ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Sustain. Energy Policy
Sec. Energy and Society
Volume 4 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsuep.2025.1514717
This article is part of the Research TopicAdvancing the Just Transition: Navigating Towards a Sustainable FutureView all 6 articles
GB Energy Networks: Experts' Views on Future Pathways and Multi-Vector Energy Networks Approach
Provisionally accepted
Richard Afriyie Oduro1*
Peter G Taylor2- 1Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
- 2School of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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• Energy networks are enablers of the UK's energy transition but are facing multiple challenges • Experts anticipate the need for significant changes in UK network architecture, policies and regulation • There is both consensus and disagreement regarding how energy networks should evolve • Experts are conversant with MVEN approaches but differ in views on their usefulness • UK policy is starting to address some of the challenges identified by the experts • Further work on the MVEN approach is needed to inform policy.
Keywords: Multi-vector energy networks, Electricity networks, Gas networks, Hydrogen, Multi-energy systems, Multi-systems interactions, Socio-technological transitions
Received: 21 Oct 2024; Accepted: 12 May 2025.
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* Correspondence: Richard Afriyie Oduro, Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, England, United Kingdom
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