Governing the GB digital energy revolution to support net zero by 2050

能源、数据和算法的民主化由于多个技术和社会层面的变化，英国及其他地区的能源系统正在发生变化。从广义上讲，这些可以与“3D”相关：能源脱碳，主要是由减缓气候变化影响的需求驱动;能源生产的分散化，作为小规模，面向用户的可再生能源技术深入渗透的结果;以及能源系统的数字化，其特征是在一系列应用中扩大数据收集，分析和算法开发。这些变化的结合也可能影响第四个D：民主化，在能源系统内出现一套新的角色和责任。该项目将探讨英国能源系统中数字化和民主化之间不断发展的关系对实现公共利益的积极过程和成果意味着什么，并将围绕以下研究问题进行结构化：1.算法如何改变或取代整个英国能源系统的决策？2.在实现可持续能源转型的过程中，算法或基于算法的决策以何种方式、在何种程度上与公共利益问题相互作用？3.参考现有和新的制度安排，英国能源系统中更有效的数据和算法监管是什么样的？借鉴并发展当前围绕能源民主化的思维，该项目将涉及：a）绘制能源系统中算法决策方面不断演变的格局。B）开发一个概念框架，围绕该框架，此类决策可以被理解为与围绕公共利益和能源/数据的话语相互作用和共同演变。c）与整个监管格局中的参与者互动，批判性地分析当前和潜在的未来监管格局，这些监管格局围绕以数据为中心的能源系统管理流程和结果。

Democratisation of energy, data and algorithmsEnergy systems in the UK and beyond are shifting as a result of changes across a number of technological and social dimensions. Broadly, these can be related to '3Ds': Decarbonisation of energy, driven primarily by the need to mitigate against climate change impacts; Decentralisation of energy production, as an outcome of the deepening penetration of small-scale, user-oriented renewable energy technologies; and Digitalisation of energy systems, characterised by an expansion of data collection, analytics, and algorithmic development across a range of applications. The combination of such changes is also likely to impact upon a fourth D: that of Democratisation, in the emergence of a new set of roles and responsibilities for actors within energy systems. This project will explore what the evolving relationship between Digitalisation and Democratisation in the UK energy system means for attaining positive processes and outcomes in the public interest, and will be structured around the following research questions:1. How are algorithms changing, or replacing, decision-making throughout the UK energy system?2. In what ways, and to what extent, does algorithmic or algorithm-informed decision-making interact with public interest issues in moving towards sustainable energy transformation?3. What does more effective regulation of data and algorithms in the UK energy system look like with reference to existing and new institutional arrangements?Drawing on and developing current thinking around energy democratisation, the project will involve:a) Mapping of the evolving landscape in terms of algorithmic decision-making in the energy system.b) Developing a conceptual framework around which such decision-making can be understood to be interacting and coevolving with discourses around the public interest and energy/data.c) Engaging with actors from throughout the regulatory landscape to critically analyse current and potential future regulatory landscapes governing processes and outcomes around data-centric energy systems.