List of contributors .......................................... vii
Preface ........................................................ ix
Foreword ...................................................... xii
1 Innovation in energy systems: Learning from economic,
institutional and management approaches ...................... 1
Timothy Foxon, Jonathan Köhler and Karsten Neuhoff
2 A cybernetic perspective on technology learning ............. 15
Clas-Otto Wene
3 Demand-pull energy technology policies, diffusion and
improvements in California wind power ....................... 47
Gregory Nemet
4 Functions in innovation systems: A framework for analysing
energy system dynamics and identifying goals for
system-building activities by entrepreneurs and
policymakers ................................................ 79
Anna Bergek, Marko Hekkert and Staffan Jacobsson
5 Firms, markets and the fuel cell technology innovation
system in an international perspective ..................... 112
Chris Hendry, James Brown and Paul Harborne
6 On the dynamics of microgeneration diffusion in Germany
and the UK ................................................. 142
Barbara Praetorius, Raphael Sauter and Jim Watson
7 Evolutionary innovation systems of low carbon electricity:
Insights about institutional change and innovation in the
cases of CHP and wind energy ............................... 175
Marianne van der Steen, John Groenewegen, Martijn
Jonker, Rolf Künneke and Eeke Mast
8 Market transformation: Innovation theory and practice ...... 203
Mark Hinnells and Brenda Boardman
9 Can car makers save the planet? ............................ 230
Jonathan Kohler, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Jonathan Michie
and Christine Oughton
Index ......................................................... 267
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