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ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
Volume 84, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102361
Keywords
Energy transition; Multi-scalar approach; Natural gas; Renewable energy
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- Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan [MOST 109-2410-H-018-001-MY2]
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This paper examines the multi-scalar approach to energy transition, emphasizing that it is not a unified process but is translated and implemented at different scalar networks, leading to unexpected outcomes. Moreover, it highlights the importance of understanding energy transition as the outcomes at different levels, informing the sequential policy-making process.
Whilst current, global efforts in energy transition have driven up renewable energy generation around the world, this growth in renewable energy is often accompanied by the understated, increased dependency on natural gas. This paper therefore re-engages transition study and the geographical focus of scale to delineate how energy transition is negotiated, translated and exercised at three scalar networks, namely international supply chains, national development plans, and local electrical systems. By proposing a multi-scalar approach in the scrutiny of Taiwan's energy transition, this paper stresses on three arguments. First, the energy transition is not a unified process. It is being sifted through the negation process between different actors, being translated and implemented at different scalar networks. Second, the variegated translations of the energy transition will co-create the trajectory of the energy transition, and often lead to unexpected outcomes. Finally, by delineating the scalar relations that energy transition is construed in, energy transition can thus be comprehended as the outcomes at different levels, informing the sequential policy making process.
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