『Abstract
This paper outlines a novel general framework for analysing energy
diversity. A critical review of different reasons for policy interest
reveals that diversity is more than a supply security strategy.
There are particular synergies with strategies for transitions
to sustainability. Yet - despite much important work - policy
analysis tends to address only a subset of the properties of diversity
and remains subject to ambiguity, neglect and special pleading.
Developing earlier work, the paper proposes a more comprehensive
heuristic framework, accommodating a wide range of different disciplinary
and socio-political perspectives. It is argued that the associated
multicriteria diversity analysis method provides a more systematic,
complete and transparent way to articulate disparate perspectives
and approaches and so help to inform more robust and accountable
policymaking.
Keywords: Diversity; Security; Sustainability』
1. Contexts for analysing energy diversity
2. General properties of energy diversity: variety, balance and
disparity
3. Aggregating, accommodating and articulating different aspects
of energy diversity
4. A novel diversity heuristic for strategic appraisal of energy
portfolios
5. Articulating energy diversity with other aspects of strategic
performance
6. Conclusion
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