Bird's eye view of the future FUBIC area
Image Credit: Numrich Albrecht Klumpp
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The Sustainability & Energy Management Unit investigates research issues related to technology acceptance and stakeholder participation. The experience of recent decades shows that the use of innovative technologies does not only depend on the development of scientific and technical knowledge, but also requires a constructive approach to socio-economic framework conditions and the relevant stakeholders. These include not only the direct stakeholders (those involved in planning and construction, users, owners and residents) but also the indirect stakeholders such as political actors, associations, companies and initiatives.
The high degree of innovation of the project is associated with challenges on all non-technical levels. Therefore, the process of introducing the energy system is accompanied and researched sociotechnically. The aim is to record and analyze challenges and potentials of the all-electricity project FUBIC and thus to promote the social acceptance process. The results will be used to identify transfer and adoption potentials for technology quarters in Germany and the EU region.
The joint research project runs in a first phase from January 2019 to July 2021, and in the follow-up project from February 2021 to January 2025. It is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).
