Do renewable sources of energy exist? Can the energy transition be steered?

Les énergies renouvelables existent-elles et peut-on piloter la transition énergétique ?

Hervé Dumez and Sandra Renou ()
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Hervé Dumez: CRG I3 - Centre de recherche en gestion i3 - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - Université Paris-Saclay - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Sandra Renou: CRG I3 - Centre de recherche en gestion i3 - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - Université Paris-Saclay - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: References are often made to the "sector of renewables" when talking about the energy transition. This article focuses on the difficulty of defining this sector, given its heterogeneity, and on its institutional construction around a metaorganization, a trade group of renewables in interaction with public authorities: the Syndicat des Énergies Renouvelables. Wittgenstein's concept of language-game is used to analyze this construction. The crisis of photovoltaics in France is reviewed to shed light on the difficulty of steering the energy transition.

Keywords: renewable energies; sector; language games; energy policy; energy transition; énergies renouvelables; secteur; jeux de langage; politique énergétique; transition énergétique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-12
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Published in Gérer et Comprendre. Annales des Mines, 2018, 134, pp.3-13

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