Search Results - "Energy research & social science"

Cascading risks: Understanding the 2021 winter blackout in Texas by Busby, Joshua W., Baker, Kyri, Bazilian, Morgan D., Gilbert, Alex Q., Grubert, Emily, Rai, Varun, Rhodes, Joshua D., Shidore, Sarang, Smith, Caitlin A., Webber, Michael E.

“…The Texas freeze of February 2021 left more than 4.5 million customers (more than 10 million people) without electricity at its peak, some for several days…”
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Who are the victims of low-carbon transitions? Towards a political ecology of climate change mitigation by Sovacool, Benjamin K.

“…This study critically examines 20 years of geography and political ecology literature on the energy justice implications of climate change mitigation. Grounded…”
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Just transition: A conceptual review by Wang, Xinxin, Lo, Kevin

“…The growing attention paid to the idea of a just transition away from the incumbent fossil fuel energy paradigm has led scholars to devise diverse definitions,…”
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Industrial decarbonization via hydrogen: A critical and systematic review of developments, socio-technical systems and policy options by Griffiths, Steve, Sovacool, Benjamin K., Kim, Jinsoo, Bazilian, Morgan, Uratani, Joao M.

“…Industrial decarbonization is a daunting challenge given the relative lack of low-carbon options available for “hard to decarbonize” industries such as iron…”
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The political economy of car dependence: A systems of provision approach by Mattioli, Giulio, Roberts, Cameron, Steinberger, Julia K., Brown, Andrew

“…Research on car dependence exposes the difficulty of moving away from a car-dominated, high-carbon transport system, but neglects the political-economic…”
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Covid-19 and the politics of sustainable energy transitions by Kuzemko, Caroline, Bradshaw, Michael, Bridge, Gavin, Goldthau, Andreas, Jewell, Jessica, Overland, Indra, Scholten, Daniel, Van de Graaf, Thijs, Westphal, Kirsten

“…In this perspectives piece, an interdisciplinary team of social science researchers considers the implications of Covid-19 for the politics of sustainable…”
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Political power and renewable energy futures: A critical review by Burke, Matthew J., Stephens, Jennie C.

“…•We theorize connections between energy systems and democractic political power.•Renewable energy opens opportunities for democratic energy…”
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An outlook on the global development of renewable and sustainable energy at the time of COVID-19 by Hosseini, Seyed Ehsan

“…[Display omitted] The outbreak of the novel COVID-19 has dominated the world stage, and its consequences, both direct and indirect, are expected to prove to be…”
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It starts at home? Climate policies targeting household consumption and behavioral decisions are key to low-carbon futures by Dubois, Ghislain, Sovacool, Benjamin, Aall, Carlo, Nilsson, Maria, Barbier, Carine, Herrmann, Alina, Bruyère, Sébastien, Andersson, Camilla, Skold, Bore, Nadaud, Franck, Dorner, Florian, Moberg, Karen Richardsen, Ceron, Jean Paul, Fischer, Helen, Amelung, Dorothee, Baltruszewicz, Marta, Fischer, Jeremy, Benevise, Françoise, Louis, Valérie R., Sauerborn, Rainer

“…Through their consumption behavior, households are responsible for 72% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, they are key actors in reaching the 1.5 °C…”
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Analysis of the electricity demand trends amidst the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic by Abu-Rayash, Azzam, Dincer, Ibrahim

“…This paper investigates the impact of COVID-19 and the global pandemic on the energy sector dynamics. Hourly electricity demand data was collected and analyzed…”
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Energy justice: A conceptual review by Jenkins, Kirsten, McCauley, Darren, Heffron, Raphael, Stephan, Hannes, Rehner, Robert

“…Energy justice has emerged as a new crosscutting social science research agenda which seeks to apply justice principles to energy policy, energy production and…”
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When pandemics impact economies and climate change: Exploring the impacts of COVID-19 on oil and electricity demand in China by Norouzi, Nima, Zarazua de Rubens, Gerardo, Choupanpiesheh, Saeed, Enevoldsen, Peter

“…[Display omitted] •Pandemics cause severe damages to the regional economy in the short and long term.•The petroleum industry is more vulnerable toward the…”
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The role of energy democracy and energy citizenship for participatory energy transitions: A comprehensive review by Wahlund, Madeleine, Palm, Jenny

“…Increasingly, scholarly debates and policy developments on citizen participation in energy transitions have included calls for ‘energy democracy’ and active…”
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Decarbonizing the iron and steel industry: A systematic review of sociotechnical systems, technological innovations, and policy options by Kim, Jinsoo, Sovacool, Benjamin K., Bazilian, Morgan, Griffiths, Steve, Lee, Junghwan, Yang, Minyoung, Lee, Jordy

“…The iron and steel industry is the largest coal consumer and the most greenhouse gas intensive industry. It consumes about 7% of global energy supply, and…”
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The impact of different COVID-19 containment measures on electricity consumption in Europe by Bahmanyar, Alireza, Estebsari, Abouzar, Ernst, Damien

“…As of March 13, 2020, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) considered Europe as the centre of the global COVID-19 outbreak. All…”
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Heat pumps and our low-carbon future: A comprehensive review by Gaur, Ankita Singh, Fitiwi, Desta Z., Curtis, John

“…•In depth review of heat pumps from the perspective of decarbonising heating sector.•Heat pumps present immense contributions to a sustainable and low carbon…”
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Sociotechnical agendas: Reviewing future directions for energy and climate research by Sovacool, Benjamin K., Hess, David J., Amir, Sulfikar, Geels, Frank W., Hirsh, Richard, Rodriguez Medina, Leandro, Miller, Clark, Alvial Palavicino, Carla, Phadke, Roopali, Ryghaug, Marianne, Schot, Johan, Silvast, Antti, Stephens, Jennie, Stirling, Andy, Turnheim, Bruno, van der Vleuten, Erik, van Lente, Harro, Yearley, Steven

“…The field of science and technology studies (STS) has introduced and developed a “sociotechnical” perspective that has been taken up by many disciplines and…”
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Decarbonizing Bitcoin: Law and policy choices for reducing the energy consumption of Blockchain technologies and digital currencies by Truby, Jon

“…The vast transactional, trust and security advantages of Bitcoin are dwarfed by the intentionally resource-intensive design in its transaction verification…”
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Research on the social acceptance of renewable energy technologies: Past, present and future by Batel, Susana

“…Social sciences have been very prolific in the last decades in publishing research that attempts to better understand the social acceptance of renewable energy…”
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Integrating techno-economic, socio-technical and political perspectives on national energy transitions: A meta-theoretical framework by Cherp, Aleh, Vinichenko, Vadim, Jewell, Jessica, Brutschin, Elina, Sovacool, Benjamin

“…•3 perspectives on energy transitions: techno-economic, socio-technical and political.•The techno-economic perspective has roots in energy systems analysis and…”
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