TY - JOUR
T1 - Barriers to renewable energy expansion
T2 - Ecuador as a case study
AU - Barragán-Escandón, Antonio
AU - Jara-Nieves, Darwin
AU - Romero Fajardo, Israel
AU - Zalamea-Leónesteban, Esteban F.
AU - Serrano-Guerrero, Xavier
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - The growth in electricity consumption and the resulting pollution suggests the need to incorporate clean energy sources. Currently, technological advancement is affected by a series of barriers that prevent the adoption of wind energy and solar photovoltaic energy. This research identifies the main barriers that affect these two technologies in the Ecuadorian context. A triangulation approach is applied through a literature review and a structured survey of expert professionals. The homogeneity in the responses affirms that the lack of an energy policy, regulations, inadequate financing, fuel subsidies, and investor uncertainty are useful factors that must be taken into account by various stakeholders to search for mitigating mechanisms that make new projects feasible. Although several studies have been conducted to identify barriers in other contexts, the characterization of barriers has been shown to depend on the conditions of the study environment.
AB - The growth in electricity consumption and the resulting pollution suggests the need to incorporate clean energy sources. Currently, technological advancement is affected by a series of barriers that prevent the adoption of wind energy and solar photovoltaic energy. This research identifies the main barriers that affect these two technologies in the Ecuadorian context. A triangulation approach is applied through a literature review and a structured survey of expert professionals. The homogeneity in the responses affirms that the lack of an energy policy, regulations, inadequate financing, fuel subsidies, and investor uncertainty are useful factors that must be taken into account by various stakeholders to search for mitigating mechanisms that make new projects feasible. Although several studies have been conducted to identify barriers in other contexts, the characterization of barriers has been shown to depend on the conditions of the study environment.
KW - Ecuador
KW - Resource mobilization barriers
KW - Technological innovation systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85135697376&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.esr.2022.100903
DO - 10.1016/j.esr.2022.100903
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135697376
SN - 2211-467X
VL - 43
JO - Energy Strategy Reviews
JF - Energy Strategy Reviews
M1 - 100903
ER -