Future converging infrastructures
Assessing the consequences of increasing sector coupling and integration
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https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.29.2.17Keywords:
complexity, control, socio-technical change, decision making, uncertaintyAbstract
The process of converging infrastructures – the integration and coupling of the energy, transport, heating and cooling sectors – challenges technological paradigms and economic structures as well as patterns of individual and collective action. Renewable energy sources (RES), physical and digital networks, and new market opportunities promise more efficient use of energy and reduced emissions. However, every technological solution creates new problems. Therefore, we propose to analyze possible developments by exposing socio-technical problems. This contribution analyses recent studies drawing on sector coupling and assesses the consequences of converging infrastructures.Published
17.07.2020
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Büscher C, Scheer D, Nabitz L. Future converging infrastructures: Assessing the consequences of increasing sector coupling and integration. TATuP [Internet]. 2020 Jul. 17 [cited 2022 Jul. 6];29(2):17-23. Available from: https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/view/6811
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