Cultural Factors impacting the Global Energy Transition - A Review

Energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable has been a case of debate in social, political, economic and environmental points of view owing to the long term impacts it has on populace and Governments. The energy transition requires infrastructural change for introduction, production and diffusion which takes decades to be developed. But the most important threat to the transition is the time and effort it takes to persuade the society for adaption. Many developed nations have shown improvement in the percentage of transition after a global movement took place in 2009 but still the larger part of the globe has not been able to adapt it. The paper compares various socio economic political and cultural factors affecting the transition in various countries both developing and developed. These perspectives are important for decision makers since they can adversely affect the intended benefits of any technology or at least slow down the transition.