Dr. Sebastian Strunz | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research | Germany
Dr. Paul Lehmann | Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research UFZ | Germany
Prof. Dr. Erik Gawel | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ | Germany
Energy transitions are complex sustainability issues – at the same time solution to several sustainability problems and trigger of new sustainability problems. An efficient policy-mix needs to consider this multitude of aspects. Taking the German case as an example, this paper sets out the requirements for an efficient mix of energy-related environmental policies.
Johannes Herrmann | Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena | Germany
We use a set of policy instruments to account for the policy mix in renewable energies and analyze its influence on inventive activity in wind power and photovoltaic from 1985 until 2008. Our focus is on the connectivity of patent based co-inventor networks, which illustrate channels of knowledge transmission in these innovation systems.
Dr. Paula Kivimaa | Finnish Environment Institute | Finland
Dr. Florian Kern | University of Sussex | United Kingdom
We address a research gap connecting policy mixes to sustainability transitions. Transitions imply the development of disruptive innovations and of policy mixes aiming for systemic change. A novel analytical framework is created that explores policy mixes for sustainability transitions in the context of low energy innovation in Finland and the UK.
Prof. Dr. Stephen Smith | University College London | United Kingdom
Most economic analysis of environmental policy instruments considers instruments as alternatives. An extensive literature asks whether we should prefer economc instruments such as taxes or tradeable permits instead of conventional regulation. But what happens if we use both? How do they interact, and what implications does the use of one have for the optimal use of another?