The enactment of socio-technical transition pathways: A reformulated typology and a comparative multi-level analysis of the German and UK low-carbon electricity transitions (1990-2014)
The enactment of socio-technical transition pathways: A reformulated typology and a comparative multi-level analysis of the German and UK low-carbon electricity transitions (1990-2014)
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10.1016/j.respol.2016.01.015
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2016-05-01
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7.2
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Wassermann, Sandra
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Geels, Frank W.;Kern, Florian;Wassermann, Sandra
本文旨在对可持续发展转型文献做出两点贡献，特别是Geels和Schot(2007)。政策36(3)，399)过渡途径类型学。首先，它通过内生设定的视角对类型学进行了重新表述和区分，确定了行为者、正式制度和技术的主要模式。其次，它表明，过渡可能会在不同的路径之间发生变化，这取决于围绕技术部署和制度的斗争。通过对德国和英国1990-2014年间低碳电力转型的对比分析，证明了这两项贡献。分析显示，德国正走上替代道路，这是由新进入者部署小规模可再生电力技术(RETS)制定的，而英国正处于转型道路上，由现有参与者部署大规模可再生电力技术(RET)制定。进一步的分析表明，由于公用事业公司和改变后的机构的反击，德国的转型最近已经从一种“拉伸和转变”的替代路径转变为一种“契合和顺应”的路径。它还表明，随着政府政策变得更加强硬，英国从温和的现任政府转向大规模的现任政府。然而，最近的政策变化大幅缩减了英国对可再生能源的支持，这可能会使过渡回到较弱的再定位。(C)2016年提交人。由Elsevier B.V.出版。这是一篇在CC by License(http：//creativeommons.org/licks/by/4.0/)下开放获取的文章。
This paper aims to make two contributions to the sustainability transitions literature, in particular the Geels and Schot (2007. Res. Policy 36(3), 399) transition pathways typology. First, it reformulates and differentiates the typology through the lens of endogenous enactment, identifying the main patterns for actors, formal institutions, and technologies. Second, it suggests that transitions may shift between pathways, depending on struggles over technology deployment and institutions. Both contributions are demonstrated with a comparative analysis of unfolding low-carbon electricity transitions in Germany and the UK between 1990-2014. The analysis shows that Germany is on a substitution pathway, enacted by new entrants deploying small-scale renewable electricity technologies (RETs), while the UK is on a transformation pathway, enacted by incumbent actors deploying large-scale RETs. Further analysis shows that the German transition has recently shifted from a 'stretch-and-transform' substitution pathway to a 'fit-and-conform' pathway, because of a fightback from utilities and altered institutions. It also shows that the UK transition moved from moderate to substantial incumbent reorientation, as government policies became stronger. Recent policy changes, however, substantially downscaled UK renewables support, which is likely to shift the transition back to weaker reorientation. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http ://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).