The North Sea region is characterised by the decline in existing ‘sunset’ energy technologies (oil, gas) though the pace of the phaseout is contested, and the replacement, or supplement, with new ‘sunrise’ technologies in the form predominantly of renewable offshore wind and tidal energy.

This project will explore the effects of a rapid, and potentially transformative, shift in energy politics in the North Sea as energy transition policies are implemented in the UK and Norway, countries whose transitions are connected through existing and planned physical electricity interconnector infrastructure.