Explaining the Diffusion of Renewable Electricity Technologies in Canadian Remote Indigenous Communities through the Technological Innovation System Approach

Karanasios, Konstantinos; Parker, Paul

doi:10.3390/su10113871

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Explaining the Diffusion of Renewable Electricity Technologies in Canadian Remote Indigenous Communities through the Technological Innovation System Approach

Konstantinos Karanasios

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Paul Parker

Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

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Sustainability 2018, 10(11), 3871; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10113871

Received: 19 September 2018 / Revised: 15 October 2018 / Accepted: 22 October 2018 / Published: 24 October 2018

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This paper applies the Technological Innovation System (TIS) approach for the first time in the context of remote indigenous communities in Northwest Territories (NWT) and Ontario, Canada, to explain the diffusion of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs). These communities need reliable and sustainable electricity to address social, environmental and economic development issues. The study examines the diffusion of RETs during the 2000–2016 period, identifies the systemic and transformational failures responsible for the functional performance of the TISs, and generates insights about factors that have the potential to sustain the development of RET projects. Findings suggest that the TIS-proposed causal mechanisms were present and performed as expected. Since the accumulation of TIS functions influences the rate of deployment of renewable technologies, policy intervention to improve local learning and networking could lead to accelerated diffusion of RETs to the benefit of remote communities and other stakeholders. View Full-Text

Keywords: technological innovation system; sustainable electricity systems; renewable energy; remote indigenous communities

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Karanasios K, Parker P. Explaining the Diffusion of Renewable Electricity Technologies in Canadian Remote Indigenous Communities through the Technological Innovation System Approach. Sustainability. 2018; 10(11):3871. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10113871

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Karanasios, Konstantinos, and Paul Parker. 2018. "Explaining the Diffusion of Renewable Electricity Technologies in Canadian Remote Indigenous Communities through the Technological Innovation System Approach" Sustainability 10, no. 11: 3871. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10113871

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