No âmbito do projeto OceanTrans foi realizada um inquérito a empresas potencialmente ativas ou interessadas na área das energias renováveis marinhas, visando identificar as empresas que compõem a cadeia de valor industrial que se está a formar nesta área, e obter informação sobre as atividades por elas desenvolvidas/a desenvolver e ainda sobre as suas

percepções relativamente à atuação numa área ainda emergente. [leia mais]

The paper addresses the “disturbing” effects that new generations of technology can introduce in the early trajectory of a regional industrial path built around wind offshore technology, focusing on the dimensions along which such disturbance occurs and the actors’ responses to them. The paper empirically analyses the case of Portugal, which developed an onshore wind energy and has engaged early in the experimentation with the new generation of floating offshore wind. [leia mais]

The study investigates the variety in place configurations around a sustainable technology, in its early phase of development. Adopting a systemic and multi-scalar approach to technology development, this article proposes that the spatially distributed nature of technology emergence leads to the formation of different place configurations of actors and networks around the technology, which can contribute in different ways to its development. Using the case of wave energy technology and a methodology that permits to encompass and compare emergent processes unfolding across Europe, the research uncovers five place profiles, which denote different positions in the emerging system and thus need to be jointly considered to fully understand the process of new system development. The article adds to knowledge on the multi-place and multi-scale systemic processes that are at work in the early phases of technology development, contributing to a better understanding of global system construction around a new sustainable technology. [leia mais]

The paper addresses the “disturbing” effects that new generations of technology can introduce in the early trajectory of a regional industrial path built around that technology, focusing on the dimensions along which such disturbance occurs and the actors’ responses to them. [leia mais]

Marine renewable energy technologies (MRET) can contribute to the decarbonization of energy, as well as to the revitalisation of other sectors, but are still an emerging and uncertain area. The development of these technologies entails the construction of a new industrial value chain, requiring the involvement of established firms from a variety of industries. Thus, it is important to understand how established firms can be mobilised to support MRET development, by pursuing diversification strategies. This paper addresses this question by looking at the case of Portuguese firms that expressed willingness to engage with MRET and investigating how they perceive the opportunities for diversification into the new business area, the changes they may need to introduce in their resources and capabilities to exploit those opportunities, and the obstacles they expect to face. [leia mais]

This paper focuses on companies from sectors potentially relevant for MRET that are willing to enter this new market and aims to understand how companies see: the opportunities to become engaged with the new market through different diversification strategies; the implications of such engagement for the firm’s business; and the problems that may arise. [leia mais]

How to measure the impacts of decarbonisation on the industrial sector in a specific territory? With this research question,
we grounded the research on two conceptual bases: sustainability transition studies and economic complexity. From the sustainability transitions, the work benefits from the idea that the development of a focal industrial sector is a complex process that is indeed a set of parallel transitions in multiple sectors and that these transitions affect and are affected by the existing context. From Economic Complexity this work brings the agnostic data-driven research, the principle of relatedness, and the idea that the capabilities embodied in a territory could improve its development opportunities. [leia mais] 

Investment in renewable energy technologies (RET) produces impacts on economic activity and job creation that are fundamental to increase their social acceptability. This paper proposes a methodology to assess the transformative impact of RET on the industry. The paper combines contributions from literatures such as sustainability transitions, socioeconomic impacts of RET and economic complexity.  [leia mais]

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The “Blue Economy” is considered one of the drivers of European growth, based on the development of new competences and activities that enable a sustainable exploitation of ocean resources (EC, 2021; Howard, 2018). Strategies and policies were formulated, both at the UE and national levels, to address “Blue growth”, combining industrial growth objectives with sustainability concerns. [leia mais]

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New, transversal technologies – such as advanced materials, biotechnology, ICTs, robotics - have the potential to drive changes in established industries, contributing to their revitalization and transformation. However, the technological, organizational and cultural distance between them may preclude the emergence of opportunities for transformative interactions. [leia mais]

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Decarbonizing the energy system requires new technologies, whose formation and diffusion needs the attraction of actors from different sectors to compose the value chain. Sectoral interactions are crucial and dependent on contextual and technological factors, as well as firm-specific characteristics. [leia mais]

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A sustainable energy transition is fundamental to combat climate change (IPCC, 2018). The energy system has already undergone a profound transformation, driven by a first generation of clean, renewable energy technologies (Mitchell, 2016). But other technologies are currently under development that propose to address some of the new challenges generated along this process (Markard, 2018), or to explore other, still underexploited, energy sources that can further contribute to the decarbonisation of the energy system. [leia mais]

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This paper tackles the transformative potential of new sustainable technologies, that is, the ways in which the development of these technologies can induce structural change by driving new activities in other sectors of the economy (Dolata, 2009). In particular, it discusses whether and how links established between technology producers and firms from existing sectors create conditions for combination of diverse knowledge, driving diversification processes with transformative effects. [leia mais]

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Highlights: Inovação tecnológica avaliada em termos dos seus efeitos noutros setores | Capacidade de transformação industrial impulsionada pelo contexto, complementaridades e concorrência | A proximidade com as atividades existentes acelera o crescimento, mas a distância cria oportunidades | Especialização industrial e características tecnológicas como fontes de variação | É proposto um indicador para medir a capacidade transformadora das inovações.

This paper investigates the conditions in which the development of new technologies induce structural change in the economy. A literature review reveals three factors that influence the industrial transformative capacity of a technology: context; complementarities; competition. [leia mais]

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Highlights: A produção industrial de um conjunto de produtos ligados à energia eólica cresceu com o aumento da capacidade instalada | Aumentou a competitividade no comércio internacional de um conjunto de produtos |  Houve um aumento da diversificação da produção industrial nos produtos ligados à geração eólica​

The transition to carbon neutrality is a necessity for the world in the face of climate change. Some countries have already managed to make structured reflections on this transition and to quantify in general terms the necessary societal effort. This is the case in Portugal with the Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality. The search for reaching quantified goals is complex and involves a myriad of public and private decisions. [leia mais]

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Highlights: Energias renováveis marinhas abrem oportunidades para muitos setores e relações | A análise dos microfundametos permitem perceber a interação entre os setores além da criação de conhecimento nos novos sistemas de inovação tecnológicos​

Decarbonizing the energy system requires new technologies, whose formation and diffusion need the attraction of supply-side actors from different sectors. Sectoral interactions are crucial and dependent on factors including contextual, technological, and firm specific characteristics... [leia mais]

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Highlights: Papel transformador das políticas lideradas por desafios |  Investiga efeitos das estratégias e políticas visando a criação da Economia Azul em Portugal |  Alguma evidência de mudança sustentável nas atividades de IDT relacionadas com o oceano | Fertilização cruzada entre setores/empresas novos e estabelecidos que podem levar a transformação industrial |  Efeitos localizados em algumas industrias, enquanto outras ainda ficam para trás 

The “Blue Economy” was strategically identified as a driver of European growth, through the development of new competences and activities that enable a sustainable exploitation of ocean resources. Research and innovation policies oriented to the Blue Economy, at both European and country levels, can be described as attempts at “mission-oriented” policies... [leia mais]

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The socio-technical transitions literature has turned increased attention to the role played, in development and diffusion of new sustainable technologies, by the established structures - technological, organisational and institutional - within which these technologies emerge. However, there is still a limited understanding of the impact of the emerging technologies upon these contextual structures ... [leia mais]

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The ortho of a new technology is a process that takes place within an existing socio-economic and technological context, while simultaneously contributing to its transformation. The research carried out on the emergence of new technologies is extensive, however, the territorial dynamics of this process is not yet sufficiently analyzed... [leia mais]

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Highlights: Maior investimento a nível do sistema (recursos marinhos e ambiente) e em alguns domínios orientados para a indústria | A investigação visa tanto as novas indústrias - energias marinhas ou biotecnologia - como as já estabelecidas - a pesca e a aquicultura | Papel central das organizações de pesquisa que dominam nas atividades estruturais | Empresas de novas tecnologias intensivas em áreas como biotecnologia, robótica ou materiais, geralmente intermediárias entre a pesquisa e a indústria | Oportunidade para as organizações portuguesas alargarem as redes internacionais e alargarem as bases de conhecimento

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The Blue Economy can be a driver of European growth, through the development of new competencies and activities that enable sustainable exploitation of ocean resources. This paper assesses the directions followed by the research and innovation activities performed by Portuguese organizations in the fields encompassed by the "Blue Economy"...[leia mais]

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New technologies are necessary to address climate change, but their development and implementation can have different impacts on decarbonizing the energy system and transforming the economy. This work adds to previous efforts to conceptualize how technology innovation influences industrial change ...[leia mais]

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This communication summarizes the main lessons learned from the analysis on the diffusion of innovations, especially energy technologies, in Portugal, and how they contributed to both the construction of new local technological innovation systems and the sustainable transition... [leia mais]

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Highlights:   Investimento principal ao nível do sistema (recursos marinhos e ambiente) e em alguns domínios orientados para a indústria  | Investigação visa quer novas indústrias, como energia ou biotecnologia marinha, quer indústrias estabelecidas, como pesca e aquacultura |  Papel central das organizações de investigação que dominam em atividades estruturais | Novas empresas de base tecnológica em áreas como biotecnologia, robótica ou materiais, frequentemente intermediárias entre investigação e indústria  | Oportunidade para organizações portuguesas expandirem redes internacionais e alargarem bases de conhecimento

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The Blue Economy can be a driver of European growth, through the development of new competences and activities that enable a sustainable exploitation of ocean resources. This paper assesses the directions followed by the research and innovation activities performed by Portuguese organisations in the fields encompassed by the "Blue Economy"...[leia mais]

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Highlights: O aumento de escala envolve mudanças a nível tecnológico e institucional  | ​ São analisadas 10 propostas para o desenvolvimento da energia eólica offshore flutuante  | ​ Visões e estratégias convergem para acelerar a difusão |  ​ Projetos de maior dimensão, mas também regulamentação e codificação são requisitos para um aumento de escala do sistema.

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The paper investigates the construction of strategies aiming to up-scale low-carbon innovations from pilot to full commercial scale. This requires a systemic understanding of the evolution of the technology along with the organizations and infrastructures supporting its development..... [leia mais]

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Highlights: Comunidades de conhecimento na energia das ondas: internacionalmente conectadas e com forte inserção territorial | Evolução lenta e não-linear, mas diversificação espacial e complexidade crescente na composição e comportamento relacional das comunidades  |  ​Ancoragem territorial das atividades e definição de estratégias a nível global influenciaram direção do desenvolvimento, contrariando períodos de declínio

The emergence of a new technology is a process that takes place within an existing technological, economic and social context, benefitting from established structures and also contributing to their transformation. ... [leia mais]

Highlights: Tecnologias com capacidade transformadora induzem mudanças no contexto industrial |  Foco na extensão e natureza das atividades de setores adjacentes que se envolvem nas tecnologias emergentes | Apoio a tecnologias mais maduras permite resultados mais rápidos no setor emergente; apoio ao desenvolvimento combinado de diferentes tecnologias resulta em atividades mais diversificadas, inovação e mudança organizacional em setores adjacentes |   Comparação com a Noruega revela que o contexto influencia a intensidade e a natureza das relações complementares e competitivas.

Several innovations promise to accelerate transition but only a few can engender broader socio-economic effects beyond environmental improvement. This research questions under which conditions the development of new technological systems contributes to changes in other sectors. We conceptualize the transformative potential of innovations... [leia mais]

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