Fostering renewable energy with smart specialisation? Insights into European innovation policy

Steén, Markus; Faller, Fabian; Ullern, Eli Fyhn

doi:10.1080/00291951.2018.1554696

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“…Concerning innovation policy, the key strategic document published by the state government is the Regional Innovation Strategy Schleswig-Holstein (MWAVT, 2014), which was the first of its kind, as the state government of Schleswig-Holstein was forced to develop such a document in order to receive support from the EU ERDF fund for smart specialization. Based on a strong involvement of and consultation with a broad group of regional stakeholders from industry, policy and administration and mediated through several workshops, twenty potential priority areas were selected and hundred action recommendations given (see also Steen al., 2019). Thereafter, state leaders selected five specialization fields: maritime economy, life sciences, renewable energy, food sector and IT, telecommunication and media.…”

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“…The paper will analyse the recent trend towards challengeoriented regional innovation policy with the help of the example of Schleswig-Holstein. The northernmost state in Germany is an interesting case, not only because of a strong recent growth of the Greens, one of the main political parties in Germany, and related concern about climate change, but also because of its strong focus on supporting renewable energy as important job creators (Steen et al, 2019;MWAVT, 2014). Moreover, since the peripheral state has a structurally weak economy, the case could provide insights in whether challengeoriented regional innovation policies are a promising transformational road for lagging regions, combing environmental and economic goals.…”

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Exploring the scope of regions in challenge-oriented innovation policy: the case of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Hassink

Gong

Fröhlich

et al. 2021

European Planning Studies

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Recently, challenge-oriented innovation policy has become increasingly popular in political and scientific discussions. However, the extent to which such a challenge-based thinking has entered regional policy making is relatively unclear. This paper examines the scope of the regional level in promoting challenge-based innovation, focusing on the recent renewable energy innovation policy in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The results show that while regional innovation policy in Schleswig-Holstein aims to address several structural and transformational systemic failures, many other problems and challenges remain, as they are beyond the capacity of a single region to address. Based on this analysis, we draw four conclusions. First, similar to many other structurally weak regions, policymakers in Schleswig-Holstein are struggling with some of the same key challenges that the policy was originally designed to address. Second, multi-scalar governance and inter-scalar coordination are essential for managing regional sustainability transitions. Third, challenge-driven innovation policy is an extension of, rather than a replacement for, conventional regional innovation policy. Finally, environmental and economic goals should be well balanced in challenge-driven regional innovation policy design.

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Exploring the scope of regions in challenge-oriented innovation policy: the case of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Gong

Fröhlich

et al. 2021

European Planning Studies

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“…The first perspective concerns political action, including legal solutions, which should be understood through the prism of the European Union's multi-level political system, at the level of its institutions [5]. Given the standpoints of Member State representatives and the decision-making mechanisms, particularly national ones, the issue of energy transition choice remains open [6]. The decisive factor is the attitude of political groups to the proposed changes [7].…”

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Energy Portfolio of the Eastern Poland Macroregion in the European Union

Horzela¹,

Gromadzki

Gryz³

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The European Union’s New Green Deal generates changes in the socio-economic development of regions. An element of this change is the transformation of the regional profiles of the energy portfolio towards more pro-ecological ones. The aim of this article is to identify the conditions and reasons for the transformation of the energy portfolio of the Eastern Poland macroregion, and to define the directions of the energy portfolio evolution caused by the need to implement the goals of the European Green Deal by 2030, in order to consequently develop the forecast energy portfolio for the Eastern Poland macroregion. It has been assumed that the energy transformation of the Eastern Poland macroregion will be implemented through gradual transformation of the energy portfolio towards dispersed sources of local and civic energy. The research is based on both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The qualitative research was carried out on the basis of the diagnostic survey method with the use of the proprietary questionnaire as well as with the analysis of the content of strategic documents of the voivodships included in the Eastern Poland macroregion. The basis for the preparation of research questions was the extended PEST method which stands for: political, economic, socio-cultural, technological. Research efforts were focused on developing an energy portfolio for the region using the assumptions of the Boston consulting group matrix (a strategic planning tool). The originality of the conducted research consists in the adaptation of the BCG matrix to the development of the forecast energy portfolio and the preparation of a proposal for the aggregated energy portfolio of the Eastern Poland macroregion. The obtained results indicate that the macroregion’s energy portfolio is diversified, though with the key significance of conventional sources. It is predicted that by 2030, the following sources will change their positions within the portfolio for the Eastern Poland macroregion: solar energy, wind energy and bioenergy. However, it will retain the character of a “youth wallet”.

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“…Steen, Faller and Ullern (Steen et al 2019) bring further insight into theory on smart specialisation and its policy implications. They explore how the recently introduced regional research and innovation strategy RIS3 has been linked to achieving reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Europe.…”

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Green restructuring, innovation, and transitions in Norwegian industry: The role of economic geography

Steén

Njøs

2018

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography

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Fostering renewable energy with smart specialisation? Insights into European innovation policy

Cited by 16 publications

References 25 publications

Exploring the scope of regions in challenge-oriented innovation policy: the case of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Exploring the scope of regions in challenge-oriented innovation policy: the case of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Energy Portfolio of the Eastern Poland Macroregion in the European Union

Green restructuring, innovation, and transitions in Norwegian industry: The role of economic geography

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