The Final Hurdles to Technical Implementation of Vehicle-to-Grid

The automotive industry is transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs), creating a higher electricity demand. Concurrently, the utility sector is shifting to a renewable energy system. Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology allows EVs to both consume and deliver electricity to the grid, introducing a dynamic interaction. However, integrating EVs into the...

The Future of Citizen Participation in Public Decision-Making in the Netherlands

This master’s thesis explores the future of citizen participation in public decision-making in the Netherlands. Citizen participation is regarded as an important aspect of the Dutch democracy since it is used to gain insights into what the citizens consider important. Currently, there is scarce scientific literature on the future of citizen...

Energy hubs as the solution to net congestion: A governance and innovation perspective on implementing energy hubs

The Netherlands is dedicated to countering climate change, and a necessary approach is transitioning to renewable energy and promoting the electrification of the Dutch industry. However, this shift from a centralized to a decentralized energy system has led to grid congestion due to the existing grid structure designed for lower energy demand...

Analysing the North Sea Offshore Energy System in Light of the Energy Transition:: A Case Study Application of the Extended Multi-Level Perspective Framework

The urgent need to address global warming and achieve the 1.5°C target set by the Paris Agreement necessitates an energy transition in Europe, with offshore wind energy in the North Sea playing a vital role. Despite the complexity of the North Sea's offshore energy system, the existing literature lacks a comprehensive study of the entire system,...

Towards a Circular Dutch Heavy-Duty Vehicle Value Chain: A Multi-Level Perspective analysis of the Dutch Heavy-Duty Vehicle Value Chain following the Solution-focused Sustainability Assessment

A New Approach to Understanding the Barriers to Onshore Wind Energy in France

In recent years, the French onshore wind industry has met increasing barriers to new projects despite more supportive policies being implemented. This research uses an adaptation of MLP and SNM transition study frameworks to examine the reasons for these shortfalls.<br/>The thesis include two levels of study: a national level and a local level...

The Sustainability Transitions Platform: A digital innovation platform that serves as a tool for development of sustainability transitions research and as a bridge between theory and practice

Sustainability transitions is a complex multi-dimensional research field. In this field, different frameworks exist that have grown as separate strands while they actually contain many similarities and in some cases can even complement each other. In general, these frameworks try to present and clarify the processes related to transitions of...

Textile-to-textile recycling in the Netherlands: The old-fashioned clothing industry in transition towards a circular industry

The textile and clothing industry is one of the most polluting industries worldwide and requires the use of many resources.Textile-to-textile recycling can be crucial for closing the material loop and transition towards a circular textile and clothing industry. Currently, only 1% of textile waste is recycled into new high-quality textile items....

Rooftop PV in Indonesia: A Niche Development Analysis: A qualitative study to analyze the niche development using Strategic Niche Management (SNM) with complementary insights from Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) and Business Model

To achieve 23% renewable energy by 2025, 29% emission reduction by 2030, and net zero emission in 2060, Indonesia needs to accelerate the transition to renewable energy such as solar energy. Despite the abundant solar energy potential, the contribution of solar PV has only reached 0.05% of the energy mix in 2021 (MEMR, 2021). The development of...

Green hydrogen potential for the Dutch built environment

The term “Green Hydrogen Economy” has been prevalent in the global economies in recent years. Interest in hydrogen as an energy carrier has increased due to the global increase in air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and increased energy demand. The Netherlands aspires to be a European leader in hydrogen deployment, as hydrogen is widely seen...

Small Hydro Power in Indonesia: A Niche Development Analysis: A qualitative study to analyze the niche development using the Strategic Niche Management (SNM) with complementary insights from the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) and business models

To reduce carbon emissions by 29% by 2030 and achieve the renewable energy target of 23% by 2025, Indonesia needs to utilize more renewable energy. Although Indonesia is endowed with many renewable energy resources such as hydro, solar, wind and biomass, renewable energy currently only accounts for 14.37% of the total power generation installed...

High-value food waste valorisation in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area: A combined environmental-, socio-technical- and network analysis of anaerobic fermentation technologies for fatty acids production, from a nexus governance perspective

The unprecedented major scale and rapid rate of urban growth put an increasing pressure on natural resources for providing energy, materials, and food- and nutrition security. Likewise, an alarming major increase can be witnessed in the generation of food waste (FW) in urban areas. While megacities contribute to 6.7% of the global population, 12...