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Wicked facets of the German energy transition – examples from the electricity, heating, transport, and industry sectors

Biehl, Juliane; Missbach, Leonard; Riedel, Franziska; Stemmle, Ruben ORCID iD icon 1; Jüchter, Julian; Weber, Jessica; Kucknat, Johanna; Odenweller, Adrian; Nauck, Christian; Lukassen, Laura J.; Zech, Matthias; Grimm, Marie
1 Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften (AGW), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

We shed light on wicked problems in the German energy transition. Our methods consist of a multiple-case study and multi-criteria analysis, utilising the wicked problems theoretical framework introduced by Horst Rittel and Melvin Webber [1973. “Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning.” Policy Sciences 4 (2): 155–169. Accessed August 20, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01405730]. Results from the energy supply, heating/cooling, transport, and industry sectors illustrate where and how the 10-point frame of wicked problems manifests in the German energy transition. The four cases exhibit more wicked tendencies in the governance domain than the technical domain and differ in their degrees of technology maturity, policy regulation, and knowledge states. We do not find that the German energy transition is inherently wicked. However, wickedness unfolds through the social setting into which technical solutions of the energy transition are embedded. We aim to highlight these intricacies and encourage scrutinising these wicked facets early on.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000162425
Veröffentlicht am 21.09.2023
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1080/14786451.2023.2244602
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften (AGW)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2023
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1478-6451, 0142-5919, 1477-2752, 1478-646X
KITopen-ID: 1000162425
Erschienen in International Journal of Sustainable Energy
Verlag Taylor and Francis
Band 42
Heft 1
Seiten 1128 – 1181
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 08.09.2023
Schlagwörter energy transition, wicked problems analysis, onshore wind power, shallow geothermal energy systems, decarbonising the chemical industry, decarbonising the transport sector
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