Identifying barriers hindering the Aquaponics as an emerging value-conscious socio-technical system in the Netherlands

In the current times when "facts [are] uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high and decisions urgent" (Funtowicz & Ravetz 1990) humanity reaches for new ways of improving our life through resilient technology enhancements embedded in a socio-technical landscape. This thesis presents an effort to develop a theoretical framework that can be...

LVDC for buildings in the Netherlands: Technical and commercial potentials from DC Office Lab

Current energy concerns like growing energy demand, the desire for a clean environment and energy conservation started thrusting the society towards distributed renewable electricity generation (DG) technologies. These technologies such as PV solar, Fuel Cells (FC) and urban wind produce Direct Current (DC). The electronic equipment such as...

An assessment of the performance and potential of OTEC innovation clusters worldwide

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technology development is currently in the gap between academia and commercialization. To bridge this gap, all stakeholders that influence the development must perform optimally. This thesis presents the performance of OTEC developing stakeholder groups (‘clusters’) in Japan, the Netherlands, France, USA...

Developing Responsible Innovation Systems: The case of the rural energy sector in India

Technologies used in the energy sector, and many other sectors, are too complex for innovation by a single actor. Many influences from different types of actors are required to advance the technology, creating a collective innovation process. However, without the right accountability structures between different types of actors, unfavourable...

Success and Fail Factors in Battery Electric Vehicle Adoption: A comparison between Norway and Sweden

Research into what factors have influenced the Battery Electric Vehicle adoption rate difference in Norway and Sweden.

An Information Tool to Understand Innovation System and Technological Change in a Country

Innovation is considered to be the major force in economic growth. However, the processes are extremely complex and characterized with high level of uncertainty. How can we increase our understanding about innovation process? The core of modern thinking about innovation process is to understand what factors shaping and influencing innovation....

Evaluation of the potential of renewable driven desalination systems in Greece: A functional analysis and a financial feasibility study in the case of Sifnos Island

Water shortage is a major problem affecting certain areas of the planet. Almost 15% of the world’s population has not access to clean water and water demand is expected to double in the next twenty years. Over the past few years, a shift towards renewable energy technologies is observed. Rising energy prices, fossil fuel scarcity and increasing...

Development of Biofuel Technology in Indonesia

Indonesia has appeared to be an oil dependent society in the last four decades. However, Indonesia experienced a status change from oil net exporter to net importer in 2004. These factors created awareness in Indonesia to develop renewable energy sources. Biofuel is one of the most potential renewable resources in the country. The development of...

Transition to Renewable Energy in the Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean.

Society faces the compelling need to change the current ways of producing energy due to the environmental burden of fossil-based energy technologies along with the scarcity of fossil resources. Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) appear as an option for sustainable energy generation. Small Island Developing States, SIDS, are a particular group...

Framework for Developing Innovation Systems in Small Island Developing States: Roadmap for turning Curaçao into the OTEC Centre of Excellence

The objective of this thesis was to design a generically applicable framework for guiding the development of technological innovation systems in small island developing states (SIDS). Existing theories formed the bases of the framework but important changes were derived from a cross-case study of five island based innovation systems and an in...

Functions of Innovation Systems Analysis over time of PV technologies in Germany

The development and diffusion of different PV (Photovoltaic) technologies has been studied in Germany from the perspective of Functions of innovation systems, as well as the competition between these technologies. In this way important insights have been gained into the dynamics of development and diffusion of different PV technologies, which is...