Although photovoltaic (PV) systems have become much more competitive, the diffusion of
PV systems still remains low in comparison to conventional energy sources. What are the …

Various types of policy instruments have been implemented to reduce local and global
emissions, but the impact on innovation of different instruments has received less attention …

This paper addresses interactions between technological innovation systems (TIS) and
wider “context structures”. While TIS studies have always considered various kinds of …

The use of TiO 2–water nanofluid as a working fluid for enhancing the performance of a flat
plate solar collector has been studied. The volume fraction of the nanoparticles was 0.1 …

The rise of Chinese solar energy firms has taken many experts by surprise. German policy
makers and researchers alike had suggested that the country's ambitious deployment …

Pioneering companies of radically new technological innovations often suffer from a slow
uptake of their innovations and struggle to find the right introduction strategy. This paper …

In this paper we focus on understanding the rapid rise of the Chinese PV industry and its
profound impact on the global PV industry. We investigate how it is possible that a nation …

This study investigates the pros and cons of the energy transition process as a part of
environmental sustainability's policy in Iran. To analyse the strategic transition towards clean …

With its potentially disruptive nature, the smart grid can be viewed from both a
transformational and an innovation systems perspective. Synthesising these, a research …

The development and deployment of clean technologies must be accelerated to avoid a
more than 2-degree warmer world. Redeployment of the vast resources concentrated in …