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oapen-20.500.12657-519162021-12-14T02:44:59Z Understanding Energy Innovation Lovell, Heather smart grids sociotechnical transitions innovation energy policy infrastructure household energy household behaviour organisational change energy micro-grids energy and islands open access bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPA Political science & theory This open access book uses smart grids to explore and better understand energy innovation, from a social science perspective. Understanding Energy Innovation has four core themes—networks, nodes, narratives and nostalgia—and each chapter tackles a theme, using case studies from Australia and Europe. Energy innovation is currently occurring at a rapid pace, in response to a host of problems including climate change, high energy prices, and unreliable supply. Understanding Energy Innovation provides ways to think about and plan for energy sector reform and innovation, drawing on core ideas from social and innovation theory, and centred on smart grids as a case study. These academic ideas are written about in an accessible way, recognising that a diversity of people have an interest in energy innovation generally, and smart grids more specifically, and would like to find out more about ways of understanding energy innovation that integrate the social and the political. 2021-12-13T18:54:59Z 2021-12-13T18:54:59Z 2022 book ONIX_20211213_9789811662539_5 9789811662539 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51916 eng application/pdf n/a 978-981-16-6253-9.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-981-16-6253-9 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-981-16-6253-9 10.1007/978-981-16-6253-9 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 9f124454-bf14-4f31-89a9-fb0cc008c050 2b499bba-4c72-4c14-ba3d-ad473c6e6069 9789811662539 Palgrave Macmillan 101 Bern [grantnumber unknown] [grantnumber unknown] University of Tasmania UTAS Australian Research Council ARC open access
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This open access book uses smart grids to explore and better understand energy innovation, from a social science perspective. Understanding Energy Innovation has four core themes—networks, nodes, narratives and nostalgia—and each chapter tackles a theme, using case studies from Australia and Europe. Energy innovation is currently occurring at a rapid pace, in response to a host of problems including climate change, high energy prices, and unreliable supply. Understanding Energy Innovation provides ways to think about and plan for energy sector reform and innovation, drawing on core ideas from social and innovation theory, and centred on smart grids as a case study. These academic ideas are written about in an accessible way, recognising that a diversity of people have an interest in energy innovation generally, and smart grids more specifically, and would like to find out more about ways of understanding energy innovation that integrate the social and the political.
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