Changing the rules? Institutional innovation and the diffusion of microgeneration

Changing the rules? Institutional innovation and the diffusion of microgeneration

The paper addresses the question of how institutional change relates to the diffusion of microgeneration energy technologies in the UK, posed in a research project comprising interviews with thirty-one respondents connected with the field of microgeneration in the UK. It analyses the nature of insti...

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Published in:Technology analysis & strategic management 2012-08, Vol.24 (7), p.711-727
Main Author: Genus, Audley
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Clean energy
Diffusion
Electricity
Electricity generation
Energy technology
innovation
Innovation diffusion
institutions
Maintenance
microgeneration
niches
Organizational change
Planning methods
Power generation
regimes
Research projects
rules
Strategic management
Studies
system change
Technological change
Technology
Technology transfer
United Kingdom
Western Europe
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Summary:The paper addresses the question of how institutional change relates to the diffusion of microgeneration energy technologies in the UK, posed in a research project comprising interviews with thirty-one respondents connected with the field of microgeneration in the UK. It analyses the nature of institutional rules in the prevailing regime of electricity generation and in microgeneration niches. It examines how such rules might facilitate systems innovation, or contribute to the maintenance of the prevailing system or partial change. The conclusions of the paper inform and deepen understanding of how conformity to or innovation in institutional rules may hamper or potentially contribute to diffusion of environmentally sustainable microgeneration of energy.
ISSN:0953-7325
1465-3990