This paper has two main contributions: first, it provides a first-time overview of actors in China's emerging offshore wind industry and details technology sourcing strategies and ownership status. Second, it points out ...

Sammendrag Klimakrisen er den største krisen menneskeheten står overfor i de kommende årene. Temperaturene våre øker, isbreene smelter, havnivået stiger og vi opplever mer ekstremvær enn noen gang . Samtidig som konsekvensene ...

Sufficiency has gained increased attention within sustainable consumption research in recent years. Often presented in opposition to guiding principles like efficiency, which discuss sustainability issues alongside ideas ...

Summary of the thesis: This dissertation studies innovation and technological learning in the making of China’s offshore wind industry, and is based on 55 semi-structured interviews and a two-month participant observation ...

The Trondheim Living Lab is a detached single-family zero emission building (ZEB) that is planned to reach a zero-emission balance over the course of its estimated 60-year lifetime. This is achieved by a broad variety of ...

The growing attention to the political goal of achieving net-zero emissions by mid-century reflects past failures to alter the trajectory of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As a consequence, the world now needs ...

This paper seeks to understand what government mechanisms have allowed China’s wind industry to grow as fast as it has over the past ten years. Instead of formal rules and regulations, this paper focuses on specific ...

As energy systems shift from central to distributed production and a combination of these, the lines between the traditional ‘supply side’ and ‘demand side’ become increasingly blurred. Passive consumers are expected to ...

This viewpoint identifies three interrelated transition imperatives to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 – increasing the speed, scope and level of decarbonization. First, the urgency of climate action places temporality ...