Compulsive policy-making—The evolution of the German feed-in tariff system for solar photovoltaic power

Hoppmann, Joern; Huenteler, Joern; Girod, Bastien

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2014.01.014

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“…In Melbourne, powerful boundary spanners enabled the implementation of statutory measures on the basis of water sensitive ideas, with which incumbents had to comply. This is indicative of advanced stages of a system innovation, which can also be observed in Germany's energy system (Hoppmann et al, 2014). Moreover, boundary spanners opportunistically used the public's concern about Australia's severe drought to direct attention to the alternative benefits of stormwater harvesting: supply security, in addition to stormwater quality treatment with WSUD.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

The Co-Evolution of Institutional Logics and Boundary Spanning in Sustainability Transitions: the Case of Urban Stormwater Management in Melbourne, Australia

Brodnik¹,

Brown²

2017

ENRR

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Institutions and actors both play a critical role in sustainability transitions, yet they have never been investigated together. This study combines both dimensions, systematically applying an institutional logics and boundary spanning lens to examine the interplay between structure and agency over the course of a particular system innovation: the case of urban stormwater management in Melbourne, Australia. Looking through this dual lens reveals the socio-institutional patterns and mechanisms that determine inertia and practice change in the urban stormwater management system. We found that structure and agency co-evolve; when their relationship changes, the dynamics between boundary spanning and institutional logics change too -as do the corresponding niche and regime developments. Our findings suggest that even radical innovations can be successfully institutionalized when using certain forms of boundary spanning at specific phases of a system innovation.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

The Co-Evolution of Institutional Logics and Boundary Spanning in Sustainability Transitions: the Case of Urban Stormwater Management in Melbourne, Australia

Brodnik¹,

Brown²

2017

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“…In a case study, they aim to contribute to understanding the policy learning process and 'its structural constraints in the field of river basin management, in particular related to coping with current and future climatic hazards such as floods and droughts' (145). Hoppmann et al (2014) cite the BH article three times when they refer to the policy learning literature (1423), the 'process of policy learning' and 'different forms of policy learning' (1424). They aim to 'address the question of how the complex dynamics of innovation systems shape the process of policy interventions targeted at inducing technological change' in a case study on 'the evolution of the widely copied German feed-in tariff … system for solar photovoltaic (PV) power as an instrument that has been highly effective in driving the development and diffusion of PV technology' (1423).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy learning and policy change: learning from research citations

Bakır

2017

Policy Sci

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Although the seminal article by Bennett and Howlett (Policy Sciences 25: 275-294, 1992) on policy learning and change has been one of the top five most cited articles in Policy Sciences, no attempt has yet been made to provide a citation analysis showing how its impact has evolved over time. This paper reports the findings of a study that provides a systematic analysis of the citing articles published in academic journals during the period 1992-2017.

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“…The German PV industry recognized the risk of losing to international competition, particularly from America and Japan which had introduced comprehensive market support schemes. This recognition, and the 1998 change of government to the Social Democratic Party and Green Party coalition led to the introduction of the FiT (Hoppmann et al 2014).…”

Section: International Fit Policy Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In response to this issue, from 2009, the previous years' PV installation total was taken into account to automatically adjust the FiT rate. This was known as "dynamic degression", or the "flexible ceiling" approach (Hoppmann et al 2014). …”

Section: International Fit Policy Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

Feed-in Tariff Pricing and Social Burden in Japan: Evaluating International Learning through a Policy Transfer Approach

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Feed-in tariff (FiT) policy approaches for renewable energy (RE) deployment are employed in many nations around the world. Although FiTs are considered effective in boosting RE deployment, the issue of increasing energy bills and social burden is an often-reported negative impact of their use. The FiT has been employed in Japan since 2012, following after many developed countries, and, as was experienced in other nations, led to a social burden imparted on society significantly higher than initial government estimates. Although policy decision making does not necessarily reflect international policy experience, it is still prudent to ask how international policy experiences of social burden increase were considered within the Japanese approach. In this research, we analyzed the transfer process by adapting a conventional model to develop more objective observations than was previously possible, by setting a benchmark for evaluation based on prior international experiences. We identified two streams of policy transfer, each led by different actors; the government and representatives of the National Diet of Japan (Diet). Both actors were exposed to the same experiences, however the interpretation, application to policy development and priority settings employed were vastly different. Although the framework can only assess policy learning processes, we have found that the government undertook a reasonable and rational process toward learning, while, on the other hand, the modified bill developed by the Diet members did not thoroughly derive learnings in the same way, due to cognitive and political reasons, and specifically, the issue of limiting social burden was not addressed.

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Compulsive policy-making—The evolution of the German feed-in tariff system for solar photovoltaic power

Cited by 252 publications

References 38 publications

The Co-Evolution of Institutional Logics and Boundary Spanning in Sustainability Transitions: the Case of Urban Stormwater Management in Melbourne, Australia

The Co-Evolution of Institutional Logics and Boundary Spanning in Sustainability Transitions: the Case of Urban Stormwater Management in Melbourne, Australia

Policy learning and policy change: learning from research citations

Feed-in Tariff Pricing and Social Burden in Japan: Evaluating International Learning through a Policy Transfer Approach

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