Implementing maritime battery-electric and hydrogen solutions: A technological innovation systems analysis
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10.1016/j.trd.2020.102492Sammendrag
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 de veloped 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.