Stakeholder attitudes towards clean energy innovation

Zeynep Clulow and David M. Reiner

Chapter 29 in Handbook of Energy Innovation, 2026, pp 571-595 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Stakeholder attitudes have played an important role in supporting and obstructing innovation of all energy technologies. For innovation to result in upscaling clean technologies, national governments, private-sector actors, environmental NGOs, academics and national publics need to agree on the desirability of developing a technology, although the influence of different actors and level of consensus required varies widely across countries and technologies. In formulating opinions, stakeholders balance the perceived trade-offs associated with a technology against other options, including non-technological responses to climate change, as well as perceived conflicts between the technology and other priorities such as food security and economic development. Attitudes towards all technologies are often shaped by past experiences of analogous technologies, whereas newer innovations, which are expected to account for an increasingly large share of mitigation efforts, often face additional concerns relating to unknown risks and side-effects of the innovation. Ultimately, for all technologies, climatically relevant innovation is more likely to materialise when local communities and national publics are involved in deciding which technologies to develop and trade-offs to accept during the development of clean technology options.

Keywords: Energy Technology Attitudes; Clean Energy Innovation; Stakeholder Views; Public Engagement; Political Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035310401
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