The paper aims to inform historically the analyses of future sociotechnical transition pathways in the electricity sector, particularly those developed by the Transition Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy project. It also aims to inform the theoretical approach to transitions by focusing on key...

This paper describes initial analysis of branching points on a set of transition pathways to a UK low carbon electricity future by 2050. As described in other papers in this special issue, we are exploring and analysing a set of core transition pathways, based on alternative governance patterns...

The aims of SEEC’s energy demand forecast’s (1993-2000) are to present the underlying determinants of fuel consumption, such as economic activity and prices; develop a series of simple yet reliable sectoral models of energy demand, which incorporate recent modelling developments; provide...

This paper reviews the factors that can influence environmental quality in the course of economic development, and examines critically empirical studies that have been carried out, including those that have produced evidence of environmental 'Kuznets curves' (EKCs). It also considers the policy...

The purpose of this paper is to provide information on the views of a set of ‘experts’ about UK energy policy, and to contribute to the debate about energy policy in the UK and elsewhere. The paper summarises the results of two surveys, carried out in November 1992 and December 1994, of the...