Beyond Technology Push vs. Demand Pull: The Evolution of Solar Policy in the U.S., Germany and China
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T1 - Beyond Technology Push vs. Demand Pull
T2 - The Evolution of Solar Policy in the U.S., Germany and China
AU - Hansen, Erik Gunnar
AU - Lüdeke-Freund, Florian
AU - Quan, Xiahong
AU - West, Joel
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - To explain and promote the adoption of new technologies, researchers have debated the relative importance of technology push and demand pull factors (e.g., Schmookler, 1966; Mowery and Rosenberg, 1979; Peters et al, 2012). Here we examine a crucial problem of contemporary innovation policy — promoting the adoption of renewable energy to reduceanthropogenic global warming — that challenges prior models for large scale innovation adoption. From the recommendations of Mowery, Nelson and Martin (2010), we develop a typology of technology push and demand pull policy design principles for renewable energyadoption. We use these principles to analyze a sample of 79 solar energy policies from 1974 to 2011 in the U.S., Germany and China. To go beyond the push/pull dichotomy, we also map these policies to the (solar) value chain. From this, we suggest additions to the model of technology push and demand pull — distinguishing between direct and indirect push and pull — to explain the success of renewable energy policies.
AB - To explain and promote the adoption of new technologies, researchers have debated the relative importance of technology push and demand pull factors (e.g., Schmookler, 1966; Mowery and Rosenberg, 1979; Peters et al, 2012). Here we examine a crucial problem of contemporary innovation policy — promoting the adoption of renewable energy to reduceanthropogenic global warming — that challenges prior models for large scale innovation adoption. From the recommendations of Mowery, Nelson and Martin (2010), we develop a typology of technology push and demand pull policy design principles for renewable energyadoption. We use these principles to analyze a sample of 79 solar energy policies from 1974 to 2011 in the U.S., Germany and China. To go beyond the push/pull dichotomy, we also map these policies to the (solar) value chain. From this, we suggest additions to the model of technology push and demand pull — distinguishing between direct and indirect push and pull — to explain the success of renewable energy policies.
KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics
KW - technology push
KW - demand pull
KW - technology policy
KW - solar photovoltaic
KW - renewable energy
M3 - Working papers
SN - 978-3-942638-49-4
BT - Beyond Technology Push vs. Demand Pull
PB - Centre for Sustainability Management
CY - Lüneburg
ER -