Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem

Büscher, Christian; Schippl, Jens; Sumpf, Patrick

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“…Literature is scarce, particularly with regard to the emerging role of the paradigm shift, in which technology is not the end of the transformation [35] but the means of the transition. Frequently, energy transformation is seen primarily as a change of the required energy technologies without considering that energy systems are embedded in societal dynamics, i.e., the transformation should be understood as a socio-technical challenge [39]. The presented research considers the energy transition as the means of a major social reconfiguration to contribute to economic development and poverty alleviation in rural regions.…”

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Challenges for Energy Transition in Poverty-Ridden Regions—The Case of Rural Mixteca, Mexico

2021

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This paper presents distinct scenario pathways and their storylines resulting from an analysis of interdependencies. We identified the main drivers of a proposed renewable energy transition in rural Mixteca-Puebla, Mexico. By analyzing the main factors involved in alleviating impoverished communities in the rural region, we show the varying degrees to which these drivers influence, support, or hinder a promising energy transition. A Cross-Impact Balance Analysis was conducted to explore the multiple inter-relationships among a set of conditions. This methodology allowed us to evaluate the relationships between social, political, cultural, and environmental variables. The main drivers were identified as clusters of several elements, in which the uncertainties in governance and the legal system trigger the inter-relationship of forces in the area. The focus of this paper is to show how the societal aspects affect the structural energy transformation and its capacity for adaptation in future trends envisioned for the area. This research contributes to the use of technological transformation as a means to alleviate poverty in a rural area. These outcomes give insights regarding the conditions to be considered, in respect to possible–encouraging, but also pessimistic pathways for the region in coming decades.

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Challenges for Energy Transition in Poverty-Ridden Regions—The Case of Rural Mixteca, Mexico

2021

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“…In contrast, a high degree of cognitive integration could mean, in its extreme realization, that only one research paradigm (or theory or method) is used and mandatory for all, typically leading to a high integration with regard to 2 These ideas have been developed in the last years in projects like the Helmholtz Alliance ENERGY-TRANS and the European Union's Horizon 2020 SHAPE-ENERGY in collaboration with Patrick Sumpf and Jens Schippl. See also for reference (Büscher et al 2018) and(Sumpf andBüscher 2018).…”

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“Everything is under control” - Reason for comfort or for alarm?

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2021

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Infrastructures and Transformation: Between Path Dependency and Opening-Up for Experimental Change

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Transformation Towards Sustainability

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Infrastructure development faces multiple challenges in the present. These are generated by digitalization, ecological orientation, transformation, and the emergence of a multipolar de-colonial world order. Under these conditions, infrastructure development faces the problem that, although designed for stability and continuity, it requires a new flexibility. To address these issues more precisely, this article first proposes a heuristic for studying infrastructures in times of transformation and tests it with two examples. In it, it is shown that the qualification of future infrastructure development lies in the characteristics of scalability, inclusivity, and updateability.

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Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem

Cited by 11 publications

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Challenges for Energy Transition in Poverty-Ridden Regions—The Case of Rural Mixteca, Mexico

Challenges for Energy Transition in Poverty-Ridden Regions—The Case of Rural Mixteca, Mexico

“Everything is under control” - Reason for comfort or for alarm?

Infrastructures and Transformation: Between Path Dependency and Opening-Up for Experimental Change

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