气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Bigger than government: Exploring the social construction and contestation of net-zero industrial megaprojects in England

CCPortal

DOI	10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122332
	Bigger than government: Exploring the social construction and contestation of net-zero industrial megaprojects in England
	Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Iskandarova, Marfuga; Geels, Frank W.
发表日期	2023
ISSN	0040-1625
EISSN	1873-5509
卷号	188
英文摘要	Industry is frequently framed as hard-to-decarbonize given its diversity of requirements, technologies, and supply chains, many of which are unique to particular sectors. Net zero commitments since 2019 have begun to chal-lenge the carbon intensity of these various industries, but progress has been slow globally. Against this backdrop, the United Kingdom has emerged as a leader in industrial decarbonization efforts. Their approach is based on industrial clusters, which cut across engineering, spatial, and socio-political dimensions. Two of the largest of these clusters in England in terms of industrial emissions are the Humber and Merseyside. In this paper, drawn from a rich mixed methods original dataset involving expert interviews (N = 46 respondents), site visits (N = 20), a review of project documents and the academic literature, we explore ongoing efforts to decarbonize both the Humber and Merseyside through the lens of spatially expansive and technically complex megaprojects. Both have aggressive implementation plans in place for the deployment of net-zero infrastructure, with Zero Carbon Humber seeking billions in investment to build the country's first large-scale bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) plant alongside a carbon transport network and hydrogen production infrastructure, and HyNet seeking billions in investment to build green and blue hydrogen facilities along with a carbon storage network near Manchester and Liverpool. We draw from the social construction of technology (SCOT) literature to examine the relevant social groups, interpretive flexibility, and patterns of closure associated with Zero Carbon Humber and HyNet. We connect our findings to eight interpretive frames surrounding the collective projects, and make connections to problems, contestation, and closure.
英文关键词	Decarbonization; HyNet; Zero carbon Humber; Industrial strategy; Climate change; Megaprojects; Social construction of technology (SCOT)
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Business ; Regional & Urban Planning
WOS类目	Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
WOS记录号	WOS:000923668900001
来源期刊	TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/281525
作者单位	Boston University; Aarhus University; University of Sussex; University of Manchester; University of Sussex
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sovacool, Benjamin K.,Iskandarova, Marfuga,Geels, Frank W.. Bigger than government: Exploring the social construction and contestation of net-zero industrial megaprojects in England[J],2023,188.
APA	Sovacool, Benjamin K.,Iskandarova, Marfuga,&Geels, Frank W..(2023).Bigger than government: Exploring the social construction and contestation of net-zero industrial megaprojects in England.TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE,188.
MLA	Sovacool, Benjamin K.,et al."Bigger than government: Exploring the social construction and contestation of net-zero industrial megaprojects in England".TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE 188(2023).