Empowering Energy Community Nichein Flanders: A Study on Social Innovation, and Transition Strategies

The global shift towards sustainable and renewable energy sources is an undeniable necessity. Energy communities, grounded in principles of community participation and environmental sustainability, are emerging as key players in driving this transformation. Flanders, a region in Belgium, has witnessed the rise of energy communities as they take...

Hydrogen in the Dutch built environment: Exploring the transition from natural gas to hydrogen based heating in the Dutch built environment through Socio-Technical Scenarios

The Dutch government published a Climate Accord in 2019 which stated that all houses in the Netherlands should be heated without CO₂ emissions. The Dutch built environment is currently being heated with natural gas which forces actors within the heating system of the Dutch built environment to look for new technologies. At the same...

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...

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...

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...

A Sustainable Energy Transition Case Study on Aruba

This research identifies opportunities to accelerate the SET towards a 100% RE based on Aruba. This thesis is structured in three parts: 1) a literature review to assess the main relevant theories. 2) A conceptual framework combining the Strategic Niche Management and the Multi-level Perspective is developed to analyse and compare case studies...

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...

Crossing the Valley of Death: Transitioning from green hydrogen production pilots to full-scale commercial production using transition management theories in order to realise energy transition ambitions

Ambitious decarbonisation targets that have been set by both the Dutch Government and corporations alike can be achieved. However, this requires the current approach of fulfilling the energy supply and demand to be drastically changed over the next decade. Failure to do so will result in a prolonged energy transition which ultimately results in...

Niche strategy selection for kite-based Airborne Wind Energy technologies

Through the analysis of historic cases high-tech innovations, a selection process has been devised to accelerate sustainable innovations to large-scale adoption. The niche strategy selection process has been applied to, and validated with, the case of kite-based Airborne Wind Energy, resulting in an overview of its barriers and guidance to...

Barriers & Niche Strategies for Scaling-Up Technology Firms at the Base of Pyramid

There are 4 billion people with income less than $3000 per year, which belong to the Base of Pyramid (BoP) market segment. These people share similar characteristics such as experiencing health problems, lack of education and poor living conditions. This state is realized by several entrepreneurs as potential business opportunities, which come...

Dutch Electric Vehicle Innovation System

Actor Network Development in Strategic Niche Management: Analysis in the field of Solar Energy in Kenya

Master Thesis research concerning the influence of culture on actor network development in the Strategic Niche Management context.