Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs: A Conceptual Framework
The adoption of renewable energies contributes to sustainable development worldwide. Entrepreneurs are key agents in facilitating their promotion, as they improve the mix of the means of production and thus transform renewable energy technologies into viable energy systems. Nonetheless, the literatu...
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| author | Avri Eitan Gillad Rosen Lior Herman Itay Fishhendler |
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| description | The adoption of renewable energies contributes to sustainable development worldwide. Entrepreneurs are key agents in facilitating their promotion, as they improve the mix of the means of production and thus transform renewable energy technologies into viable energy systems. Nonetheless, the literature tends to treat entrepreneurs as a homogeneous group, thus preventing comprehensive understanding of their motivations, behaviors, capabilities, and effects. This study addresses this research gap by identifying and categorizing the various characteristics of these entrepreneurs and developing an integrated classification method. Four examples of renewable energy entrepreneurs, in China, Denmark, Germany, and India, are analyzed according to the proposed classification method, while demonstrating their differences. Thus, through proposing a new analytical typology, this study improves our understanding of renewable energy entrepreneurs and their significant role in the promotion of renewable energy worldwide. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-651b1c3ccf854f7e91e9e77a0ffe056b2023-11-20T00:52:00ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-05-011310255410.3390/en13102554Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs: A Conceptual FrameworkAvri Eitan0Gillad Rosen1Lior Herman2Itay Fishhendler3The Advanced School for Environmental Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190501, IsraelThe Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190501, IsraelThe Department of International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190501, IsraelThe Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190501, IsraelThe adoption of renewable energies contributes to sustainable development worldwide. Entrepreneurs are key agents in facilitating their promotion, as they improve the mix of the means of production and thus transform renewable energy technologies into viable energy systems. Nonetheless, the literature tends to treat entrepreneurs as a homogeneous group, thus preventing comprehensive understanding of their motivations, behaviors, capabilities, and effects. This study addresses this research gap by identifying and categorizing the various characteristics of these entrepreneurs and developing an integrated classification method. Four examples of renewable energy entrepreneurs, in China, Denmark, Germany, and India, are analyzed according to the proposed classification method, while demonstrating their differences. Thus, through proposing a new analytical typology, this study improves our understanding of renewable energy entrepreneurs and their significant role in the promotion of renewable energy worldwide.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/10/2554renewable energyentrepreneursenergy transitionentrepreneurial heterogeneity |
| spellingShingle | Avri Eitan Gillad Rosen Lior Herman Itay Fishhendler Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs: A Conceptual Framework Energies renewable energy entrepreneurs energy transition entrepreneurial heterogeneity |
| title | Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs: A Conceptual Framework |
| title_full | Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs: A Conceptual Framework |
| title_fullStr | Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs: A Conceptual Framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs: A Conceptual Framework |
| title_short | Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs: A Conceptual Framework |
| title_sort | renewable energy entrepreneurs a conceptual framework |
| topic | renewable energy entrepreneurs energy transition entrepreneurial heterogeneity |
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