Formal and informal assessment of energy technologies

Book chapter (2017)

Authors

U. Pesch

A. Correljé Economics of Technology and Innovation -

E.H.W.J. Cuppen Organisation & Governance -

B. Taebi

E.M.H.R. van de Grift Organisation & Governance -

Research Group

Organisation & Governance () (TU Delft)

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2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Department

Multi Actor Systems

Research Group

Organisation & Governance

Abstract

Societal controversies on the implementation of new energy technologies relate to public values that are affected by these new technologies. The process of specifying and articulating these values and assessing technologies based on those values follows both a formal and an informal trajectory. This chapter studies the interplay between such formal and informal assessment in the case of two plans for the implementation of energy technologies in the Netherlands, the project to develop carbon capture and storage in the municipality of Barendrecht and the project to have explorative drilling for shale gas in the municipality of Boxtel. What these studies reveal is that values that are specified by actors emerge from different discourses. These discourses do not emerge independently, but develop in mutual interaction, at times contributing to a progressive entrenchment of positions. To avoid such a situation, the symmetry between different claims for the public interest needs to be attended by policy makers.

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