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Governance of interactions between infrastructure sectors: the making of smart grids in the UK
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posted on 2023-06-09, 18:29 authored by Ralitsa HitevaRalitsa Hiteva, Jim WatsonThis paper uses historical analysis to explore the evolution of interdependencies between the electricity and information and communication technology (ICT) sectors in the UK. It explores the role of governance in shaping the interface between these two sectors, and subsequent implications for smart grid innovation. The analysis focuses on three periods between 1940 and 2016, with distinct institutional logics: state ownership, privatisation, and transitions to sustainability. The interactions between the electricity and ICT sectors are analysed through Raven and Verbong’ (2007) typology: competition, symbiosis, integration and spill-over, drawing on social-technical transitions theories and discussed in terms of rules and institutions; actors and networks; and technology, artefacts and infrastructures of socio-technical regimes. The paper finds that a way to encourage more spill-overs and integration between the electricity and the ICT sector is through a more symmetrical and integrated governance approach that takes into account the needs and characteristics of both sectors.
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UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC); the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; EP/I01344X/1
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- Accepted version
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Environmental Innovation and Societal TransitionsISSN
2210-4224Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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- The Sussex Energy Group Publications
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- Yes
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2019-07-23First Open Access (FOA) Date
2020-03-20First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-07-23Usage metrics
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