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Multi-dimensional effects of a sustainability transition policy: Sectorial and territorial consequences of the wind energy policy in Portugal
Apresentação
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]
Assessing the industrial effects of the deployment of renewable energy technologies: when product identity matters
Apresentação e paper submetido
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]
Inter-industrial relationships driving the blue economy industrial transformation
Apresentação
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]
Opportunities for economic revitalization through inter-industrial relationships: the case of blue economy
Artigo em Proceedings
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]
Inter-sectoral relations to accelerate the formation of technological innovation systems: determinants of actors’ entry into marine renewable energy technologies
Artigo aceite
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]
The geographic trajectory of wave energy technology in the formative phase
Apresentação
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]
Intersectoral interaction spaces and the exploitation of new business opportunities: the case of marine energy technologies
Apresentação
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]
UNLEASHING THE INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATIVE CAPACITY OF INNOVATIONS
Artigo
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]
From Products to Energy Transition: available knowledge and readiness for transformation in the economy
Apresentação
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]
Inter-sectoral relations to accelerate technological innovation systems formation: determinants of actors’ entry into marine renewable energy technologies
Apresentação
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]
Towards a Blue Economy: The Influence of Policy Strategies in the Research and Technology Orientation of Portuguese Firms
Artigo em Proceedings
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]
On the crest of a wave: the geographic trajectory of wave’s energy technology emergence and development
Apresentação aceite
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]
Multidimensional and multiscale analysis of knowledge production networks on wave energy
Apresentação aceite
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]
Research and innovation partnerships for the development of ocean-related industries
Apresentação
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
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]
How innovations attract actors: experience with marine renewable energy technologies
Apresentação
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]
Diffusion of energy technology innovations in Portugal and perspectives for decarbonization
Webinar
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]
Creating a Blue Economy:
Research and innovation partnerships to accelerate the development of ocean-related industries
Apresentação
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
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]
Emergence of floating offshore wind energy: Technology and industry
Artigo
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.
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]
Global emergence of new technologies: a dynamic analysis of territorial knowledge communities and relational proximity in wave energy
Apresentação
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]
Unleashing the transformative potential of innovations
Apresentação
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]