The diffusion of a renewable energy technology and innovation system functioning: Comparing bio-digestion in Kenya and Rwanda

Tigabu, Aschalew; Berkhout, Frans; Beukering, P.J.H. van

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2013.09.019

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“…This opens up new degrees of freedom on how technological change may happen in these contexts, where the relevance for sustainable technology development is hard to question. But even beyond that, transporting TIS studies to the Global South might inspire the formulation of major conceptual innovations in TIS research (see, e.g., Blum et al, in press;Gosens et al, 2015;Jacobsson and Bergek, 2006;Murphy, 2013;Tigabu et al, 2015).…”

Section: Tis Development In Geographical Context Structuresmentioning

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Technological innovation systems in contexts: Conceptualizing contextual structures and interaction dynamics

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Hekkert

Jacobsson

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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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This paper addresses interactions between technological innovation systems (TIS) and wider "context structures". While TIS studies have always considered various kinds of contextual influences, we suggest that the TIS framework can be further strengthened by a more elaborated conceptualization of TIS context structures and TIS-context interactions. For that purpose, we identify and discuss four especially important types of context structures: technological, sectoral, geographical and political. For each of these, we provide examples of different ways in which context structures can interact with a focal TIS and how our understanding of TIS dynamics is enhanced by considering them explicitly. Lessons for analysts are given and a research agenda is outlined.

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Section: Tis Development In Geographical Context Structuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technological innovation systems in contexts: Conceptualizing contextual structures and interaction dynamics

Bergek

Hekkert

Jacobsson

et al. 2015

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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348

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“…Firstly, there is excessive stress on the national transmission lines that carry power for distribution over long distances. Secondly, the continent is characterised by countries with sparsely populated rural settlements; this makes distributed power generation more efficient than a centralised generation system [72]. In Africa, fossil energy constitutes a large proportion of the electricity systems, even though there are vast renewable energy opportunities.…”

Section: Unmet Electricity Markets In Sub-saharan Africamentioning

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“…The concept of leapfrogging is not novel in the academic literature [25,29,46,52,58,72]. It emerged as the rate of inventing new technologies increased, and the potential to transition from one product or service to another became greater.…”

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“…Although the concept of leapfrogging involves a form of change fuelled by innovation, most leapfrogging concepts focus mainly on technological innovation [25,46,52,65,72]. Technological innovation is a precursor to leapfrogging, but is not the sole determinant.…”

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“…A transition to renewable energy in particular is gaining momentum as a conduit to universal energy access for all. Furthermore, leapfrogging to renewable energy is considered a potential route to achieving energy security [8,14,16,30,60,72,84]. In light of the long-term benefits of generating electricity from renewable sources, some developed countries are effectively harnessing their renewable energy resources for electricity services.…”

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Leapfrogging to Renewable Energy: The Opportunity for Unmet Electricity Markets

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Musango

Brent

2017

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Electricity plays a crucial role in the socio-economic development of any country. Developing countries, however, unlike their developed counterparts, do not have electricity markets that are fully satisfied, nor are they 'laden' with large-scale infrastructure that could create inertia about making the transition. The objective of this paper is to identify the potential trajectories for unmet electricity markets in sub-Saharan Africa to leapfrog to renewable energy as they strive to accelerate access to electricity. The following key drivers of renewable energy leapfrogging in unmet electricity markets were identified from the review: the need to achieve sustainability targets; the availability of renewable energy resources on a sufficient scale; growing investment in renewable energy; maturing niche renewable technologies; a weakening renewable energy cost hypothesis; and a growing population and increasing urbanisation. The paper further conceptualised three potential transition paradigms: revolutionary, scattered, and coned pathways. These paradigms were defined by the pace and magnitude of the transition that can be observed, and depend on the intensity of the identified drivers in a specific unmet electricity market. The paper argues that the largely unmet electricity market in sub-Saharan Africa provides an opportunity to leapfrog the fossilintensive energy regime to adopt a renewable energy regime. OPSOMMINGElektrisiteit speel 'n belangrike rol in die sosio-ekonomiese ontwikkeling van enige land. In teenstelling met hul ontwikkelde eweknieë, is ontwikkelende lande se elektrisiteitsmarkte nog nie versadig nie, en is hulle ook boonop nie opgesaal met grootskaalse infrastruktuur wat oorgang sou vertraag nie. Die doel van hierdie artikel is om die potensiële trajekte vir onontginde elektrisiteitsmarkte in sub-Sahara-Afrika te identifiseer om oor te skakel na hernubare energie in hul strewe daarna om toegang tot elektrisiteit te versnel. Die behoefte om volhoubaarheidsdoelwitte te bereik word ondersoek, asook die beskikbaarheid van hernubare energiebronne op voldoende skaal; toenemende belegging in hernubare energie; die ontwikkeling van nie-hernubare tegnologie; die hipotese rakende die verminderde koste verbonde aan hernubare energie-infrakstruktuur; en die bevolkingsaanwas en verstedeliking. Die artikel stel ook 3 omskakeling-paradigmas voor: revolusionêre, verspreide of gefokusde roetes. Dit was gedefinieer deur die tempo en omvang van die omskakeling waargeneem, en hang af van die intensiteit van die geïdentifiseerde drywers in die mark. Die argument word gemaak dat die onbevredigde elektrisiteitsmark in die sub-Sahara mark geleenthede bied om die fosielbrandstof-intensiewe energie-opwekking verby te steek en sodoende 'n hernubare energie regime in werking te stel.

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Innovative and mission‐oriented financing of renewable energy in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A review and conceptual framework

Soumonni

Ojah

2021

WIREs Energy & Environment

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Notwithstanding the high levels of renewable energy resources across Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), modern energy use based on these abundant natural resources remains negligible. Furthermore, the current electrification rates and reliability of available power supply in the region have consistently remained significantly lower than the global average over the last three decades. And of the reasons advanced for this state of affairs, the lack of appropriate financing is said to be a crucial one. Therefore, focusing on a comparative overview of the dominant approaches to financing electrification, we characterize the persistence of this regional gap as a reflection of relative “policy stasis.” We then problematize this condition of stasis by employing the theoretical perspectives of mission‐oriented finance in conjunction with those of innovative finance and renewable energy innovation. In addition, we review relevant peer‐reviewed articles over the same period, and find evidence that indicates an underappreciation of financing models that stimulate endogenous technological innovation in renewable energy in SSA. Our analysis suggests that the types of innovation, associated configurations of financial actors, levels of capital intensity, and perceived risks in relation to beneficiaries, diverge from those accounted for in the dominant financing models. Consequently, we propose a novel, historically path‐dependent conceptual framework that emerges from the intersection among the concepts of mission‐oriented finance, endogenous innovation, and innovative financing, which we term “endogenous innovative financing.” This framework ultimately guides our recommendations for more promising financing mechanisms for resolving the interwoven challenges of sustainable universal electrification and renewable energy innovation in SSA. This article is categorized under: Energy Research & Innovation > Economics and Policy Energy and Development > Economics and Policy Energy and Climate > Economics and Policy

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The diffusion of a renewable energy technology and innovation system functioning: Comparing bio-digestion in Kenya and Rwanda

Cited by 88 publications

References 35 publications

Technological innovation systems in contexts: Conceptualizing contextual structures and interaction dynamics

Technological innovation systems in contexts: Conceptualizing contextual structures and interaction dynamics

Leapfrogging to Renewable Energy: The Opportunity for Unmet Electricity Markets

Innovative and mission‐oriented financing of renewable energy in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A review and conceptual framework

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