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Journal of Energy and Power Technology , Volume 6 , Issue 2 (2024)

Pages: 81

Published: July 2024

(This book is a printed edition that was published in Journal of Energy and Power Technology)

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Cover Story: Energy and Power Technology has the potential to contribute decisive elements to an “energy transition” which is accompanies by a new cooperative mindset on a planetary level. Beyond the (admittedly important) task of foresight and “looking into the future, we are called to create the future.
The former German chancellor Willy Brandt said: “The best way to predict the future is to design it”.
On a more general and paradigmatic level, the key points for a successful energy transition in the early stages are the associated new social patterns, virtual and real communities, online cooperation, i.e. social innovation in "co-creation". In the same vein, the well-known German physicist and author von Weizsäcker stated: "The ‘full world’ needs a new enlightenment", based on responsibility, altruism, community spirit and a pattern of perceiving the “we” instead of the “I”. The task of a transdisciplinary and synoptic energy science is to bring the transformative power of this general enlightenment down to earth during the ongoing energy transition.
Policy implications mainly contain the necessity to foster the energy transition in all its phases, namely by state funding in the initial phases and by regulating prices in advanced stages while maintaining social equilibrium.
Moreover, the policy-relevant link between open, democratic societies who reject using totalitarian methods and successful energy transition is highlighted for our international readership.View this paper.