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Abstract
Since the early 1970s the Danish energy movement, which had emerged from the rejection of nuclear energy, has had an ambition to develop an energy system based completely (or almost) on renewable sources. Like the grass-root inventers of renewable technologies, energy researchers at universities were not satisfied with traditional solutions but wanted to construct new types of flexible energy-saving systems with regulatory mechanisms that made it possible to cope with a variety of fluctuating sources. Their alternative plans showed the possibility of a comprehensive proactive energy policy with an ethical perspective reaching beyond immediate economic problems to future challenges with resource limitations and environmental harms. A general vision of an energy system without nuclear and fossil energy was combined with the state-of-the-art knowledge of energy technologies and planning practices. This demonstrated how alternative paths could be made feasible – which again inspired engineers, technology developers, planners, and politicians to contribute with refined products and practices. The presence of more than one possible path opened for a public debate about means and ends in energy policy, which at the end of the 1980s was heated further up by the growing awareness of climatic change and the publication of the Brundtland report.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Ethics in Danish Energy Policy |
Number of pages | 22 |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Routledge |
Publication date | 2 Apr 2020 |
Pages | 121-143 |
Chapter | 7 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780367441333 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781003008705 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Apr 2020 |
Series | Routledge studies in energy policy |
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Keywords
- energy history
- Ethics
- Sustainability
- Energy Planning
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- 1 Finished
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Ethics and energy. The role of ethics in energy policy and planning since the 1960s – with a special focus on the Danish energy sector's transition towards sustainability
Arler, F., Rüdiger, M., Poulsen, B., Toft, K. H., Sperling, K. & Erlenbach, S. H. W.
01/09/2014 → 30/06/2019
Project: Research
Research output
- 1 Anthology
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Ethics in Danish Energy Policy
Arler, F. (ed.), Rüdiger, M. (ed.), Sperling, K. (ed.), Toft, K. H. (ed.) & Poulsen, B. (ed.), 2 Apr 2020, Routledge. 280 p. (Routledge studies in energy policy, Vol. 8).Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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