Overcoming the lock-out of renewable energy technologies in Spain: The cases of wind and solar electricity
This paper applies an evolutionary economics framework to analyse the factors leading to lock-out of renewable energy technologies (RETs). The cases of wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) in Spain are empirically analysed. The paper shows that a wide array of interrrelated factors (technoeconomic characteristics of technology components, system-level infrastructure and institutional factors) can create both barriers to the wide diffusion of RETs and can also be drivers that foster an escape from a lock-in situation. Based on this analysis, the paper suggests several policy measures which may help to overcome the lock-out of promising renewable energy technologies.
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2007
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Authors: | del Río, Pablo ; Unruh, Gregory |
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. - Elsevier, ISSN 1364-0321. - Vol. 11.2007, 7, p. 1498-1513
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Evolutionary economics Solar PV Wind energy Lock-in Lock-out Renewable energy technologies Technology policy |
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