System Transition Concepts and Framework for Analysing Energy System Research and Governance

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Totti Könnölä ◽  
Javier Carrillo-Hermosilla ◽  
Robert P. van der Have
Keyword(s):  
Energy System ◽  
System Research ◽  
System Transition

Thailand Energy System Transition to Keep Warming Below 1.5 Degrees

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puttipong Chunark ◽  
Bundit Limmeechokchai
Keyword(s):  
Energy System ◽  
System Transition

scholarly journals Energy System Transitions in the Eastern Coastal Metropolitan Regions of China—The Role of Regional Policy Plans

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengzhu Xiao ◽  
Sonja Simon ◽  
Thomas Pregger
Keyword(s):  
Regional Integration ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Metropolitan Regions ◽  
Transition Plans ◽  
System Transition ◽  
Near Term

With an expected accelerated urbanization process until 2050, China is facing big challenges of mitigating CO2 emissions, especially in the eastern coastal metropolitan regions. Since cities are the hubs for innovation regarding new technologies and infrastructures, investments and governance, they are playing an important role in decision-making and implementation processes on the way to a decarbonized economy and society. The national and provincial administrations in China have already started to address the issue of energy system transition toward a low-carbon pathway, but long-term integrated transition plans are not yet available on a regional level. In our paper, we therefore consider the main challenges of the energy system transition, such as efficiency improvement, coal reduction, decarbonization of transport, and multisector electrification with regional integration, focusing on two eastern coastal metropolitan regions of China. A systematic review of current near-term policies reveals how far these challenges have already been addressed on different administrative levels and which gaps may exist from an external perspective. Based on the current decision- and policy-making processes among national, regional, provincial and municipal levels, policy implications are identified with regard to an effective energy system transition in eastern China.

scholarly journals Japan’s 2014 Strategic Energy Plan: A Planned Energy System Transition

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey B. Kucharski ◽  
Hironobu Unesaki
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Window Of Opportunity ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
System Transition ◽  
Unique Aspect ◽  
Fukushima Disaster

This study is a review and analysis of the Japanese government’s 2014 Strategic Energy Plan (SEP). As the first plan to be issued after the Fukushima disaster of March 2011, the 2014 plan incorporates policies that represent the most comprehensive and systematic changes ever proposed for Japan’s energy system. The study reviews the key elements of the plan, employing a framework that explains the nature and magnitude of the changes planned for Japan’s energy system and related institutions. The analysis demonstrates that the shock of the triple disaster opened up a window of opportunity in Japan’s policy environment for a fundamental change in energy policy, allowing for major reforms to the energy industrial structure and energy institutions. A unique aspect of this study is that it draws upon in-person interviews conducted with key government officials who were directly involved in the formulation of the SEP, providing new insights into Japan’s energy policy planning process and the drivers behind the planned reforms. Given the nature and magnitude of the potential changes implied in the SEP, this paper concludes that the 2014 SEP is best understood as a comprehensive blueprint toward a major planned transition of the Japanese energy system.

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