The Role of Advocacy Coalitions in Shaping the Technological Innovation Systems: The Case of the Russian Renewable Energy Policy

Tatiana Nevzorova and Vladimir Kutcherov
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Tatiana Nevzorova: Industrial Economics and Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 114 28 Stockholm, Sweden
Vladimir Kutcherov: Department of Physics, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University), 119991 Moscow, Russia

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-24

Abstract: Many hydrocarbon-rich countries have recognized the global shift towards renewable energy sources, and Russia is not an exception. Drawing on two strands of literature—technological innovation systems and the advocacy coalition framework—we investigate the roles of actors and coalitions in shaping the Russian renewable energy policy and explore why particular renewable energy sources have progressed more than others, and what the main reasons are for their sudden development. The results show that the more successful renewable energy industries are those that were promoted by influential actors from traditional energy industries. Moreover, these actors also promoted the specific design of support schemes for renewable energy policy in Russia. We discuss the importance of policy process theories for understanding energy transition studies and provide specific policy recommendations for policy creation in the renewables industry.

Keywords: technological innovation system; advocacy coalition framework; renewable energy; Russia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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