Combined heat and power in Dutch greenhouses: A case study of technology diffusion |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Athens, Physics Department, Solid State Physics Section, Panepistimiopolis, GR, 15784 Athens, Greece;2. University of Bialystok, Institute of Chemistry, Hurtowa 1, 15-399 Bialystok, Poland;3. University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Chemistry, 500 W. University Ave., El Paso, TX 79968 USA;1. Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK;2. Department of Chemistry, UCL, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK;3. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, ISIS Facility, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK;4. Department of Chemistry, Brock University, Niagara Region, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, ON L2S 3A1, Canada;1. Institute of Environmental Systems Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan;2. Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100, Sassari, Italy;1. University of Adelaide, Australia;2. The Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center, Italy |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents a case study of the rapid diffusion of combined heat and power (CHP) units through the Dutch greenhouse horticulture sector between 2003 and 2009 in order to gain new insights regarding technology transitions. We present a sectoral diffusion analysis framework, which we apply to identify and examine developments in technical, economic, institutional, cultural and ecological domains that all contributed to an emergent and thorough CHP diffusion in the Dutch greenhouse sector. Five identified key drivers behind the CHP diffusion are the opening of the energy market in 2002, the high spark spread during the transition period, the compatibility of output of a CHP unit with greenhouse demand, the flexibility provided by heat buffers, and the cooperative and competitive greenhouse sector culture. We conclude that policies to stimulate or steer technology diffusion will benefit from an in-depth analysis of domain interactions and company decision-making processes. Such an in-depth analysis makes for well informed and targeted policies that are better able to steer an industrial sector effectively and in a socially desired direction. |
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| Keywords: | Greenhouse horticulture Combined heat and power Technology diffusion Co-evolution Case study |
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