Energy transition and paradigm shift Authors Carles Riba Romeva Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Laura Tudurí Sanchis Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Genís Riba Sanmartí Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Keywords: energy transition, renewable energies, paradigm shift. Abstract Immersed in a process of continuous growth, a large part of the population is unaware or even denies the energy crisis or believes that it is strictly a technical issue. Faced with the decline of fossil fuels, which still today represent 80% of the energy system, and the serious climatic repercussions, pollution and destruction of ecosystems that their use entails, it is necessary to move towards clean and renewable energy sources. Unlike fossil fuels, renewable energy resources are evenly distributed, and therefore accessible to all humankind. This paper argues that a paradigm shift in energy and natural resources use is necessary to make possible an energy transition that avoids collapse. This shift must consider the following key aspects: 1) Recognition of the finiteness of natural resources, abandoning the perspective of perpetual growth; 2) Focusing of attention on specific energy needs, looking upstream for the most favourable path and renewable sources, and 3) Involvement of all citizens in the procurement, appropriate uses and management of energy and resources.Keywords: energy transition, renewable energies, paradigm shift. Author Biographies Carles Riba Romeva, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Professor emèrit de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya i president del Col·lectiu per a un nou Model Energètic i Social Laura Tudurí Sanchis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Tècnica superior del Servei de Suport a la Recerca i la Innovació de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Genís Riba Sanmartí, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Investigador a l'Institut de Sostenibilitat de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Downloads PDF (Català) How to Cite Riba Romeva, C., Tudurí Sanchis, L., & Riba Sanmartí, G. (2021). Energy transition and paradigm shift. Revista De Tecnologia, (9), 4–15. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/RTEC/article/view/149314 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue No. 9 (2021) Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors. On submitting articles for publication to the journal Revista de Tecnologia, authors accept the following terms: Authors assign to Societat Catalana de Tecnologia (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Revista de Tecnologia. Authors answer to Societat Catalana de Tecnologia for the authorship and originality of submitted articles. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles. Societat Catalana de Tecnologia declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors. The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it. The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
