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Shaping the directionality of sustainability transitions: the diverging development patterns of solar photovoltaics in two Chinese provinces

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  • Kejia Yang
  • Johan Schot
  • Bernhard Truffer

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This paper investigates how actors across spatial levels shape the directions of transition. We examine two Chinese provinces, Inner Mongolia and Jiangsu, with contrasting directionalities of solar photovoltaic (PV) development. The former developed PV as part of the large-scale centralized power system, and the latter focused on PV development as a core element of an alternative distributed form of power generation. We argue that three aspects have been key for understanding the divergent patterns: the specific portfolio of enacted institutional work; the type of interactions between niche and regime actors; and the selective leveraging of national institutional conditions by provincial actors.

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  • Kejia Yang & Johan Schot & Bernhard Truffer, 2022. "Shaping the directionality of sustainability transitions: the diverging development patterns of solar photovoltaics in two Chinese provinces," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(5), pages 751-769, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:56:y:2022:i:5:p:751-769
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2021.1903412
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    1. Maria Tsouri & Ron Boschma, 2024. "The importance of science for the development of new PV technologies in European regions," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2410, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Apr 2024.
    2. Kejia Yang & Kaidong Feng, 2024. "Going beyond catch up: two governance models of China’s low-carbon energy transitions," Working Papers on Innovation Studies 20240108, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo.

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