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How to Inquire About Energy Transition Processes?

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Energy Transitions

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This chapter introduces the aims and method of the book. It starts with the assumption that the current conduct of the energy transition raises issues of democracy and sets the book the task to address these by inquiring into actual energy transition processes. The chapter draws on the philosophy of pragmatism in outlining its inquiry, defined as an investigation based on a large set of case studies attending to the consequences of energy change processes so as to make these consequences explicit to actors. The chapter then explains how the book addresses the current conduct of the energy transition by inquiring into its key dimensions, namely making new energy resources, passing through markets, economic instruments, technological demonstration and the spatialities and temporalities of energy transition processes.

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Abbreviations

ANR:

French National Agency for Scientific Research

ANT:

Actor-Network Theory

CCS:

Carbon Capture Storage

CERPA:

Centre d’Etude et de Recherche sur les Paysages

CIRED:

Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement

EDF:

Electricité de France R&D

EVS:

Environnement Ville Société

GHG:

Greenhouse Gas

IRSTEA:

Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l’environnement et l’agriculture

MLP:

‘Multi-level Perspective’ framework

OFCC:

Our common Future under Climate Change conference

PACTE:

Politiques publiques, ACtion politique, TErritoires

RTD :

Research and Technology Development policy

STS:

Sociology of Technology and Science

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This work was carried out with the financial support of the French National Research Agency (ANR, Programme sociétés innovantes, convention 2011-SOIN-003-01, projet Collener).

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Labussière, O., Nadaï, A. (2018). How to Inquire About Energy Transition Processes?. In: Labussière, O., Nadaï, A. (eds) Energy Transitions. Energy, Climate and the Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77025-3_1

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