Governing transitions: Cases and insights from two periods in the history of the UK gas industry

Energy Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-44

  Arapostathis, Stathis ^a,c   Carlsson Hyslop, Anna ^b   Pearson, Peter J G ^c   Thornton, Judith ^d   Gradillas, Maria ^e   Laczay, Scott ^e   Wallis, Suzanne ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branching points; Gas industry; Historical energy transitions

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING POINTS; CO-EXISTENCE; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ELECTRICITY SECTOR; END-USES; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; FUTURE ENERGIES; GAS ENERGY; GAS REGIME; HYBRIDISATION; KEY ACTORS; LOW CARBON ECONOMY; NICHE TECHNOLOGY; SOCIOTECHNICAL; TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TRANSITION PATHWAY;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; ENERGY RESOURCES; GAS INDUSTRY;

GASES;

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY USE; GAS INDUSTRY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MARKET TRANSITION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84870700794     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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