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Systemic failures in the development and diffusion of renewable energy technologies in a developing country context: The Case of Armenian Solar Power System

Toroyan, Ani LU (2018) EKHS31 20181
Department of Economic History
Abstract
Armenia is a small, land-locked, transitional economy in the region of South Caucasus with a huge potential of developing its solar energy system. The challenges that the country’s energy sector is facing, such as high dependence on imported natural gas and oil, energy dependence on a single market, high transport costs, old and inefficient infrastructure, as well as the risk of repetition of energy crisis, together with global developments, became the reason of initiating the development of solar energy system in the country. The objective of the thesis is, firstly, to identify the systemic failures in the technological innovation system of Armenian solar energy which hinder its rapid advancements and, secondly, analyse the causal... (More)
Armenia is a small, land-locked, transitional economy in the region of South Caucasus with a huge potential of developing its solar energy system. The challenges that the country’s energy sector is facing, such as high dependence on imported natural gas and oil, energy dependence on a single market, high transport costs, old and inefficient infrastructure, as well as the risk of repetition of energy crisis, together with global developments, became the reason of initiating the development of solar energy system in the country. The objective of the thesis is, firstly, to identify the systemic failures in the technological innovation system of Armenian solar energy which hinder its rapid advancements and, secondly, analyse the causal relationships between them. For this purpose, each system function is analysed from the perspective of the structural elements. The analysis is done based on the information collected through interviews as well as secondary data available on the web. As the study results show, the main weaknesses of the system are about the capabilities of actors, knowledge and financial infrastructure, as well as the gaps in the institutional set-up. The results may be applicable to other countries of the region as well taking into account the nature of systemic failures and the similarities in the institutional, social and technical development levels of these countries. (Less)
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author
Toroyan, Ani LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS31 20181
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Technological innovation system, systemic failure, structural-functional analysis, solar energy system, Armenia, South Caucasus
language
English
id
8952006
date added to LUP
2018-08-20 14:50:07
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2018-08-20 14:50:07
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  abstract     = {{Armenia is a small, land-locked, transitional economy in the region of South Caucasus with a huge potential of developing its solar energy system. The challenges that the country’s energy sector is facing, such as high dependence on imported natural gas and oil, energy dependence on a single market, high transport costs, old and inefficient infrastructure, as well as the risk of repetition of energy crisis, together with global developments, became the reason of initiating the development of solar energy system in the country. The objective of the thesis is, firstly, to identify the systemic failures in the technological innovation system of Armenian solar energy which hinder its rapid advancements and, secondly, analyse the causal relationships between them. For this purpose, each system function is analysed from the perspective of the structural elements. The analysis is done based on the information collected through interviews as well as secondary data available on the web. As the study results show, the main weaknesses of the system are about the capabilities of actors, knowledge and financial infrastructure, as well as the gaps in the institutional set-up. The results may be applicable to other countries of the region as well taking into account the nature of systemic failures and the similarities in the institutional, social and technical development levels of these countries.}},
  author       = {{Toroyan, Ani}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Systemic failures in the development and diffusion of renewable energy technologies in a developing country context: The Case of Armenian Solar Power System}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}