The German energy transition as a regime shift / Sebastian Strunz. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Department of Economics
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urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-78894
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Leipzig : Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, 2013
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eng
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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 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.
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UFZ-Diskussionspapiere ; 10/2013 ppn:635135833