Working paper synthesising 'SONNET's insights regarding the cross-cutting issues in sustainable energy transitions'

SONNET’s overall aim was to generate novel understandings of the diversity, processes and contributions of social innovation in the energy sector, and critically evaluate and assess their success and future potential towards supporting sustainable transitions of energy systems. After having employed various methods to study social innovation in energy over the past three years, this working paper aims to synthesise selected insights from across the different work streams. This working paper aims to bring together our insights on two aspects: 1) the factors influencing (enabling or impeding) the development of social innovation in energy, and 2) the contributions that social innovations make to energy systems.