Implementing maritime battery-electric and hydrogen solutions: A technological innovation systems analysis

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Implementing maritime battery-electric and hydrogen solutions: A technological innovation systems analysis

Bach, Hanna / Bergek, Anna / Bjørgum, Øyvind / Hansen, Teis / Kenzhegaliyeva, Assiya / Steen, Markus

Highlights • Applying Technological Innovation Systems (TIS) functions to green shipping research. • Comparison of Norwegian Battery-Electric and Hydrogen TIS. • The Battery-Electric TIS has matured rapidly and the Hydrogen TIS develops quickly. • Green public procurement and state policy crucial sustainability transition drivers. • Upscaling LoZeC propulsion in other coastal segments beyond ferries a key challenge.

Abstract Maritime transport faces increasing pressure to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to be in accordance with the Paris Agreement. For this to happen, low- and zero-carbon energy solutions need to be developed. In this paper we draw on sustainability transition literature and introduce the technological innovation system (TIS) framework to the field of maritime transportation research. The TIS approach analytically distinguishes between different innovation system functions that are important for new technologies to develop and diffuse beyond an early phase of experimentation. This provides a basis for technology-specific policy recommendations. We apply the TIS framework to the case of battery-electric and hydrogen energy solutions for coastal maritime transport in Norway. Whereas both battery-electric and hydrogen solutions have developed rapidly, the former is more mature and has a strong momentum. Public procurement and other policy instruments have been crucial for developments to date and will be important for these technologies to become viable options for shipping more generally.

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Title :

Implementing maritime battery-electric and hydrogen solutions: A technological innovation systems analysis

Contributors:

Bach, Hanna (author) / Bergek, Anna (author) / Bjørgum, Øyvind (author) / Hansen, Teis (author) / Kenzhegaliyeva, Assiya (author) / Steen, Markus (author)

Published in:

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment ; 87

Publication date :

2020-01-01

ISSN :

1361-9209

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102492

Type of media :

Article (Journal)

Type of material :

Electronic Resource