Multistakeholder collaborative strategies for transition towards solar energy storage

The increasing adoption of residential solar installations has underscored the critical role of solar energy storage in the small-scale solar sector. Solar energy storage is essential to ensure a reliable power supply, alleviate electricity network overloading, save costs, enhance energy independence and resilience, and reduce the environmental impact of relying on less sustainable energy sources. The study contributes to the literature by considering multiple stakeholders and their dynamics in the transition to SES process, ascertaining the relevance of stakeholder collaboration in accelerating the adoption process. A consolidated model of stakeholder responsibilities and strategies is mapped and outlined, including manufacturers’ responsibility to proactively support installers by providing technical training, policymakers ensuring an equitable energy landscape to make SES more accessible to consumers, and utilities simplifying and expediting the approval process to reduce bureaucratic burdens on the approval process. The research emphasizes the importance of collaborative strategies, highlighting the need for co-evolution among manufacturers, retailers, and installers to foster technical competence and facilitate knowledge transfer. Moreover, it calls for aligned efforts between policymakers and utilities to relax regulatory constraints and promote adoption incentives. Incorporating the multistakeholder perspective into the multilevel perspective framework, this study enhances analysis of sustainable development and resilience transitions.