Modelling the Energy Transition: Cultures, Visions, Narratives

Energy Transition is not only one of the most daring technological endeavours of the present, it is also its new master narrative. This open access volume reconfigures Energy Transition as a global discourse from a multidisciplinary perspective. Focusing on modelling both as a cultural technique and as a strategy of innovation and narration, the articles provided in this volume throw into relief the visions, but also the blind spots in modelling the challenges of climate change. Thus, in a rare encounter, major voices from the Sciences and the Humanities, from Energy System Design, Mechanical Engineering, Theory of Science, Science and Technology Studies, Literary Studies, and the Arts, have gathered here to tackle the societal dimensions of this global task. In doing so, they offer a new form of model criticism, pointing to the impacts of what may be termed the 'Energy Imaginary' on the techno-social mindset of our time.