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Wind power implementation in changing institutional landscapes: An international comparison.

01 May 2007-Energy Policy (Elsevier)-Vol. 35, Iss: 5, pp 2737-2750
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare wind power implementation in the Netherlands, England, and the German state of North Rhine Westphalia in a multiple cases study, focusing on the conditions that affect the local planning contexts, where a lack of social acceptance becomes manifest.
About: This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2007-05-01. It has received 403 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Institutional analysis & Wind power.
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TL;DR: The special issue on Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Innovation as mentioned in this paper is a collection of best papers presented at an international research conference held in Tramelan (Switzerland) in February 2006.

2,195 citations


Cites background from "Wind power implementation in changi..."

  • ...Recent studies also question the cost-effectiveness of the UK’s quota system, where large incumbent energy suppliers influence market developments and the utilityrelated wind developers have an advantage over independent generators (Breukers and Wolsink, 2007, this issue)....

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  • ...Furthermore, the importance of clear and consistent choices for a stable financial support system that guarantees access to the grid for all interested investors is also emphasised by Breukers and Wolsink (2007, this issue) .I t is not only the design of the support system, but also the stability and the reliability from an investors’ perspective (yet another dimension of ‘trust’) that has shown to be important for successful ......

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  • ...Recent studies also question the cost-effectiveness of the UK’s quota system, where large incumbent energy suppliers influence market developments and the utilityrelated wind developers have an advantage over independent generators ( Breukers and Wolsink, 2007, this issue )....

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01 Oct 2012
TL;DR: The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) as mentioned in this paper brings together over 300 international researchers to provide an independent, scientifically based, integrated and policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues and options.
Abstract: The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) brings together over 300 international researchers to provide an independent, scientifically based, integrated and policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues and options. It has been peer-reviewed anonymously by an additional 200 international experts. The GEA assesses the major global challenges for sustainable development and their linkages to energy; the technologies and resources available for providing energy services; future energy systems that address the major challenges; and the policies and other measures that are needed to realize transformational change toward sustainable energy futures. The GEA goes beyond existing studies on energy issues by presenting a comprehensive and integrated analysis of energy chalenges, opportunities and strategies, for developing, industrialized and emerging economies. This volume is a invaluable resource for energy specialists and technologists in all sectors (academia, industry and government) as well as policymakers, development economists and practitioners in international organizations and national governments.

812 citations

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TL;DR: The main issues related to successful implementation policies concern the socio-economic institutions that are conditional to planning in the energy policy domain, but also in the domain of spatial planning as discussed by the authors.

583 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a review of the social construction of smart electricity grids is presented, focusing on how such new systems become institutionally embedded, and how they are socially constructed, and emphasizing the institutional character of social acceptance and renewables innovation calls for an institutional theory approach involving Common Pool Resources management.
Abstract: The rapid developing literature on ‘smart grids’ suggests that these will facilitate ‘distributed generation’ (DG) preferably from renewable sources. However, the current development of smart (micro)grids with substantial amount of DG (“DisGenMiGrids”) suffers from a focus on mere ‘technology’. Ongoing problems with deployment of renewable energy have shown that implementation is largely determined by broad social acceptance issues. This smart grid development is very important for further renewables deployment, but again there is a tendency to continue the neglect of social determinants. Most technical studies apply implicit and largely unfounded assumptions about the participation in and contribution of actors to DisGenMiGrid systems. This lack of understanding will have severe consequences: smart grids will not further renewables deployment when there are hardly actors that are willing to become part of them. This review is a first attempt to address the social construction of smart electricity grids. As institutional factors have proved to be the main determinants of acceptance, these will also be crucial for further renewables deployment in micro-grid communities. Elaboration of the institutional character of social acceptance and renewables’ innovation calls for an institutional theory approach involving Common Pool Resources management, because these socio-technical systems aim to optimise the exploitation of natural resources. Citizens/consumers and other end-users increasingly have the option to become more self-sufficient by becoming co-producers of electricity. They may optimise the contribution of DG when they cooperate and insert their renewable energy in a cooperative microgrid with mutual delivery. Moreover, the option to include ‘distributed storage’ capacity (electric vehicles) in these microgrids, enables an increasing share of renewables deployment. However, all these options should be institutionally opened. This requires much self-governance and flexible overall regulation that allows microgrids. The research agenda should focus on how such new systems become institutionally embedded, and how they are socially constructed.

473 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify and analyse factors that are important for winning acceptance of wind-energy parks on the local level, such as institutional conditions such as economic incentives and regulations; and site-specific conditions (territorial factors), such as the local economy, the local geography, local actors, and actual on-site planning process (project management).

446 citations


Cites background from "Wind power implementation in changi..."

  • ...A country’s policy framework (Breukers and Wolsink, 2006; Wolsink, 2006), including the planning rules and financial incentives affecting a wind-energy project, was the starting point for this study....

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TL;DR: The term "New Institutionalism" is a term that now appears with growing frequency in political science as mentioned in this paper, and there is considerable confusion about just what the new institutionalism is, how it differs from other approaches, and what sort of promise or problems it displays.
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TL;DR: The authors provides an overview of recent developments in historical institutionalism and assesses the progress in understanding institutional formation and change, drawing on insights from recent historical institutional work on icritical juncturesi and on ipolicy feedbacks.
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TL;DR: In this article, an institutional approach to Spatial Change and Environmental Planning is presented, with a focus on the development of an infrastructure for collaborative planning systems and practices in URBAN regions.
Abstract: List of Figures - Preface - PART I: TOWARDS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNT AND COMMUNICATIVE THEORY OF PLANNING - Introduction - Traditions of Planning Thought - An Institutional Approach to Spatial Change and Environmental Planning - Spatial Planning Systems and Practices - PART II: THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF URBAN REGIONS - Introduction - Everyday Life and Local Enviornments - Local Economies, Land and Property - Living in the Natural World - PART III: PROCESSES FOR COLLABORATIVE PLANNING - Planning and Governance - Strategies, Processes and Plans - Systemic Institutional Design for Collaborative Planning - References - Index

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James Mahoney1
TL;DR: In this article, a determiner a quels types d'evenements historiques s'applique l'analyse de path dependence is presented. But this determiner is restricted to two types of evenements: the sequences a auto-renforcement and the sequences reactives.
Abstract: Cet article cherche a determiner a quels types d'evenements historiques s'applique l'analyse de path dependence. Selon l'A., il s'agit de sequences historiques au sein desquelles des evenements contingents mettent en mouvement des modeles institutionnels ou des chaines d'evenements ayant des proprietes deterministes. L'identification de la path dependence implique a la fois de relier un resultat a une serie d'evenements et de montrer en quoi ces evenements sont eux-memes des occurences contingentes ne pouvant etre expliquees par des conditions historiques prealables. Ces sequences historiques sont generalement de deux types : les sequences a auto-renforcement et les sequences reactives

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