A future “Smart Grid” is increasingly being embraced in energy policies as a promising
energy scenario for the future, with the introduction of “smart” electricity meters being seen …

This paper serves as an introduction to a special issue on smart grids and the social
sciences. There is currently a discourse of very high ambitions and anticipation regarding …

Once transitions progress beyond the start-up phase, niche technologies diffuse more
widely to generate important knock-on effects in a focal sector. This entails a need for …

As evidenced by the EU's 2016 political ambition to empower energy consumers by allowing
them to become prosumers, smart energy technologies are expected to contribute to energy …

This paper analyzes a ten-year long technology debate, which dealt with the so-called
advanced electricity meters in Norway (1998–2008). The debate circled around one central …

The smart grid has become important in energy discussions. Inspired by science and
technology studies (STS), this article compares four smart grid demonstration projects that …

Strømnettet som forsyner Norges befolkning med strøm er basert på 100 år gammel
teknologi. På grunn av at strømforbruket øker og samfunnet blir stadig mer avhengig av …