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What future for the technological innovation systems approach in analysing sustainability transition

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In this blog, Dr Florian Kern discusses the future of the Technological Innovation Systems approach, identifying three key challenges facing the framework. Today the 5th annual gathering of the community studying sustainability transitions (organised in the Sustainability Transitions Research Network)…

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UK’s energy efficiency policy ‘not fully coherent’ –the difficulties of making complex policy mixes work

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A recent commentary piece in Ends report (UK’s energy efficiency plan ‘not fully coherent’, by Paul Hatchwell, 7th May) is critical of DECC’s National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEAP). In the article Hatchwell  refers to an assessment by the EU-wide Coalition…

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Scrapping the German Renewable Energy Act?

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When the German Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI)  released its annual report to the German Chancellor Merkel a couple of weeks ago, two of the 260 pages caught most of the attention of the media. Two pages…

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Siemens building offshore wind manufacturing plant in Hull is good news for DECC and UK’s renewable energy sector

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The recent announcement by Siemens to build a new manufacturing plant for offshore wind turbines in the UK is good news for the renewable energy sector in the UK and for DECC. By investing £160 million in wind turbine production…

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The CCC – lobbying or simply presenting the Inconvenient Truth?

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Florian Kern, Co-Director of Sussex Energy Group. Question: When is independent analysis and advice seen to be lobbying? Answer: When it presents an ‘Inconvenient Truth’ I was prompted to consider this while reading a recent Endsreport article (14th January 2014)…

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