Wind Power Policies and Diffusion in the Nordic Countries: Comparative Patterns

✍ Scribed by Jon Birger Skjærseth, Teis Hansen, Jakob Donner-Amnell, Jens Hanson, Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg, Helle Ørsted Nielsen, Birgitte Nygaard, Markus Steen

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 177
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book focuses specifically on policy mixes and wind power diffusion in four Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Although these Nordic welfare states have much in common, they have adopted different wind power policies and experienced dissimilar diffusion trajectories. Understanding these patterns across the Nordic countries is the central puzzle that this book investigates. Empirically, this book provides a first-of-its-kind comparative study of wind power policies in the Nordic countries. Analytically, the authors contribute to the transition policy mix literature, which remains largely insensitive to political feasibility. This book will be of interest to researchers and students as well as private and public decision makers looking for tools to enable the energy transition.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Authors
Acronyms and Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
References
2 Analytical Framework
2.1 Focus for Explanation: What Has Happened?
2.2 Explaining What Has Happened
2.3 Summary
References
3 Denmark
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Policy Mixes and Wind Power Development
3.2.1 Targets and Policies
3.2.2 Wind Power Development
3.3 Explaining the Policy Mix and Wind Power Development
3.3.1 Energy-economic Situation
3.3.2 Role of the EU
3.3.3 Domestic Politics
3.3.4 Policy Context
3.4 Conclusions
References
4 Finland
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Policy Mixes and Wind Power Development
4.2.1 Targets and Policies
4.2.2 Wind Power Development
4.3 Explaining the Policy Mix and Wind Power Development
4.3.1 Energy-economic Situation
4.3.2 Role of the EU
4.3.3 Domestic Politics
4.3.4 Policy Context
4.4 Conclusions
References
5 Norway
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Policy Mixes and Wind Power Development
5.2.1 Targets and Policies
5.2.2 Wind Power Development
5.3 Explaining the Policy Mix and Wind Power Development
5.3.1 Energy-economic Situation
5.3.2 Role of the EU
5.3.3 Domestic Politics
5.3.4 Policy Context
5.4 Conclusions
References
6 Sweden
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Policy Mixes and Wind Power Development
6.2.1 Targets and Policies
6.2.2 Wind Power Development
6.3 Explaining the Policy Mix and Wind Power Development
6.3.1 Energy-economic Situation
6.3.2 Role of the EU
6.3.3 Domestic Politics
6.3.4 Policy Context
6.4 Conclusions
References
7 Comparative Analysis
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Policy Mixes and Wind Power Development in the Nordic Countries
7.2.1 Targets and Policies 
7.2.2 Wind Power Development
7.2.3 Linking Policies to Development 
7.3 Explaining the Policy Mix and Wind Power Development
7.3.1 Energy-economic Situation
7.3.2 Role of the EU
7.3.3 Domestic Politics at National Level
7.3.4 Domestic Politics at Local Level
7.3.5 Policy Context and Technological Change
7.4 Conclusion: Relationships Among Explanatory Factors
References
8 Conclusions
8.1 Findings
8.2 Lessons
8.3 The Road Ahead
References
Index