transition technology

transition technology (plural transition technologies)

1. 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.
   • 2004 March, GJ Suppes, S Lopes, CW Chiu, “Plug-in fuel cell hybrids as transition technology to hydrogen infrastructure”, in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, volume 29, number 4:

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

   • 2021, Petrus T Letaba, Marthinus W Pretorius, “Toward sociotechnical transition technology roadmaps: a proposed framework for large-scale projects in developing countries”, in IEEE Transactions on Engineering:

     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.

   • 2023, Dylan M Harris, James McCarthy, “A just transition to what, for whom, and by what means? Transition technology, carbon markets, and an Appalachian coal mine”, in Energy Research & Social Science:

     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.