Making the Most of Failure and Uncertainty: Welcome Surprises and Contingency in Energy Transition Research

Matthias Gross () and Marco Sonnberger
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Matthias Gross: Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Marco Sonnberger: Institute of Sociology, University of Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 18, 1-3

Abstract: Energy transitions inherit complex processes full of surprises, unintended consequences, erroneous decisions, uncertainties, paradoxical situations, and sometimes sheer failures [...]

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Date: 2022
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