Prim-Lex Theory and Energy Transition: Eight-Dimensional Phase-Transition Governance from Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy ——An Energy Transition Pathway Planning Framework Based on the Eight-Dimensional Framework of Prim-Lex Theory and the CLL Phase-Transition Early Warning Model

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🔬研究者:Provides a new theoretical framework for modeling energy transition dynamics, potentially useful for further empirical testing.

🏢実務担当者:Offers a structured approach for corporate energy transition planning and risk assessment, though practical application requires further validation.

🏛政策担当者:Suggests a tool for monitoring energy transition progress and identifying critical intervention points, relevant for national energy policy design.

The global energy transition stands at a historic threshold, crossing from the “fossil fuel era” to the “renewable energy era.” According to the IEA World Energy Investment 2026 report, global energy investment is projected to reach $3.4 trillion in 2026, with clean energy investment at approximately $2.2 trillion and fossil fuel investment at approximately $1.2 trillion—clean energy investment now nearly double that of fossil fuels. IRENA data shows that global renewable energy capacity added 692 GW in 2025, reaching a total of 5,149 GW, accounting for 49% of global installed power capacity. However, coal investment has paradoxically risen to $180 billion, the highest since 2012; natural gas investment reached $330 billion, the highest in nearly a decade. This pattern of “parallel expansion of old and new energy” reveals that the energy transition is not a smooth linear substitution process, but a complex system evolution fraught with phase-transition risks. Based on the eight-dimensional framework of Prim-Lex Theory, this paper applies, for the first time, the CLL (Capital Market Condensation Level) phase-transition early warning model to energy transition pathway planning. This paper elaborates, dimension by dimension, the calculation principles and data collection methods for each of the eight dimensions in energy transition governance. Using three empirical cases——the global renewable energy “tripling” target, the paradoxical growth of coal investment, and the energy transition financing gap in developing countries——it demonstrates the standardized application pathway of the CLL phase-transition early warning model in identifying the “critical window” of energy systems, providing a quantifiable, programmable, and auditable mathematical language and decision-making tool for the transition of global energy governance from “passive response” to “active phase-transition management.”

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