A spatial perspective on the legitimacy of a technological innovation system: Regional differences in onshore wind energy

The evolving role of networking organizations in advanced sustainability transitions

“…Many firms active in manufacturing, project development, or services, as well as specialized research institutes are located in and around Oldenburg (Fornahl et al, 2012;MacKinnon et al, 2019;Rohe and Mattes, 2021). Accordingly, the legitimacy of the technology is relatively high in the region (Rohe and Chlebna, 2021). An additional bioenergy cluster in the Southern districts is characterized by leading biogas plant manufacturers and high demand from the intensive agricultural sector (Tamásy, 2013;Franz et al, 2018).…”

Assessing technology legitimacy with topic models and sentiment analysis – The case of wind power in Germany

“…Also, local protest groups started to collaborate on a federal level and become more involved in federal politics. While wind power still is a legitimate source of electricity mainly due to its role in reducing carbon emissions, these results point to the need for continued political action, particularly on the regional level, where recent scholarship revealed that particularly pragmatic and normative legitimacy might be highly location-specific (Rohe and Chlebna, 2021).…”

The combination of supply and demand-side eco-innovation policies for regional sustainability transitions

“…While scenarios II and III lead to either economic or ecological advantages for the region, the creation of green regional supply and demand structures could be economically and ecologically advantageous (scenario I). In addition, regional sustainability transitions might benefit from regional legitimacy that stems from co-located demand and supply (Rohe & Chlebna, 2021).…”