Lock-in and change: Distributed generation in Denmark in a long-term perspective

Vleuten, Eba Erik; Raven, Rob

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2005.08.016

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“…Recent economic reform agendas have focussed on notions of decoupling economic growth from consumption of resources, in this case shifting the energy market based on profit from electricity throughput towards an energy services paradigm (Steinberger et al 2009). Recent attempts to decouple utility incentives appear to be partial and inadequate (Kihm 2009), and some authors express concern about the prospect of rebound effects associated with technological and market design improvements, particularly given the prevailing consumer-capitalist society (Herring and Roy 2007;Trainer 2011). While wholesale changes to economic policy are unlikely, the urban policy realm may hold some promise for addressing these concerns.…”

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The challenge of adapting centralised electricity systems: peak demand and maladaptation in South East Queensland, Australia

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South East Queensland's (SEQ's) centralised electricity system is under great pressure to adapt. Climate change is converging with socio-economic, demographic and technological changes to create a 'perfect storm' for the region's electricity system. Distribution networks are particularly affected, with these factors contributing to tremendous peak demand growth, about double the rate of growth in average demand in recent years. This paper reviews how Australia's electricity system is adapting to multiple drivers of peak electricity demand. We use sociotechnical transitions theory to understand the temporal interconnected social and technical dimensions of adaptation in this setting. Specifically, we present an historical narrative of the emergence of centralisation in Australia and outline the peak demand problem in SEQ and review adaptation options from the international literature. We also analyse the interactions between key social groups and their adaptation responses over the past decade. Our analysis shows that adaptation has become a contested process between supply-chain actors and end-users, each with different economic objectives, adaptation needs and capacities. The resulting adaptation dynamic that is emerging shows worrying signs of maladaptation. Implications for market governance and urban policy and research are discussed.

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The challenge of adapting centralised electricity systems: peak demand and maladaptation in South East Queensland, Australia

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“…Distributed generation holds the promise of a lower need for investments in expensive transportation and distribution infrastructures [49][50][51][52]. Motives for distributed generation achieved specifically through LLCEIs include environmental (e.g., carbon reduction, energy saving); economic (lower energy bill, local economic regeneration, job creation); and social drivers (community cohesion, social and civic gratification) [4,16,18,48,[53][54][55][56].…”

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Modes of Governing and Policy of Local and Regional Governments Supporting Local Low-Carbon Energy Initiatives; Exploring the Cases of the Dutch Regions of Overijssel and Fryslân

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Hoppe

2017

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Recent scholarly attention shows increasing involvement of local low-carbon energy initiatives (LLCEIs) in governance and policy, in particular in relation to innovations regarding low-carbon energy and energy efficiency. The future perspective of active citizenship in the production of locally generated low-carbon energy is largely dependent on the existing institutional and policy frameworks and settings. Subnational governments, in particular, can have a prominent role in this process by engaging in institutional adaptation and policy innovation. The central research question of this paper is: In what ways do local and regional governments innovate in governing to respond to the emergence of LLCEIs? The research question is answered by comparing two case studies: the Dutch regions of Overijssel and Fryslân. We have conceptualized a meta-governing approach of experimentation, characterizing the innovations in governing that emerge when governments respond to the emergence of LLCEIs. We specifically focus on two capacities that subnational governments can use to enhance their governing capacity vis-à-vis LLCEIs and which substantiate the experimental meta-governance mode: institutional adaptation and policy innovation. We then formulated hypotheses that specify the expected policy innovations and institutional adaptations employed vis-à-vis LLCEIs. Data collection involved in-depth interviews and use of secondary data. The results show that a balancing process of authoritative and enabling modes of governing particularly characterized the type of policy innovations that were developed and the institutional adaptations that took place. Both provinces govern LLCEIs at arm's length and issue significant capacity-building strategies that vary in terms of their conditions. Municipalities, however, incline towards impromptu and opportunistic responses, some of them having lasting effects by patching up existing institutional settings, others having more of an episodic character. The results will further the understanding of subnational low-carbon policy and governance innovation processes vis-à-vis the role of LLCEIs.

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“…Though the history of the diary industry has been rather specific, the main argument and methodology are general enough to be applied to different industries as well as to other hybrid organisational forms (Ménard 2004;Hendrikse and Feng 2013). In particular, the analysis of the rise of cooperatives in the renewable energy sector can be of specific interest in the light of sustainable development (Van der Vleuten and Raven, 2006;Walker and Devine-Wright, 2008). (source: Willemsens and De Wit, 1995) Figure 3: Kaplan-Meier plot of cooperative dairy factories and private dairy factories *** = significant < .01, ** = significant < .05 * = significant < .10…”

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The evolution of the Dutch dairy industry and the rise of cooperatives: a research note

Frenken

2013

Journal of Institutional Economics

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Economic historians tend to explain the rise of the cooperative form in agriculture from the advantage of cooperative over private factories in reducing transaction costs with suppliers. This study provides a first test of this thesis using data on 1130 dairy factories in The Netherlands. Indeed, we find that cooperative factories performed significantly better than private factories. The persistence of private factories in certain regions can be explained by first-mover advantages.

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Lock-in and change: Distributed generation in Denmark in a long-term perspective

Cited by 87 publications

References 24 publications

The challenge of adapting centralised electricity systems: peak demand and maladaptation in South East Queensland, Australia

The challenge of adapting centralised electricity systems: peak demand and maladaptation in South East Queensland, Australia

Modes of Governing and Policy of Local and Regional Governments Supporting Local Low-Carbon Energy Initiatives; Exploring the Cases of the Dutch Regions of Overijssel and Fryslân

The evolution of the Dutch dairy industry and the rise of cooperatives: a research note

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