Methodology to identify demand-side low-carbon innovations and their potential impact on socio-technical energy systems.

ABSTRACT: The rapid diffusion of demand-side low-carbon innovations has been identified as a key strategy for maintaining average global temperature rise at or below 1.5 °C. Diffusion research tends to focus on a single sector, or single technology case study, and on a small scope of factors that influence innovation diffusion. This paper describes a novel methodology for identifying multiple demand-side innovations within a specific energy system context and for characterizing their impact on socio-technical energy systems. This research employs several theoretical frameworks that include the Energy Technology Innovation System (ETIS) framework to develop a sample of innovations; the Sustainability Transitions framework to code innovations for their potential to impact the socio-technical system; t

SUBMITTER: Hoicka CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8374245 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature