Electricity and the changing contours of masculinity in Los Angeles, 1900–1930
L’électrification des foyers à Los Angeles ouvre une fenêtre pour l’étude du changement des contours de la masculinité entre 1900 et 1930.
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Making coal sharp: Gendered consumers and users of mineral fuel in the 19th Century United States
At the same time that urban American hearths and kitchens became dependent upon coal, proscriptive accounts of gendered domesticity grew in popularity. Buying coal was a man’s world, full of sharp dealings, underhanded sellers, and cutthroat competition.
Networks of power? Rethinking class, gender and entrepreneurship in English electrification, 1880-1924
Traditional energy histories have treated electrification as an inevitability: the assumption has been that making cheap energy supply readily available for the masses required the energy efficiency uniquely attainable by large-scale networked electricity grids.
Flexibilities in energy supply and demand: Legacies and lessons from the past
The goal of maintaining current levels of energy supply and demand whilst reducing their carbon intensity will require greater use of renewables. As a result, new forms of flexibility will be needed.
Flexibility of real-time energy distribution: the changing practices of energy control rooms
This paper examines the linked concepts of flexibility and control, focusing on how these are enacted in the operation of control rooms in Distribution Network Organisations.
The history of heat-as-a-service for promoting domestic demand-side flexibility: Lessons from the case of Budget Warmth
Heat-as-a-service (HaaS) involves the provision of agreed room temperatures at certain times for a fixed fee, instead of charging for energy use on a per-unit basis.
The energy transition in the Swedish iron and steel sector, 1800 – 1939
Cet article analyse la transition énergétique du secteur sidérurgique suédois, entre 1800 et 1939.
Polyflexibility in public lighting
This article introduces the concept of ‘Polyflexibility’ as a way of expressing the complexity of interacting forms of flexibility.
Histories of balancing demand and supply in the UK’s gas networks, 1795 – present
This paper provides an account of how past changes in energy demand have affected the balancing of the UK’s gas systems between the introduction of gaslight in 1795 and the present day.