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Policy change, power and the development of Great Britain's Renewable Heat Incentive
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Lowes, Richard, Woodman, Bridget and Fitch-Roy, Oscar (2019) Policy change, power and the development of Great Britain's Renewable Heat Incentive. Energy Policy, 131 . pp. 410-421. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2019.04.041 ISSN 0301-4215.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.04.041
Abstract
The role of socio-political power is central to the development of policy, but systematic analyses of power associated with the development of energy policy are rare. Power is also an important yet somewhat under-researched aspect of socio-technical transitions research. The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) policy aims to increase deployment of low-carbon heat in Great Britain and begin a transformation to a low carbon GB heat system. This article analyses the socio-political power associated with the development of the RHI policy based on Lukes' ‘dimensions of power’ approach using a methodology based on triangulation. We identify a number of policy change episodes during the development of the RHI and describe the influence of key actors on the policy. Despite the common assumption of the power of incumbents, we show that those actors with niche technological expertise, close relationships with Government actors and actors within the administration have been the most powerful drivers of policy development and change. Niche actors sped up the introduction of the RHI scheme and have also had some success in increasing relative support for biomethane injection. The power of a civil servant to slow the introduction of the domestic element of the RHI has also been identified.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering T Technology > TH Building construction |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Energy policy, Energy policy -- Great Britain, Heating, Heating -- Great Britain, Renewable energy sources, Renewable energy sources -- Great Britain | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Energy Policy | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd. | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 0301-4215 | ||||||||||||
Official Date: | August 2019 | ||||||||||||
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Volume: | 131 | ||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 410-421 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.04.041 | ||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 December 2019 | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 10 December 2019 | ||||||||||||
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