Perspectives
1.) Contested deep geothermal energy in Germany—The emergence of an environmental protest movement. --Conrad Kunze, Mareen Hertel.

Social science and energy studies
2.) Energy services: A conceptual review. --Michael James Fell.

The acceptance of energy systems
3.) From consultation to collaboration: A participatory framework for positive community engagement with wind energy projects in Ontario, Canada. --Anahita A. Jami, Philip R. Walsh.
4.) How many admirals does it take to change a light bulb? Organizational innovation, energy efficiency, and the United States Navy’s battle over LED lighting. --Nicholas Dew, Kathryn Aten, Geraldo Ferrer.
5.) Play and learn: Serious games in breaking informational barriers in residential solar energy adoption in the United States. --Varun Rai, Ariane L. Beck.
6.) Experts, theories, and electric mobility transitions: Toward an integrated conceptual framework for the adoption of electric vehicles. --Benjamin K. Sovacool.
7.) Confusion of innovations: Mainstream consumer perceptions and misperceptions of electric-drive vehicles and charging programs in Canada. --Jonn Axsen, Brad Langman, Suzanne Goldberg.

Energy, consumption, and behavior
8.) Is the Resource Man coming home? Engaging with an energy monitoring platform to foster flexible energy consumption in the Netherlands. --Nick Verkade, Johanna Höffken.
9.) White goods for white people? Drivers of electric appliance growth in emerging economies. --Narasimha D. Rao, Kevin Ummel.
10.) Mind the gap? Critically reviewing the energy efficiency gap with empirical evidence. --Marcel Stadelmann.

Energy politics and national profiles
11.) Anatomy of a black sheep: The roots of the Czech Republic’s pro-nuclear energy policy. --Jan Osicka, Filip Cernoch.
12.) Imagine all these futures: On heterogeneous preferences and mental models in the German energy transition. --Eva Schmid, Anna Pechan, Marlene Mehnert, Klaus Eisenack.
13.) The Oil Climax: Can Nigeria’s fuel subsidy reforms propel energy transitions?. --Olufolahan Osunmuyiwa, Agni Kalfagianni.
14.) The political economy of bioenergy in the United States: A historical perspective based on scenarios of conflict and convergence. --Jorge Ernesto Rodríguez Morales, Fernando Rodríguez López.
15.) Establishing an energy security framework for a fast-growing economy: Industry perspectives from Turkey. --Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu, Cansu Yildirim, Muhittin Hakan Demir, Sinem Tokcaer.

Energy innovation and research
16.) Corporatization of the climate? Innovation, intellectual property rights, and patents for climate change mitigation. --K. Raiser, H. Naims, T. Bruhn.
17.) From “living lab” to strategic action field: Bringing together energy, mobility, and Information Technology in Germany. --Weert Canzler, Franziska Engels, Jan-Christoph Rogge, Dagmar Simon, Alexander Wentland.

Book review
18.) Failing States, Collapsing Systems: BioPhysical Triggers of Political Violence, Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed. Springer Briefs in Energy (2017). --Michael Jefferson.