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%T The German energy transition as a regime shift %A Strunz, Sebastian %P 18 %V 10/2013 %D 2013 %K energy system; energy transition; regime shift; resilience %@ 1436-140X %~ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-346201 %X In this paper, I use the resilience framework to interpret the project of transforming the German energy system into a renewable energy sources (RES)-based system, the so-called Energiewende, as a regime shift. This regime shift comprises several transformations, which are currently altering the technological, political and economic system structure. To build my argument, I first sketch how technological, political and economic developments reduced the resilience of the conventional fossil-nuclear energy regime and created a new RES-regime. Second, I depict recent changes in German public discourse and energy policy as the shift to the RES-regime. Third, I highlight challenges involved with increasing the resilience of the RES-regime. In particular, sufficient resilience of the electricity transmission grid appears to be crucial for facilitating the transformation of the whole energy system. %C DEU %C Leipzig %G en %9 Arbeitspapier %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info