The electrification of transportation and the integration of electric vehicles (EVs) with
buildings connected to clean grids has been touted as one of the key solutions to the global …

This white paper is an outcome of a workshop on urban electrification*. It outlines a vision for
advancing a research and development (R&D) agenda to thoroughly examine the …

Comprehensive frameworks for sustainable urban development have been advanced by
many scholars and global institutions in recent years. These frameworks are broad and …

Electrification: Accelerating the Energy Transition offers a widely applicable framework to
delineate context-sensitive pathways by which this transition can be accelerated and lists …

As cities often experience the negative impacts of climate change more intensely compared
to their hinterland, they frequently are more ambitious in tackling these issues and are …

Cities with substantial population growth continue to encounter economic, social, and
environmental challenges in their daily operations. Figure 1 shows how the urban …

The urban energy transition represents a transformation of such magnitude that it will require
a re-examination of the fundamental relationship between societies and energy resources …

This chapter describes how scenarios for future energy system changes constructed at a
place-based level can be used for social technology assessment. Social scientists have only …

In this chapter, we characterize electrification as a megatrend directly shaping not only the
energy system but also society, global development, and energy politics internationally. In …

When large shares of electric vehicles are adopted, local electricity grids face new
challenges associated with managing peak loads emerging from charging. Smart charging …