Meaning of transition technology | Babel Free

Definitions

A technology that is designed to aid and encourage the transition from a society's current way of doing things to a more desirable (usually more environmentally sustainable) technological approach.

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Examples

“The limited-range plug-in option provides a viable transition technology toward a hydrogen refueling infrastructure.”

“The proposed sociotechnical transition technology roadmap accurately captured the key elements of the BFR project it was benchmarked against and even identified key elements that were not included in the BFR methodology.”

“In this article, we contribute to discussions regarding just transitions by analyzing a case of transition technology in a historically productive coal mine in West Virginia, using it to explore who benefits and loses from transition technologies deployed within existing socioecological structures.”

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