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Pro-poor pathways to low carbon energy access in LDCs Dr David Ockwell and Dr Rob Byrne April 2012 D.G.Ockwell@sussex.ac.uk , R.P.Byrne@sussex.ac.uk. Overview. Background & policy context Innovation capacities Socio-technical transitions Methods: informing emerging policy.
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Pro-poor pathways to low carbon energy access in LDCs • Dr David Ockwell and Dr Rob Byrne • April 2012 • D.G.Ockwell@sussex.ac.uk, R.P.Byrne@sussex.ac.uk
Overview • Background & policy context • Innovation capacities • Socio-technical transitions • Methods: informing emerging policy
CDM registered projects and accumulated investment value, as at end of May 2011 Source: Byrne et al. based on figures from UNEP Risø (2011)
Number of registered CDM projects as of the end of May 2011, disaggregated by project type (3145 total registered projects) Source: Byrne et al. based on figures from UNEP Risø (2011) • Over 80% registered CDM projects use just five types of technology • Only one new renewable energy technology – wind – although mature relative to other new renewables
Building innovation capacities Technology suppliers Technology transferred Technology importers New production capacity Supplier firms’ engineering, managerial and other technological capabilities Flow A Capital goods, services & designs Skills & know-how for operation & maintenance Flow B Knowledge & expertise behind technology Accumulation of innovation capacities Flow C
Methodology • Case study: Solar Home Systems, Kenya • “Innovation histories” methodology (Douthwaite and Ashby, 2005) • Timeline of niche development • Actor network map • Inform innovation centre based policy