Windows of opportunity for catching up in formative clean-tech sectors and the rise of China in concentrated solar power

Gosens, Jorrit; Gilmanova, Alina; Lilliestam, Johan

doi:10.1016/j.eist.2021.03.005

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“…The WLO-concept has been applied to explain catch-up during the formation of sectors or the introduction of radical innovations. This is true, for instance, with digital TV in Korea or clean-tech in China (Gosens et al, 2021;Lee et al, 2005). These examples hint at the role of the institutional context in capturing WLO in unlikely places.…”

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An agent of change against all odds? The case of Ledger in Vierzon, France

Morisson

Mayer

2021

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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The literature in economic geography is increasingly interested in the role of human agency in local and regional development. The understanding of the role of agents of change on path development is especially critical for small- and medium-sized towns (SMSTs), which tend to be less diversified and to have fewer localised capabilities. The town of Vierzon in the Centre-Val-de-Loire region in France is a medium-sized old industrial town in a structural crisis. It is suffering from deindustrialisation, population decline, unemployment and poverty. This article takes a micro-perspective with a case study approach to explore the creation and growth of Ledger – a frontier blockchain start-up that designs, produces and commercialises hardware wallets for cryptocurrencies – against all odds in Vierzon, France. It underlines the role of a Window of Locational Opportunity, agency, chance, the broader institutional context in the location of Ledger in an unlikely place and subsequent unrelated diversification and path creation. It contributes to the debate on the interplay between agency and structure by linking agents of change in SMSTs to the broader institutional context and to the understanding of the emergence of place-based leadership.

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An agent of change against all odds? The case of Ledger in Vierzon, France

Morisson

Mayer

2021

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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“…Second, we have shown the general usefulness of the window of locational opportunity concept. Traditional and more recent studies have analysed the emergence of new clusters and the entry in sectors with high technology content (e.g., [103,104]). Nevertheless, our case study illustrates that the WLO concept can also be applied to better understand the location process in industries characterised by low-technological content, as was the case of pigmeat processing in the second half of the 19th century in Catalonia.…”

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Deterministic and Contingent Factors in the Genesis of Agribusiness Clusters: The Pigmeat Industry in Nineteenth-Century Catalonia

Castell

Ramón-Muñoz

2022

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This paper deals with the location, origins, and early development of clusters and industrial districts in the agribusiness sector. It considers the case of the meat processing industry in the second half of the 19th century in Catalonia, a prosperous southern-European region in the period when this industry emerged. By constructing an index of potential locations at the municipal level, the paper discusses whether, and to what extent, deterministic factors explain the genesis of pigmeat processing clusters. The paper concludes that although deterministic factors need primary consideration, the contingency and non-deterministic factors, particularly human agency, may also play a non-negligible role. As an illustration, this study pays particular attention to the cluster of Vic, which developed around this middle-sized town in central Catalonia. It became a leading meat cluster in early 20th century Spain, despite the fact that it was not better suited to this industry than other Catalan localities where meat companies had also emerged.

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“…Comparisons with other advanced systems show that the system is more cost-effective in areas with abundant renewable energy resources and high fuel costs. Gosens et al (2020) [12] conducted a comprehensive study of China's development in the field of concentrated solar energy, and proposed a framework to compare the characteristics of formative and mature sectors. This framework is applied to the global concentrating solar power generation field.…”

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Automatic Design of Single-Stage Solar Photovoltaic Grid-Connected Inverter System

2022

IJOMAM

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This study aims to improve the efficiency of energy conversion, and optimize the design of the solar cell structure based on the single-stage solar photovoltaic grid-connected power generation technology. Firstly, the characteristics of conventional power batteries are analyzed. Additionally, the inverter structure analysis is the characteristic research method of the inverter system. The advantages and characteristics of the system are analyzed through the re-architecture of the photovoltaic grid-connected inverter system. In addition, the solar power generation cooling and heat dissipation technology are systematically re-optimized through experimental simulation. The results show that, compared with the traditional power battery, the solar photovoltaic gridconnected solar cell design is more stable in current and voltage. The energy conversion efficiency of the battery is increased by 23%, which can better realize the continuous and efficient use of solar energy. When the outer resistance region is infinite, the current of the battery rapidly rises to nearly 300A, while the voltage rapidly drops to 0V. Additionally, through the simulation experiment, the simulation cloud diagram and the temperature rise curve compare the thermal characteristic parameters of the traditional power battery and the solar battery under different charge and discharge rates. The life and safety of the power system are studied and the changes of the battery under high and low temperature conditions are analyzed. Battery life decay and thermal runaway are simulated. The results show that with the increase of charge-discharge rate and the increase of cycle times, the usable capacity of the battery will decrease seriously. When the battery is internally short-circuited, the local current inside the battery is too large and the battery thermal runaway occurs. The results have practical reference value for the optimal design of solar photovoltaic grid-connected systems and the efficient utilization of solar energy resources.

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Windows of opportunity for catching up in formative clean-tech sectors and the rise of China in concentrated solar power

Cited by 20 publications

References 83 publications

An agent of change against all odds? The case of Ledger in Vierzon, France

An agent of change against all odds? The case of Ledger in Vierzon, France

Deterministic and Contingent Factors in the Genesis of Agribusiness Clusters: The Pigmeat Industry in Nineteenth-Century Catalonia

Automatic Design of Single-Stage Solar Photovoltaic Grid-Connected Inverter System

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