UK bioenergy innovation priorities: Making expectations credible in state-industry arenas

Collective expectations have been shaped by close exchanges between state bodies, industry and experts. As promoters build collective expectations, their credibility has been linked with UK economic and environmental aims. When encountering technical difficulties or delays in earlier expectations, pathways and their benefits have been broadened, especially through new arenas-as grounds to allocate considerable state investment. Thus the concept 'arenas of expectations' helps to explain how some pathways gain favour as innovation priorities.