Governance of National Energy Transformations Compared

Abstract

The Panel “Governance of national energy transformations compared” invites papers dealing with governance of energy transformations in national context. Against the background of both global and national challenges like climate change or energy security, sustainable energy transformations are on the agenda of many countries. Beyond all differences in terms of definition of sustainable energy supply as well as targets and scopes of energy transformations as well as in terms of institutional and economic context, the challenges of energy transformation governance are quite similar. The aim of the panel is to compare processes of energy transformations in different national contexts in order to discuss various modes of energy transformation governance and to reveal driving forces and constraints. Therefore, we call for case studies as well as comparative contributions on the topic.