable global growth, largely because it is framed as an innovation with minimal carbon emissions. On the contrary, drawing on literatures from spatial justice and political ecology, including on authoritarian populism, this article analyzes the rise and fall of the solar industry […]
How has external knowledge contributed to lithium-ion batteries for the energy transition?
/in Publications /by Annegret Stephan, Laura Díaz Anadón and Volker H. HoffmannInnovation in clean-energy technologies is central toward a net-zero energy system. One key determinant of technological innovation is the integration of external knowledge, i.e., knowledge spillovers. However, extant work does not explain how individual spillovers come about: the mechanisms and enablers of these spillovers. We ask how knowledge from other technologies, sectors, or scientific disciplines […]
Who are the victims of low-carbon transitions? Towards a political ecology of climate change mitigation
/in Publications /by Benjamin K. SovacoolThis study critically examines 20 years of geography and political ecology literature on the energy justice implications of climate change mitigation. Grounded in an expert guided literature review of 198 studies and their corresponding 332 case studies, it assesses the linkages between low carbon transitions—including renewable electricity, biofuel, nuclear power, smart grids, electric vehicles, and land […]
Systematic review of the outcomes and trade-offs of ten types of decarbonization policy instruments
/in Publications /by Cristina Peñasco, Laura Díaz Anadón and Elena VerdoliniThe literature evaluating the technical and socioeconomic outcomes of policy instruments used to support the transition to low-carbon economies is neither easily accessible nor comparable and often provides conflicting results. We develop and implement a framework to systematically review and synthesize the impact of ten types of decarbonization policy instruments on seven technical and socioeconomic […]