Impact of governance on resilience in the energy transition. An analysis of China and Germany

IF 3.8 3区经济学 Q3 ENERGY & FUELS Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-03-07 DOI:10.1016/j.jup.2024.101732

Wei Ye , Warathida Chaiyapa

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Abstract

As a critical historic juncture of energy transition, energy resilience under the COVID-19 crisis and the Russian-Ukraine war will profoundly influence the energy sector and global climate. The research compared China and Germany as representatives of two modes of energy governance-state-centric and market-centric, respectively-to investigate their ability to maintain resilience amid the recent global turbulences. Policy reviews and discourse analysis of online interviews were conducted to understand the role of governance in three dimensions of resilience. The study found that energy resilience differed between state-centric and market-centric energy governance. The distributed power structure in market-centric governance promotes adaption and transformation, whereas a state-centric structure is more effective in responding to immediate disruptions and implementing larger-scale centralized renewable deployment. As energy policy is an element within and characterized by governance, understanding how governance would affect resilience can help policymakers of the two systems improve resilience and formulate policies that align stakeholders' expectations in the quest for the low-carbon transition.

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治理对能源转型中复原力的影响。对中国和德国的分析

作为能源转型的关键历史节点，COVID-19 危机和俄乌战争下的能源韧性将深刻影响能源行业和全球气候。本研究将中国和德国分别作为以国家为中心和以市场为中心的两种能源治理模式的代表，对其在近期全球动荡中保持韧性的能力进行了比较研究。研究人员对在线访谈进行了政策回顾和话语分析，以了解治理在抗灾能力三个方面的作用。研究发现，以国家为中心的能源治理和以市场为中心的能源治理在能源复原力方面存在差异。以市场为中心的治理中的分布式权力结构促进了适应和转型，而以国家为中心的结构在应对即时中断和实施更大规模的集中式可再生能源部署方面更为有效。能源政策是治理中的一个要素，也是治理的一个特点，因此，了解治理如何影响复原力，有助于这两个系统的政策制定者提高复原力，并制定出符合利益相关者期望的政策，以实现低碳转型。

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Utilities Policy ENERGY & FUELS-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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