(Not) knowing climate-friendly energy futures

Authors

  • Dirk Scheer Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) (Deutschland)
  • Lisa Nabitz Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) (Deutschland)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.28.3.14

Keywords:

climate-friendly energy transition, future knowledge, socio-technical system

Abstract

The energy transition in Germany concisely illustrates opportunities and limitations of scientific future knowledge. Energy futures are developed and elaborated primarily in science and politics: On the one hand, science aims at providing possible, rational, probable, optimized, and/or socially acceptable pathways and options for a climate-friendly energy system. On the other hand, policy makers need support and advice for deciding on and implementing the energy transition process. This contribution reflects on potentials and challenges of several scientific energy future concepts against the characteristics of socio-technical energy systems.

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Published

09.12.2019

How to Cite

1.
Scheer D, Nabitz L. (Not) knowing climate-friendly energy futures. TATuP [Internet]. 2019 Dec. 9 [cited 2021 Dec. 4];28(3):14-9. Available from: https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/view/3258

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 3 (2019): Energy futures. Knowing, advising, and shaping

Section

Special Topic

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Articles in TATuP - Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice are published under the Creative Commons Licence CC BY 4.0.