From innovation to integration: institutional design challenges for emerging energy storage technologies in the Netherlands

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI:10.1016/j.erss.2025.104141

Anieke Kranenburg, Martijn Groenleer

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Abstract

Innovative energy technologies play an important role in the transition to a climate-neutral society by 2050, but their inherent uncertainty and rapid evolution challenge current institutional designs, inhibiting the integration of these technologies into the broader energy system. This study investigates the challenges for institutional design arising from emerging energy storage technologies in the Netherlands. Theoretically, it offers an overview of institutional design challenges resulting from emerging technologies, as described in the existing literature. Based on document analysis, interviews, and focus groups, this study demonstrates how, in the case of energy storage, emerging technologies interact with current institutions, and it analyzes the challenges that arise from this interaction. By integrating insights from the literature on institutional design and emerging technologies, the study develops an analytical ordering to examine these challenges, while also paying attention to the temporal dimension of institutional design. The findings offer insights for practitioners seeking to adjust existing institutions to emerging technologies, particularly to accelerate the energy transition.

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从创新到整合：荷兰新兴储能技术的制度设计挑战

创新能源技术在到2050年向气候中和社会过渡的过程中发挥着重要作用，但其固有的不确定性和快速演变挑战了当前的制度设计，阻碍了这些技术融入更广泛的能源系统。本研究调查了荷兰新兴储能技术对制度设计的挑战。从理论上讲，它概述了现有文献中所描述的新兴技术所带来的制度设计挑战。基于文献分析、访谈和焦点小组，本研究展示了在能源存储的情况下，新兴技术如何与现有机构相互作用，并分析了这种相互作用产生的挑战。通过整合有关制度设计和新兴技术的文献见解，本研究开发了一种分析顺序来审视这些挑战，同时也关注制度设计的时间维度。研究结果为寻求调整现有制度以适应新兴技术的从业者提供了见解，特别是为了加速能源转型。

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Energy Research & Social Science ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

CiteScore

14.00

自引率

16.40%

发文量

441

审稿时长

55 days

期刊介绍： Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles examining the relationship between energy systems and society. ERSS covers a range of topics revolving around the intersection of energy technologies, fuels, and resources on one side and social processes and influences - including communities of energy users, people affected by energy production, social institutions, customs, traditions, behaviors, and policies - on the other. Put another way, ERSS investigates the social system surrounding energy technology and hardware. ERSS is relevant for energy practitioners, researchers interested in the social aspects of energy production or use, and policymakers. Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) provides an interdisciplinary forum to discuss how social and technical issues related to energy production and consumption interact. Energy production, distribution, and consumption all have both technical and human components, and the latter involves the human causes and consequences of energy-related activities and processes as well as social structures that shape how people interact with energy systems. Energy analysis, therefore, needs to look beyond the dimensions of technology and economics to include these social and human elements.