Public intermediaries in the energy transition - A study of municipal energy advisors in Sweden
Licentiatavhandling, 2023
This licentiate thesis takes a mixed methods approach to increase the understanding of the roles of public intermediaries in the energy transition. More specifically, it studies how public intermediaries operationalize their policy mission, and why, as well as how public intermediation can be improved. To this end, the case of municipal energy advisors in Sweden is studied through 129 activity reports, 22 semi-structured interviews, and a survey to both the municipal energy advisors and solar PV installers. The outcome is presented in this compiling synthesis and three appended papers.
The findings reveal that the roles of public intermediaries depend on how they operationalize their policy mission. Public intermediaries perform a wide range of activities on both an actor and system level, thus displaying different behaviors. This varying operationalization results from top-down, middle-out, and bottom-up influences, where the middle-out influences are shown to be crucial in shaping the roles of public intermediaries. These findings stress the importance of considering public intermediaries’ individual agency when designing and implementing policy missions to maximize their potential contribution to the energy transition.
energy advising
public
intermediaries
solar photovoltaic
private
energy
Sweden
transitions
sustainability
Författare
Lisa Bastås
Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Innovation and R&D Management
The role of public energy advising in sustainability transitions– empirical evidence from Sweden
Energy Policy,;Vol. 177(2023)
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift
Bastås, L. & Mignon, I. Institutional intermediaries in transitions - neutral policy implementers or self-driven change agents?
Bastås, L. & Mignon, I. Similarities and differences between public and private intermediaries supporting the adoption of solar photovoltaics in Sweden
Offentlig energirådgivning som styrmedel för en storskalig spridning av solceller – en studie av svensk kommunal energi- och klimatrådgivning
Energimyndigheten (49379-1), 2020-11-01 -- 2024-04-30.
Drivkrafter
Hållbar utveckling
Innovation och entreprenörskap
Ämneskategorier
Tvärvetenskapliga studier
Företagsekonomi
Energisystem
Styrkeområden
Energi
Utgivare
Chalmers