globalchange  > 气候变化与战略
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111927
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Incumbents in transition? The role of the ‘Big Six’ energy companies in the UK
作者: Kattirtzi M.; Ketsopoulou I.; Watson J.
刊名: Energy Policy
ISSN: 03014215
出版年: 2021
卷: 148
语种: 英语
中文关键词: Big Six ; Decarbonisation ; Decentralisation ; Digitalisation ; Incumbents ; Power sector
英文关键词: Decarbonization ; Decision making ; Electric industry ; Silicon ; Corporate strategies ; Decentralisation ; Electricity sector ; Energy companies ; Generation investment ; International group ; Policy incentives ; Products and services ; Investments ; consumption behavior ; corporate strategy ; decentralization ; decision making ; electricity generation ; energy policy ; energy use ; France ; Germany ; Spain ; United Kingdom
英文摘要: Amid rapid changes to energy systems around the world, there has been ongoing debate regarding incumbent actors' ability to respond to disruptive forces. This paper investigates the corporate strategies of the UK's large vertically integrated energy companies (the ‘Big Six’) between 2008 and 2016. Four of these companies are part of international groups, with parent companies in Germany, France and Spain. By analysing data from publicly available documents and a small number of key informant interviews with current and former decision-makers within Big Six companies and other stakeholders, this paper assesses their responses to three potentially disruptive changes to the UK's electricity sector: decarbonisation, decentralisation and digitalisation. Each of the Big Six have taken significant steps towards decarbonisation, with some progressing faster than others. Most have remained committed to centralised generation investments, and a couple have made early moves towards digital retail products and services but with limited impact thus far. The authors conclude that the UK's incumbent electricity firms have shown that they are able to adapt given strong policy incentives. Policy-makers should continue to set ambitious targets for the electricity sector, while taking into account the role of international parent companies in driving a broader strategy. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/167860
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作者单位: University of Edinburgh, Science, Technology and Innovation Studies Group, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Chisholm House, High School Yards, Edinburgh, EH1 1LZ, United Kingdom; UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources and UKERC, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom

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Kattirtzi M.,Ketsopoulou I.,Watson J.. Incumbents in transition? The role of the ‘Big Six’ energy companies in the UK[J]. Energy Policy,2021-01-01,148
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