Open AccessHydrogen research: technology first, society second?
Author(s) -
Frederic Hanusch,
Miriam Schad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gaia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2625-5413
pISSN - 0940-5550
DOI - 10.14512/gaia.30.2.5
Subject(s) - futures contract , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , renewable energy , energy transition , energy (signal processing) , path (computing) , sociology , business , engineering , computer science , physics , electrical engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , panacea (medicine) , finance , programming language
Hydrogen futures are in the making right in front of our eyes and will determine socio-ecological path dependencies for decades to come. However, expertise on the societal effects of the hydrogen transition is in its infancy. Future energy research needs to include the social sciences, humanities and interdisciplinary studies: energy cultures have to be examined as well as power relations and anticipation processes since the need for (green) hydrogen is likely to require a massive expansion of renewable energy plants.