کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
6464203 1422606 2017 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Transitions in unlikely places: Exploring the conditions for renewable energy adoption in Nigeria
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
انتقال در مکان های نامعلوم: بررسی شرایط استفاده از انرژی های تجدیدپذیر در نیجریه
کلمات کلیدی
مجموعه های فازی؛ انتقال؛ انرژی تجدید پذیر؛ تئوری اجتماعی فنی چندسطحی ؛ نیجریه
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم محیط زیست مدیریت، نظارت، سیاست و حقوق
چکیده انگلیسی


- A small but steady increase in the adoption of renewable energy has been identified in Nigeria.
- Such adoption is unequally distributed among the thirty-six Nigerian states with some qualifying as pioneers and others as laggards.
- We analyse the reasons behind such variation along three analytical lenses: niches, regime and landscapes.
- A combination of income diversification and regime characteristics explain most prominently the ability of states to overcome structural dependence on oil and emerge as pioneers.

This paper examines conditions and pathways that explain variation in the adoption of renewable energy (RE) in Nigeria's 36 states based on a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis. Using three analytical lenses proposed by the multi-level socio-technical theory (niches, regimes, and landscapes), we examine RE adoption in these states. While all three lenses explain variation to some extent, a combination of regime and landscape characteristics, enables states to overcome dependence on oil while triggering the adoption of RE. States with high income and a regime featuring institutions and coalitions supporting transitions establish themselves as pioneers. States with medium/low income and a regime characterised by a weak pro-RE political coalition support emerge as laggards. Hence we conclude that the role of the regime and particularly political actors therein, is central in energy transition processes among Nigerian states. This has implications for future transition attempts in Nigeria and developing (rentier) countries, generally.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions - Volume 22, March 2017, Pages 26-40
نویسندگان
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