6 UK RESPoNSES To THE ENERGY CHALLENGE …
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smart meters and intelligent devices to manage energy use. This will not
necessarily mean greater consumer engagement, and the focus of policy is still on reducing energy demand rather than citizens becoming
‘prosumers’.
overall, UK policy and other actors tend to frame the energy challenge and responses to it as requiring individual behaviour change or the
diffusion of energy efficiency-related technology. The examples of UK
initiatives featuring in the ENERGISE database support this viewpoint.
However, there are cases that frame the challenge differently. For example, at BedZED unsustainable energy use is framed as a fundamental
problem concerned with our way of life. Thus, energy use, practices and
change are bound up with material and social organisation and the ways
in which a community of people can live their everyday lives, rather than
the outcome of individual actions or technology deployment.
referenCes
BEIS. (2015/2017). Electricity market reform: Contracts for difference, published 26 February 2015, updated 8 February 2017 [online]. Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/electricity-market-reformcontracts-for-difference. Accessed 25 April 2018.
BEIS. (2018, July). Energy consumption in the UK [online]. Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-consumption-in-the-uk.
Accessed 10 January 2019.
BEIS/ofgem. (2016, November). A smart, flexible energy system. A call for evidence [online]. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/
call-for-evidence-a-smart-flexible-energy-system. Accessed 25 April 2018.
Climate Change Act 2008. Available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/
ukpga/2008/27/contents.
DECC. (2009). The UK renewable energy strategy [online]. Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-renewableenergy-strategy.
DECC. (2011, June 22). Microgeneration strategy [online]. Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/microgeneration-strategy.
Accessed 25 April 2018.
DECC. (2012, November 16). Energy efficiency strategy [online]. Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-efficiency-strategy.
Accessed 25 April 2018.
DECC. (2014, January 27). Community energy strategy [online]. Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-energy-strategy.
Accessed 25 April 2018.
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smart meters and intelligent devices to manage energy use. This will not
necessarily mean greater consumer engagement, and the focus of policy is still on reducing energy demand rather than citizens becoming
‘prosumers’.
overall, UK policy and other actors tend to frame the energy challenge and responses to it as requiring individual behaviour change or the
diffusion of energy efficiency-related technology. The examples of UK
initiatives featuring in the ENERGISE database support this viewpoint.
However, there are cases that frame the challenge differently. For example, at BedZED unsustainable energy use is framed as a fundamental
problem concerned with our way of life. Thus, energy use, practices and
change are bound up with material and social organisation and the ways
in which a community of people can live their everyday lives, rather than
the outcome of individual actions or technology deployment.
referenCes
BEIS. (2015/2017). Electricity market reform: Contracts for difference, published 26 February 2015, updated 8 February 2017 [online]. Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/electricity-market-reformcontracts-for-difference. Accessed 25 April 2018.
BEIS. (2018, July). Energy consumption in the UK [online]. Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-consumption-in-the-uk.
Accessed 10 January 2019.
BEIS/ofgem. (2016, November). A smart, flexible energy system. A call for evidence [online]. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/
call-for-evidence-a-smart-flexible-energy-system. Accessed 25 April 2018.
Climate Change Act 2008. Available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/
ukpga/2008/27/contents.
DECC. (2009). The UK renewable energy strategy [online]. Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-renewableenergy-strategy.
DECC. (2011, June 22). Microgeneration strategy [online]. Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/microgeneration-strategy.
Accessed 25 April 2018.
DECC. (2012, November 16). Energy efficiency strategy [online]. Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-efficiency-strategy.
Accessed 25 April 2018.
DECC. (2014, January 27). Community energy strategy [online]. Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-energy-strategy.
Accessed 25 April 2018.