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How Have We Explored the Issues? The Californian Case as an Example

In: Renewable Energy Clusters

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  • Gudrun Jaegersberg

    (University of Applied Sciences at Zwickau)

  • Jenny Ure

    (University of Edinburgh)

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The Californian Cluster study is presented in such a way as to familiarise the reader with the methods we used to explore the barriers, and to introduce the context on the ground, where different arrangements of people, procedures and technology shape the outcomes. The chapter provides an introduction to the geographical, historical and cultural context, as well as the operating environment of the solar cluster, as context for understanding the issues raised. It also provides an overview of the methodology, highlighting the benefits of combining qualitative and quantitative approaches to understand where and why problems arise, and the potential for addressing or mitigating them. This includes the initial use of qualitative interviews to elicit themes as stakeholders see them, through to the elaboration of semi-structured surveys to validate, explore and quantify the issues in greater depth, with a wider population. The chapter uses the outcomes from the Californian case to introduce some of the recurring barriers that appear in other cases, in areas such as policy, research, innovation and training, and explore some of the implications.

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  • Gudrun Jaegersberg & Jenny Ure, 2017. "How Have We Explored the Issues? The Californian Case as an Example," Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management, in: Renewable Energy Clusters, chapter 0, pages 27-59, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:innchp:978-3-319-50365-3_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50365-3_4
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