The role of the state in sustainable energy transitions: A case study of large smart grid demonstration projects in Japan

Mah, Daphne Ngar‐yin; Wu, Yunying; Ip, Jasper Chi-man; Hills, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.106

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“…It also shows that projects' superposition designates some key funders with strong impacts on sector evolutions. This confirms previous results according to which public administrations and politicians have been playing a key role in smart grid development, mainly through R&D programs and innovation policies [36,38,43,50].…”

Section: Network Typology Of Actors: Observers And/or Experimenterssupporting

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“…However, cooperation is difficult: institutional mechanisms are slowly changing and technology providers are struggling to adapt their organizational structure to the smart grid market [47]. Nevertheless, public authorities have an important part to play not only regarding regulation but also through the implementation of innovation policies, following the example of the USA [36], China [38], Japan [43] and the EU [50].…”

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Uncertainty, vision, and the vitality of the emerging smart grid

Tricoire

2015

Energy Research & Social Science

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a b s t r a c tThis paper answers an important question consensually identified as crucial for smart grid roll-out. Our objective is to highlight the reasons for economic, technological and regulatory uncertainty continuing in the smart grid sector. The argument of this paper is that to face uncertainty, actors adopted strategic positioning but not systematically favoring the emergence of a structuring and shared vision of smart grid. However, converging visions are necessary to limit uncertainty and thus secure the sector's development and durability in the coming years.The results presented here are based on two methodological approaches. First, a social network analysis of worldwide relationships between smart grid actors has been performed to characterize the actors' positioning strategies. The paper identifies four categories of actors: local observers, global observers, experimenters, and central actors. Second, a qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with approximately 30 French smart grid stakeholders gave us information on discourses and perceptions of the sector's reality and constraints. It appeared that smart grid merges both long-established actors in the smart grid focal sector, i.e., energy, promoting a highly accurate but strictly energy-oriented perception, and new entrants coming from related sectors such as ICT, offering an open but indistinct perspective. Therefore, stakeholders diverge on the definition and potential source of added value.These results help to elucidate the transition of socio-technical systems. Indeed, at this very moment when contextual uncertainty remains high, it appears that actors from the focal sector play a crucial part in driving the current sector development, whereas new entrants remain unable to modify the sector's regime decisively. One can interpret this situation as a sign of the failure of the smart grid sector to emerge as such. Conversely, one can see here an evolution of focal actors' strategies regarding uncertainty in an innovative socio-technical system in transition. To solve this issue, further studies should be conducted both on the smart grid sector to see how it will evolve and on other sectors to search for similar trends.

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Section: Network Typology Of Actors: Observers And/or Experimenterssupporting

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Uncertainty, vision, and the vitality of the emerging smart grid

Tricoire

2015

Energy Research & Social Science

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“…Japan is one of the pioneers in developing SG, responsible for creating models that are characterized by government-led, community-oriented and business-driven approaches [16]. Government-led approach means the performance of the Japanese national government in major initiatives towards the development of smart grids, through the implementation of policy guidelines, direct government intervention and partnerships with the private sector and local governments.…”

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Study on the emergence and expansion of smart grids in divergent cities

Silva¹,

Spatti²,

Flauzino³

et al. 2014

2014 IEEE PES Transmission &Amp; Distribution Conference and Exposition - Latin America (PES T&D-La)

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Along with innovative expert technologies that are emerging, the smart grid stands out as an ideal vision for future power systems. In recent years, various studies have highlighted the smart grids in different initiatives, either in the area of network automation or in services aimed at consumers. Pilot projects have been also developed in various countries with different economic and political status, whose main objective is to create a set of sustainable and reliable networks, as well as find energy solutions that meet future needs. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the prospects that smart grids are being developed internationally. Finally, future directions involving smart grid are outlined and conclusions about its current status are compiled.

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“…Therefore, Bocken et al [19] stated that although electricity firms are strategically trying to rebuild themselves towards sustainable energy, they are still experiencing uncertainty about business model design, which will be both profitable and sustainable. Mah et al [20] insisted that many smart grid technologies are ready for use, but electricity firms are still failing to generate profits from them because they want to commercialize disruptive technology with the old business model. Shomali et al [21] stated that ICT firms have a high impact on smart grid when smart grid is introduced in the market, the utility providing firms need to upgrade their business model regarding capturing profit from third parties.…”

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Business Model Innovation Approach for Commercializing Smart Grid Systems

Bhatti¹,

Danilovic²

2018

AJIBM

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The depletion of fossil fuels, increased environmental concerns, rising cost and the demand for clean energy are causing the transformation of energy generation and distribution system, to shift towards the consumption side. Electricity generation sources and distribution systems are drifting from non-renewable to renewable, centralized to decentralized and localized, and traditional grid systems to smart grid systems. New technologies nurture the concept of transformation of energy firms, all the way from energy production to electricity consumption. Smart grid systems are one of the disruptive and emerging technologies that might influence the entire electricity system. This disruptive technology demands a new business model which can be used to commercialize the new power distribution system and thus create value for all stakeholders, from production to consumption. The Smart grid has the potential to revolutionize the electricity industry if it is commercialized successfully. It allows information and communication technology firms to contribute with their modern technology to empower their consumers to regulate the usage of electricity. To investigate the reasons for shifting from the old to the new energy system, the impact of this disruptive technology on energy providing firms, the demand for the new business model and the approach of the new business model in terms of creating and capturing values published peer-reviewed articles, and international energy agency reports have been reviewed. This paper encourages energy providing firms to redesign business models for commercializing new energy distribution system and to offer new services to the energy consumers for their future survival in the new trends of the energy market. These services include integrating with renewable energy sources, electric vehicle services, and demand response services to create more value for the consumers and in return gains more profit for each actor. The services provided through integration of renewable energy with smart grid and the electric vehicle will empower consumers involvement in the How to cite this paper: Bhatti, H.J. and Danilovic, M.

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The role of the state in sustainable energy transitions: A case study of large smart grid demonstration projects in Japan

Abstract: The role of the state in sustainable energy transitions: A case study of large smart grid demonstration projects in Japan

Cited by 78 publications

References 32 publications

Uncertainty, vision, and the vitality of the emerging smart grid

Uncertainty, vision, and the vitality of the emerging smart grid

Study on the emergence and expansion of smart grids in divergent cities

Business Model Innovation Approach for Commercializing Smart Grid Systems

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