DOI
10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.023

Summary
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Relevance for Complex Systems Knowledge
This study is closely related to the  Wieczorek et al. ‘A review of the European offshore wind innovation system’ also reviewed by !!!James M. It is advisable to read that review in conjunction with this one. However, it is important to reiterate some vital acronyms. Innovation system (IS) and the newly mentioned Renewable Energy Technologies (RET’s). This study looks at the systemic drivers within TIS’s and how they affect RET’s and provides a typology for the systemic drivers.




The methods used include an extensive literature review supplemented by multiple case-study analysis.  

The RET drivers identified in this study were:

Incentives for actors
Institutional incentives
Network incentives
Technological incentives
Regional incentives

Within each of the headings mentioned above, the paper deludes the significance of the drivers under various other headings. The analysis of the RET drivers found that countries that focus on multi-lateral drivers have a higher success rate for renewable energy development e.g Germany and Spain.

Point of Strength
A valuable aspect of this study is the entirety of section 2. ‘The contribution of TIS to understanding the RET’s development’. Here, the authors make valid points on the need for multi-lateral solutions and agreements for the success of RET’s and the contribution TIS’s.




This study can be used to further understand the Wieczorek et al. ‘A review of the European offshore wind innovation system’.




The study addresses the lack of knowledge of RET drivers in great detail under the 5 headings mentioned above.