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dc.contributor.authorBraunreiter, Lukas-
dc.contributor.authorStauffacher, Michael-
dc.contributor.authorBlumer, Yann Benedict-
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-17T12:41:18Z-
dc.date.available2020-09-17T12:41:18Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/20498-
dc.descriptionThe raw data set is available at the Zenodo repository: 10.5281/zenodo.3395054de_CH
dc.description.abstractVarious countries have pledged to carry out system-wide energy transitions to address climate change. This requires taking strategic decisions with long-term consequences under conditions of considerable uncertainty. For this reason, many actors in the energy sector develop model-based scenarios to guide debates and decision-making about plausible future energy systems. Besides being a decision support instrument for policy-makers, energy scenarios are widely recognized as a way of shaping the expectations of experts and of influencing energy policy more generally. However, relatively little is known about how energy scenarios shape preferences and expectations of the public. We use an explorative research design to assess the publics' expectations of future energy systems through an online survey among Swiss residents (N = 797). We identified four significantly different clusters of people with distinct expectations about the future energy system, each seeing different implications for the acceptability of energy policies and the compatibility with projections of techno-economic energy scenarios. Cluster 1 expects a system-wide energy transition towards renewable energy sources that is similar to the policy-relevant national energy scenario. Cluster 2 also expects an energy transition, but believes it will lead to a range of technical challenges, societal conflicts and controversies with neighboring countries. Cluster 3 is the only cluster not expecting significant changes in the future energy system and thus not anticipating an energy transition. Cluster 4's expectations are between cluster 1 and 2, but it anticipates a huge increase in per capita electricity demand while prices are expected to remain low. The study at hand offers some initial insights into the interdependencies between energy transition pathways outlined in techno-economic energy scenarios and the energy system expectations of the public. These insights are essential for gaining a better understanding of whether and how energy scenarios can contribute to informed public debates about energy futures and how desirable pathways towards them might look like.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science de_CH
dc.relation.ispartofPLOS ONEde_CH
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/de_CH
dc.subjectAlternative energyde_CH
dc.subjectClimate changede_CH
dc.subjectElectricityde_CH
dc.subjectNuclear powerde_CH
dc.subject.ddc333.79: Energiede_CH
dc.titleHow the public imagines the energy future : exploring and clustering non-experts’ techno-economic expectations towards the future energy systemde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Management and Lawde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Innovation und Entrepreneurship (IIE)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0227369de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-20498-
dc.identifier.pmid32134947de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.issue3de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.pages.starte0227369de_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume15de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
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zhaw.display.portraitYesde_CH
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Braunreiter, L., Stauffacher, M., & Blumer, Y. B. (2020). How the public imagines the energy future : exploring and clustering non-experts’ techno-economic expectations towards the future energy system. Plos One, 15(3), e0227369. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227369
Braunreiter, L., Stauffacher, M. and Blumer, Y.B. (2020) ‘How the public imagines the energy future : exploring and clustering non-experts’ techno-economic expectations towards the future energy system’, PLOS ONE, 15(3), p. e0227369. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227369.
L. Braunreiter, M. Stauffacher, and Y. B. Blumer, “How the public imagines the energy future : exploring and clustering non-experts’ techno-economic expectations towards the future energy system,” PLOS ONE, vol. 15, no. 3, p. e0227369, 2020, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227369.
BRAUNREITER, Lukas, Michael STAUFFACHER und Yann Benedict BLUMER, 2020. How the public imagines the energy future : exploring and clustering non-experts’ techno-economic expectations towards the future energy system. PLOS ONE. 2020. Bd. 15, Nr. 3, S. e0227369. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0227369
Braunreiter, Lukas, Michael Stauffacher, and Yann Benedict Blumer. 2020. “How the Public Imagines the Energy Future : Exploring and Clustering Non-Experts’ Techno-Economic Expectations towards the Future Energy System.” Plos One 15 (3): e0227369. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227369.
Braunreiter, Lukas, et al. “How the Public Imagines the Energy Future : Exploring and Clustering Non-Experts’ Techno-Economic Expectations towards the Future Energy System.” Plos One, vol. 15, no. 3, 2020, p. e0227369, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227369.


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