Organising risky decisions on hydrogen transmission capacity: Transposing comparative insights from the EU-US fossil gas transmission sectors towards the economic question of making hydrogen transmission capacity available

Renewable hydrogen is seen as an important element of a future decarbonized European Union. To reach the European Union’s ambitious goals for renewable hydrogen, a framework for regulating its hydrogen transmission infrastructures has been proposed, shaping how hydrogen transmission capacity via pipelines should be made available throughout the...

Governance analysis of decentralized exchange applications: An institutional economics approach

Blockchaintechnologyhasintroducedthepossibilitytoexchangevalueandinformationthroughtheinternet without the supervision or permission from any third party intermediary. While many private and public entities have seen this as a chance to increase their operational efficiency, other ventures have been utilizing this...

The role of Extended Producer Responsibility in the transition to a Circular Economy: An institutional analysis of the circularity of EPR

The concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is often connected to the Circular Economy (CE). According to policy plans, EPR would stimulate the transition to a CE. This thesis studies the role of EPR in the transition to a CE from an institutional perspective. It utilises a qualitative research approach, combining a literature review...

Institutional Innovation: Case study of sustenance of solar electrification projects in Rural India: Innovating institutions with technological innovations

More than 200 million Indians are without electricity, and the majority lies in the rural areas, where the central grid fails to reach due to unreliable distribution and inconsistent terrain. The solutions that reach include majorly, decentralized energy resources via solar micro-grids, or solar home systems. New projects of energy sharing are...

Spectrum Trading in the United Kingdom: Considering Market-Based Liberalization from Two Perspectives

This thesis considers the policy of liberalization via spectrum trading in the U.K. through the lenses of two perspectives on markets. The central research question of this thesis is: How is the outcome of the policy of liberalization via spectrum trading in the U.K. considered through the lenses of two perspectives on markets: the MO and MT...