Greening of industry
In: Science and public policy: journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Volume 27, Issue 6, p. 465-466
ISSN: 1471-5430
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In: Science and public policy: journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Volume 27, Issue 6, p. 465-466
ISSN: 1471-5430
In: Science and public policy: journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Volume 26, Issue 5, p. 378-379
ISSN: 1471-5430
In: Bulletin of science, technology & society, Volume 28, Issue 2, p. 115-127
ISSN: 1552-4183
Until recently, Australia had little installed wind capacity, although there had been many investigations into its potential during the preceding decades. Formerly, state-owned monopoly utilities showed only token interest in wind power and could dictate the terms of energy debates. This situation changed in the late 1990s: Installed wind capacity began growing rapidly following the introduction of supportive renewable energy policies and the restructuring of the electricity industry. However, wind farms still provide only 1% of Australia's electricity, the future of supportive policies is uncertain, and industry momentum is yet to become self-sustaining. Wind power, the authors argue, faces significant technological and institutional barriers, which need to be overcome if wind power is to play a significant role in Australia's electricity supply. The current window of opportunity is providing—for the first time—a significant space in which these barriers can be better understood and addressed and the requirements for wind power institutionally embedded.
In: Science and public policy: journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Volume 24, Issue 4, p. 282-284
ISSN: 1471-5430
In: Metascience: an international review journal for the history, philosophy and social studies of science, Volume 8, Issue 1, p. 125-195
ISSN: 1467-9981