1. Making the Energiewende Happen Dr
Making the Energiewende Happen Dr. Anna Pechan University of Oldenburg, Germany UBC Conference : Managing Decarbonization: The Cases of Canada and Germany Looking Forward: Innovations and Climate Change

2. Making the Energiewende Happen - Who and How. Dr
Making the Energiewende Happen - Who and How? Dr. Anna Pechan University of Oldenburg, Germany UBC Conference : Managing Decarbonization: The Cases of Canada and Germany Looking Forward: Innovations and Climate Change

3. 6 Theses on the Energiewende
The Energiewende also needs to be understood as a societal process.
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

4. 6 Theses on the Energiewende
The Energiewende also needs to be understood as a societal process.
In the past actors new to the electricity system pushed the Energiewende.
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

5. 6 Theses on the Energiewende
Installed capacity of renewable energy supply according to ownership in Germany in 2012
Public utilities
Institutional and strategic investors
Citizen participation (wider sense)
trend research, Leuphana Universität (2013)
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

6. 6 Theses on the Energiewende
Schmid et al. (2016a)
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

7. 6 Theses on the Energiewende
The Energiewende also needs to be understood as a societal process.
In the past actors new to the electricity system pushed the Energiewende.
The preferred structural transformations of the energy system come with different principles, values and worldviews.
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

8. 6 Theses on the Energiewende
Incumbents Challengers
German electricity system
Centralized/ large scale Decentralized/ small scale
Schmid et al. (2016b)
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

9. 6 Theses on the Energiewende
Example for centralized/ large scale vision
Example for decentralized /small scale vision
Abundant sustainable electricity
Low-cost secure electricity
Democratisation of energy
Independence
Lilliestam and Hanger (2016)
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

10. 6 Theses on the Energiewende
The Energiewende also needs to be understood as a societal process.
In the past actors new to the electricity system pushed the Energiewende.
The preferred structural transformations of the energy system come with different principles, values and worldviews.
The key factors towards centralized or decentralized transformation of the energy system will be decided in the political arena.
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

11. 6 Theses on the Energiewende
The Energiewende also needs to be understood as a societal process.
In the past actors new to the electricity system pushed the Energiewende.
The preferred structural transformations of the energy system come with different principles, values and worldviews.
The key factors towards centralized or decentralized transformation of the energy system will be decided in the political arena.
Hence institutions matter.
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

12. 6 Theses on the Energiewende
Market design and subsidy scheme influence spatial distribution of wind power plants
Pechan (2016)
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

13. 6 Theses on the Energiewende
The Energiewende also needs to be understood as a societal process.
In the past actors new to the electricity system pushed the Energiewende.
The preferred structural transformations of the energy system come with different principles, values and worldviews.
The key factors towards centralized or decentralized transformation of the energy system will be decided in the political arena.
Hence institutions matter.
There are (currently) no clear camps visible; the industry and particularly the incumbents are still in an orientation phase.
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

14. 6 Theses on the Energiewende
Incumbents Challengers
Schmid et al. (2016b)
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

15. Summing up A lot remains to be done before transition is completed
Public approval of the Energiewende is still high
“The Energiewende is our moon landing“ (Peter Altmaier, former Minister of the Environment, 2012)
Non-Germans may think we are crazy…
… but maybe we only show sensible societal risk-management (Jasanoff and Kim, 2013)
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

16. Thank you!
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Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg

17. References
Altmaier, P. (2012): „Die Energiewende war unsere Mondlandung“, in: Die Welt, Mondlandung.html Jasanoff, S., S.-H. Kim (2013): Sociotechnical Imaginaries and National Energy Policies, in: Science as Culture, 22, Lilliestam, J., S. Hanger (2016): Shades of green: Centralisation, decentralisation and controversy among European renewable electricity visions, in: Energy Research & Social Science, 17, Pechan, A. (2016): Where do all the windmills go? Influences on spatial distribution of renewable energy installation, under review Schmid, E., B. Knopf, A. Pechan (2016a): Putting an energy system transformation into practice: The case of the German Energiewende, in: Energy Research & Social Science, 11, Schmid, E., A. Pechan, M. Mehnert, K. Eisenack (2016b): Imagine all these futures: On heterogeneous preferences and mental models in the German energy transition, under review Trend research, Leuphana Universität (2013): Definition und Marktanalyse von Bürgerenergie in Deutschland
Dr. Anna Pechan
University of Oldenburg