Energy Security and Green Energy in Great Britain: The Discourse of the Lights Going Out

Angelica Rutherford ()
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Angelica Rutherford: University of Huddersfield

Chapter Chapter 2 in Energy Security and Green Energy, 2020, pp 25-63 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Based on interviews with 24 leading energy experts, this chapter focuses on the discursive links between energy security and law and policies promoting green energy in Great Britain. First, it shows that energy security in GB is first and foremost a political issue, particularly as a result of risks associated with governments toppling in cases of energy interruption in the country. Second, it demonstrates that energy politicisation in GB was framed as having negative impacts on green energy development due to vested interests, unequal lobbying power and association of green energy with left-wing politics. Third, the analysis shows the potential shift in the debate surrounding green energy intermittency due to large-scale commercial energy storage; and the emergence of ‘prosumers’, a new actor which challenges the current energy system.

Keywords: Energy security; Green energy; Great Britain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-45555-2_2

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