Electrochemical technologies for deep decarbonization?: A heterodox technology assessment

Smit, Jorrit P.; Biliškov, Nikola; Tsagkari, Marula (2025) Electrochemical technologies for deep decarbonization?: A heterodox technology assessment. TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 34 (3). pp. 33-38. ISSN 2568-020X

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Abstract

Increasingly, electrochemical energy storage and conversion technologies are considered key enablers of a deep decarbonization of society. However, given the real possibility that these technologies may delay rather than advance climate action, it is crucial that policymakers, industry, and researchers actively engage in developing principles for more responsible or ‘convivial’ use of these technologies. We demonstrate how current electrochemical research and innovation in green hydrogen and CO2 utilization is embedded in orthodox political-economic discourses and infrastructures. As part of a technology assessment based on Zoellick and Bisht’s (2018) degrowth perspective, we explore examples of electrochemical innovation that could fit heterodox political-economic scenarios and present approaches for future interdisciplinary research on convivial electrochemical innovation.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	electrochemistry; energy storage and conversion; degrowth; political economy; convivial innovation
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences SOCIAL SCIENCES
Divisions:	Division of Materials Chemistry
Depositing User:	Ema Buhin Šaler
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2026 14:26
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/11510
DOI:	10.14512/tatup.7218

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