Role of social sciences in fostering renewable energy technologies development

Abstract

To stabilize carbon dioxide in atmosphere to diminish global warming it is critical to change the nations' energy basic structures. Although, even with an increasing matter of urgency, applying of different source of alternative energy and sources has been sluggish and unreliable. This article argues on the state of the energy studies and discuss the significance and critical role the social sciences could have in emerging energy technologies diffusion and there is a need for energy scientists to be more attentive to the social dimensions of energy systems. © 2019 Mattingley Publishing. All rights reserved.