The impact of clashing clockspeeds on innovation in the energy sector
研究能源公用事业中多种变化速度（时钟速度）的冲突如何阻碍创新，基于配电系统运营商案例，揭示其对绿色转型的影响。
The green transition requires increasing innovation from companies, including innovation in energy utilities. However, there is a critical mismatch between the speed of the green transition in industry and the approaching tipping point of no return in the climate crisis. Despite this, the current understanding of how utilities undergo innovation is limited, with a critical lack of clarity in how the multiplicity of rates of change, that is, clockspeeds, across the energy ecosystem impact innovation. This paper builds on a single case study of a distribution system operator (DSO) and relates clashes in clockspeeds to a lack of shared understanding and subsequent innovation. On this basis, this study makes three main contributions: First, it provides a novel description of how the interaction between multiple clockspeeds shapes innovation in the energy sector. Second, it demonstrates how clashing clockspeeds impact critical aspects of shared understanding. Finally, it provides an explanation of how this significantly impacts the innovation required for the green transition.