To reconcile sustainable economic growth and climate change mitigation, it is necessary to re-think the current energy model. The commitments of the Paris Climate
Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals will not be achieved unless
energy systems around the world are fundamentally transformed. The energy architecture of the future requires an appropriate framework to cope with different
strategies of how this transformation might be approached. The special issue aims
to shed light on the role of markets and networks for the energy transition and
analyses the appropriate economic, regulatory and policy framework to enable
highly integrated, flexible, clean, and efficient energy systems. It is related to the VI
International Academic Symposium “Facing the Energy Transition: Markets and
Networks” organized in February 2018 by the Chair of Energy Sustainability at
the University of Barcelona
Tag: Energy R&D
Drivers of Energy R&D in Manufacturing Industries
Energy R&D can have major social and economic impacts and is a critical factor in addressing the challenges presented by climate change mitigation policies. As well as the energy utilities themselves, firms in other sectors also invest in energy R&D; however, while various studies have examined the determinants of R&D in the former, there are…