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Heating in Great Britain: An incumbent discourse coalition resists an electrifying future
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions ( IF 7.2 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-18 , DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2020.07.007
Richard Lowes , Bridget Woodman , Jamie Speirs

The power of incumbent actors to affect sustainability transitions is increasingly recognised as a central issue associated with systemic change. However, incumbent’s approaches and the outcome of their influence is rarely examined in academic literature. Using a novel approach which combines the lens of ‘discourse coalitions’ with an explicitly critical discursive stance, in which the coalition’s storyline is scrutinised, this interdisciplinary analysis investigates a pro-gas, incumbent led coalition present in the Great Britain (GB) energy system. In response to the threat of electrification, the coalition presents decarbonising the gas grid with replacement gases as the optimal route for heat decarbonisation. However, much analysis suggests a significant need for heat electrification and our review highlights major uncertainties with a decarbonised gas pathway. Incumbents are over-selling 'green-gas' to policy makers in order to protect their interests and detract from the importance and value of electrification. Policy and research recommendations are made.



中文翻译:

大不列颠的供暖:现任的话语联盟抵制激动人心的未来

在职者影响可持续发展转型的力量已被越来越多地视为与系统性变革相关的核心问题。但是,在学术文献中很少研究现任者的方法及其影响的结果。该跨学科分析采用一种新颖的方法,将“话语联盟”的视角与明确批评性的话语立场结合在一起,在这种话语立场中对联盟的故事情节进行了详细审查,该跨学科分析研究了英国能源系统中存在的以煤气为主导的现任领导联盟。为了应对电气化的威胁,该联盟提出用替代气体对气网进行脱碳,以作为热脱碳的最佳途径。然而,许多分析表明对热电气化有很大的需求,而我们的评论则强调了脱碳气体路径的主要不确定性。在职者向决策者过度销售“绿色气体”,以保护他们的利益并降低电气化的重要性和价值。提出了政策和研究建议。

更新日期:2020-08-18
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