The UK and German Low-Carbon Industry Transitions from a Sectoral Innovation and System Failures Perspective
| Autor: | Ajay Gambhir, Anastasios Karamaneas, Jakob Wachsmuth, Hera Neofytou, Konstantinos Koasidis, Haris Doukas, Alexandros Nikas |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Publica |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Control and Optimization
020209 energy sectoral innovation systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology industrial transitions 010501 environmental sciences 7. Clean energy 01 natural sciences lcsh:Technology 09 Engineering German Germany system failures 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Engineering (miscellaneous) Industrial organization 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Systems of innovation 02 Physical Sciences German industry 9. Industry and infrastructure Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment lcsh:T Investment (macroeconomics) language.human_language United Kingdom 13. Climate action Greenhouse gas systems of innovation 8. Economic growth language Business Energy (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Energies, Vol 13, Iss 4994, p 4994 (2020) Energies |
| ISSN: | 1996-1073 |
| Popis: | Industrial processes are associated with high amounts of energy consumed and greenhouse gases emitted, stressing the urgent need for low-carbon sectoral transitions. This research reviews the energy-intensive iron and steel, cement and chemicals industries of Germany and the United Kingdom, two major emitting countries with significant activity, yet with different recent orientation. Our socio-technical analysis, based on the Sectoral Innovation Systems and the Systems Failure framework, aims to capture existing and potential drivers of or barriers to diffusion of sustainable industrial technologies and extract implications for policy. Results indicate that actor structures and inconsistent policies have limited low-carbon innovation. A critical factor for the successful decarbonisation of German industry lies in overcoming lobbying and resistance to technological innovation caused by strong networks. By contrast, a key to UK industrial decarbonisation is to drive innovation and investment in the context of an industry in decline and in light of Brexit-related uncertainty. |
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