TY - JOUR
T1 - Locked post-fossil consumption of urban decentralized solar photovoltaic energy
T2 - A case study of an on-grid photovoltaic power supply community in Nanjing, China
AU - Wu, Qiyan
AU - Zhang, Xiaoling
AU - Sun, Jingwei
AU - Ma, Zhifei
AU - Zhou, Chen
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is funded by the NNSFC, The Mechanism of Urban Expansion based on minimal–cyclical hypotheses: Nanjing Metropolis as research area (41271176) and the National Natural Science Fund (Project No: 71303203 ), the grant from the Environment and Conservation Fund (Project No: 92110732 ) funded by HKSAR Depts; It is also funded by Hong Kong Research Grant Council , Early Career Scheme (Project No: 9048039 ) and CityU Strategic Research Grant (Project No: 7004309 ).
PY - 2016/6/15
Y1 - 2016/6/15
N2 - Due to enhanced economic production as well as incentivized demanding supply management (DSM) strategies, solar photovoltaics (SPV) have experienced a phenomenal global annual growth rate but with a very limited contribution from the personal consumption sector, especially that of on-grid decentralized SPV. One of the reasons for this lies in the difficulties involved in unlocking the traditional production paradigm and lifestyle, based on centuries of conventional fossil-energy consumption. In response, this paper examines the case of Nine Dream Island in Nanjing, China, a pioneer of post-fossil emerging power supply communities providing on-grid SPV, to reveal the obstacles that lie beyond technological and economic factors involved. Empirical data including in-depth interviews illustrate the politico economic strategies of these communities in creating a new post-fossil production and consumption paradigm. In particular, it is suggested that, despite the National Development and Reform Commission's economic driving force in the form of 0.42 ¥/kW h state subsidies in Nanjing, the complex pattern of governance structures and institutional arrangement characteristics overwhelmingly impedes public acceptance of a low-carbon model of production and consumption. Overall, the paper helps to shed light on the development and adoption of SPV as a post-fossil consumption and production technology in new market countries where administration forces provide a more important role in creating a new path-dependence for the adaptation of innovation technologies.
AB - Due to enhanced economic production as well as incentivized demanding supply management (DSM) strategies, solar photovoltaics (SPV) have experienced a phenomenal global annual growth rate but with a very limited contribution from the personal consumption sector, especially that of on-grid decentralized SPV. One of the reasons for this lies in the difficulties involved in unlocking the traditional production paradigm and lifestyle, based on centuries of conventional fossil-energy consumption. In response, this paper examines the case of Nine Dream Island in Nanjing, China, a pioneer of post-fossil emerging power supply communities providing on-grid SPV, to reveal the obstacles that lie beyond technological and economic factors involved. Empirical data including in-depth interviews illustrate the politico economic strategies of these communities in creating a new post-fossil production and consumption paradigm. In particular, it is suggested that, despite the National Development and Reform Commission's economic driving force in the form of 0.42 ¥/kW h state subsidies in Nanjing, the complex pattern of governance structures and institutional arrangement characteristics overwhelmingly impedes public acceptance of a low-carbon model of production and consumption. Overall, the paper helps to shed light on the development and adoption of SPV as a post-fossil consumption and production technology in new market countries where administration forces provide a more important role in creating a new path-dependence for the adaptation of innovation technologies.
KW - Fossil based energy lock-in
KW - On-grid SPV supply
KW - Post-fossil production and consumption
KW - Solar energy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.013
DO - 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84962073598
VL - 172
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Applied Energy
JF - Applied Energy
SN - 0306-2619
ER -