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The next 50 years: Four European energy futures (2005)

AuthorJ.J.C.Bruggink, ECN
DateMay 2005
Classification 6.01.2.16/49 (NP & GREENHOUSE EFFECT - NUCLEAR POWER YES OR NO SOLUTION & SCENARIOS)
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Executive summary

In 2004 the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs published a white paper on 
innovation in energy policy describing a new approach to persistent environmental 
problems: transition management. Transitions are defined as processes of socio-
technical evolution in which economic, institutional and technological structures 
develop interactively and change drastically in the long run. Transition management 
prescribes the way in which society-wide and complex system innovations can be 
guided deliberately towards goals of sustainability. So far, one important element 
of transition management has been implemented: the establishment of national 
innovation alliances between industry, research and local government. A recent 
review of energy transition policy by a high-level advisory commission 
compliments the Ministry on its pioneering role, but suggests strengthening 
the international component of transition policy. This essay concerns the 
European dimension of transition policy.

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