Energy transitions: the case of South African electric security

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dc.contributor.advisorShearing, Clifford Den_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorFroestad, Janen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan Der Merwe, Melanien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-03T12:35:23Z
dc.date.available2018-05-03T12:35:23Z
dc.date.issued2018en_ZA
dc.description.abstractModern civilizations have evolved to be highly dependent on electrical energy. The exponentially growing renewables market has signaled transitions in electricity sectors that have traditionally been dominated by fossil fuel electricity. Various theoretical debates have recently emerged surrounding the processes of socio-technical transition, focusing on the pathways of transition, the levers for radical change and path-dependencies within these systems. The Multi-Level Perspective on Socio-technical Transitions is one such theory. This perspective views socio-technical change as a factor of interdependent shifts between three analytical levels observed within the system: the socio-technical regime, the socio-technical niche and the landscape. In accordance with this theory, radical change is generally observed as originating at niche level. Irregularities within the dominant regime and landscape pressures allow for niche innovations to break through into the dominant regime in processes of socio-technical transition. Toward understanding actor influences on energy transitions, considerable attention has been paid to actor's impact on governance processes through: patterns of consumption, the shaping of legislation and technical innovations, by socio-technical transitions theories. However less attention has been paid to the ways in which actors in renewable electricity markets are: forming networks toward the establishment of new regimes and governing processes at niche level, and consequently how actor governance has impacted the established perceptions and available pathways for realizing electric security. This thesis, builds on the Multi-Level Perspective, through an exploration of how actors govern socio-technical systems at niche level, paying careful attention to the modalities of power giving and power taking that allow for the development of networks of people and things toward the stabilization of novel socio-technical practices, innovations and developmental trajectories. It does this through a networked analysis of how different actors with different interests cooperate to open up innovative social and technological pathways.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVan Der Merwe, M. (2018). <i>Energy transitions: the case of South African electric security</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27906en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan Der Merwe, Melani. <i>"Energy transitions: the case of South African electric security."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27906en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Der Merwe, M. 2018. Energy transitions: the case of South African electric security. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Van Der Merwe, Melani AB - Modern civilizations have evolved to be highly dependent on electrical energy. The exponentially growing renewables market has signaled transitions in electricity sectors that have traditionally been dominated by fossil fuel electricity. Various theoretical debates have recently emerged surrounding the processes of socio-technical transition, focusing on the pathways of transition, the levers for radical change and path-dependencies within these systems. The Multi-Level Perspective on Socio-technical Transitions is one such theory. This perspective views socio-technical change as a factor of interdependent shifts between three analytical levels observed within the system: the socio-technical regime, the socio-technical niche and the landscape. In accordance with this theory, radical change is generally observed as originating at niche level. Irregularities within the dominant regime and landscape pressures allow for niche innovations to break through into the dominant regime in processes of socio-technical transition. Toward understanding actor influences on energy transitions, considerable attention has been paid to actor's impact on governance processes through: patterns of consumption, the shaping of legislation and technical innovations, by socio-technical transitions theories. However less attention has been paid to the ways in which actors in renewable electricity markets are: forming networks toward the establishment of new regimes and governing processes at niche level, and consequently how actor governance has impacted the established perceptions and available pathways for realizing electric security. This thesis, builds on the Multi-Level Perspective, through an exploration of how actors govern socio-technical systems at niche level, paying careful attention to the modalities of power giving and power taking that allow for the development of networks of people and things toward the stabilization of novel socio-technical practices, innovations and developmental trajectories. It does this through a networked analysis of how different actors with different interests cooperate to open up innovative social and technological pathways. DA - 2018 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2018 T1 - Energy transitions: the case of South African electric security TI - Energy transitions: the case of South African electric security UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27906 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27906
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan Der Merwe M. Energy transitions: the case of South African electric security. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2018 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27906en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSocio-technical Transitions Theoryen_ZA
dc.subject.othersocio-technical systemsen_ZA
dc.titleEnergy transitions: the case of South African electric securityen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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