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Modelling Socio-Environmental Sensitivities: How Public Responses to Low Carbon Energy Technologies Could Shape the UK Energy System
Joint Authors
Moran Jay, Brighid
Howard, David
Hughes, Nick
Whitaker, Jeanette
Anandarajah, Gabrial
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-01-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Low carbon energy technologies are not deployed in a social vacuum; there are a variety of complex ways in which people understand and engage with these technologies and the changing energy system overall.
However, the role of the public’s socio-environmental sensitivities to low carbon energy technologies and their responses to energy deployments does not receive much serious attention in planning decarbonisation pathways to 2050.
Resistance to certain resources and technologies based on particular socio-environmental sensitivities would alter the portfolio of options available which could shape how the energy system achieves decarbonisation (the decarbonisation pathway) as well as affecting the cost and achievability of decarbonisation.
Thus, this paper presents a series of three modelled scenarios which illustrate the way that a variety of socio-environmental sensitivities could impact the development of the energy system and the decarbonisation pathway.
The scenarios represent risk aversion (DREAD) which avoids deployment of potentially unsafe large-scale technology, local protectionism (NIMBY) that constrains systems to their existing spatial footprint, and environmental awareness (ECO) where protection of natural resources is paramount.
Very different solutions for all three sets of constraints are identified; some seem slightly implausible (DREAD) and all show increased cost (especially in ECO).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Moran Jay, Brighid& Howard, David& Hughes, Nick& Whitaker, Jeanette& Anandarajah, Gabrial. 2014. Modelling Socio-Environmental Sensitivities: How Public Responses to Low Carbon Energy Technologies Could Shape the UK Energy System. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1050304
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Moran Jay, Brighid…[et al.]. Modelling Socio-Environmental Sensitivities: How Public Responses to Low Carbon Energy Technologies Could Shape the UK Energy System. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1050304
American Medical Association (AMA)
Moran Jay, Brighid& Howard, David& Hughes, Nick& Whitaker, Jeanette& Anandarajah, Gabrial. Modelling Socio-Environmental Sensitivities: How Public Responses to Low Carbon Energy Technologies Could Shape the UK Energy System. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1050304
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1050304