Innovation and policy for bioenergy in the UK: A co-evolutionary perspective

De Laurentis, Carla

Abstract

This paper analyses the role of niche innovation and regime interaction in the field of renewable energy in the UK. Adopting a co-evolutionary approach and a dynamic multi-level perspective on system innovation, the paper investigates niches development in UK in the field of bioenergy and its interaction with the current energy regime. Contributing to the debate about spatial scales at which sustainability transitions can be conceptualised, the paper utilises the case of niche development in the region of Wales to provide supporting evidence of the importance of context-specific social and political relations that may foster or hinder regime transformation.

Citation

De Laurentis, C. (2015). Innovation and policy for bioenergy in the UK: A co-evolutionary perspective. Regional Studies, 49(7), 1111-1125. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2013.834320

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 1, 2013
• Online Publication Date: Oct 8, 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Deposit Date: Jun 28, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 28, 2022
• Journal: Regional Studies
• Print ISSN: 0034-3404
• Electronic ISSN: 1360-0591
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 1111-1125
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2013.834320
• Keywords: Innovation;institutions; co-evolution; bioenergy; transistion studies
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9642489
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2013.834320