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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.06.059 |
Explaining the role of incumbent utilities in sustainable energy transitions: A case study of the smart grid development in China | |
Mah, Daphne Ngar-yin1; Wu, Yun-Ying2; Hills, Peter Ronald3,4,5 | |
2017-10-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENERGY POLICY
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ISSN | 0301-4215 |
EISSN | 1873-6777 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 109 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Peoples R China |
英文摘要 | Smart grids (SGs) have been widely recognized as an enabling technology for delivering sustainable energy transitions. Such transitions have given rise to more complex government-utility-consumer relationships. However, these stakeholder relationships remain largely under-researched. This paper critically examines and explains the role of incumbent utilities in sustainable energy transitions, using SG developments in China as a case study. We have three major findings. First, China has developed an incumbent-led model for deploying SGs. Second, two incumbents, the major-state-owned grid companies, act as enablers of SG deployment. They are strategic first-movers and infrastructure builders of SGs. They have also developed five types of networks as they increasingly reach out to other state actors, businesses, and electricity consumers. Thirdly, these two grid companies also act as a fundamental block to structural changes in socio-technical regimes. Disincentives to these large existing grid companies coupled with excessive reliance on them to provide public goods have resulted in major weaknesses in China's incumbent-led model. Our findings have clear policy implications. Innovation in regulating incumbents is needed in order to provide sufficient regulatory incentives for advancing SG developments in China. |
英文关键词 | Smart grids Incumbent utilities Governance Socio-technical transitions Distributed energy sources China |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000412034400076 |
WOS关键词 | DISTRIBUTED ENERGY ; NETWORK REGULATION ; UNITED-KINGDOM ; ELECTRICITY ; CONSERVATION ; NETHERLANDS ; INNOVATION ; COMPANIES ; BARRIERS ; GERMANY |
WOS类目 | Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/18111 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Asian Energy Studies Ctr, Dept Geog, 12-F,Acad & Adm Bldg,15 Baptist Univ Rd, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China; 2.Hanshan Normal Univ, Dept Chem, Chaozhou, Peoples R China; 3.Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Asian Energy Studies Ctr, Room 1231,Acad & Adm Bldg, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China; 4.Univ Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China; 5.Univ Hong Kong, Kadoorie Inst, 8-F,Tsui Tsin Tong Bldg,Pokfulam Rd, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Mah, Daphne Ngar-yin,Wu, Yun-Ying,Hills, Peter Ronald. Explaining the role of incumbent utilities in sustainable energy transitions: A case study of the smart grid development in China[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2017,109. |
APA | Mah, Daphne Ngar-yin,Wu, Yun-Ying,&Hills, Peter Ronald.(2017).Explaining the role of incumbent utilities in sustainable energy transitions: A case study of the smart grid development in China.ENERGY POLICY,109. |
MLA | Mah, Daphne Ngar-yin,et al."Explaining the role of incumbent utilities in sustainable energy transitions: A case study of the smart grid development in China".ENERGY POLICY 109(2017). |
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