TY - JOUR
T1 - Disputed wind directions
T2 - Reinvigorating wind power development in Taiwan
AU - Valentine, Scott Victor
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was graciously supported by the National Science Council of Taiwan ( Project NSC-96-3114-H-004-001 ) and by the Graduate Institute of Technology and Innovation Management of National Chengchi University. The author wishes to expressly thank officials at the Taiwan Bureau of Energy, Taipower, and Infravest who agreed to be interviewed for this study, Dr. Ruey Lin Hsiao who helped coordinate funding, and Dr. Gautam Dutt for much appreciated feedback and suggestions on the paper.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - This case study, which analyzes wind power development policy in Taiwan, investigates a theme that is commonly encountered by policy makers in a number of policy settings-how can appropriate policies be developed when two (or more) seemingly valid, yet disparate scientific or technical estimates confound objective analysis? The paper adopts the context of wind power development policy in Taiwan to demonstrate how to employ organizational analysis to identify factors which influence subjective assumptions underpinning disparate estimates of wind power potential and then demonstrates the application of two concepts from chaos theory - fitness landscapes and strategic real options - for guiding policy making despite the existence of technological dissent. In contrast to progressively declining feed-in tariffs that are commonly associated with fledgling renewable energy programs, this study introduces the concept of progressively escalating feed-in tariffs to encourage the development of mature markets-in this case, the Taiwan wind power market.
AB - This case study, which analyzes wind power development policy in Taiwan, investigates a theme that is commonly encountered by policy makers in a number of policy settings-how can appropriate policies be developed when two (or more) seemingly valid, yet disparate scientific or technical estimates confound objective analysis? The paper adopts the context of wind power development policy in Taiwan to demonstrate how to employ organizational analysis to identify factors which influence subjective assumptions underpinning disparate estimates of wind power potential and then demonstrates the application of two concepts from chaos theory - fitness landscapes and strategic real options - for guiding policy making despite the existence of technological dissent. In contrast to progressively declining feed-in tariffs that are commonly associated with fledgling renewable energy programs, this study introduces the concept of progressively escalating feed-in tariffs to encourage the development of mature markets-in this case, the Taiwan wind power market.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.esd.2009.12.005
DO - 10.1016/j.esd.2009.12.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:76749164258
SN - 0973-0826
VL - 14
SP - 22
EP - 34
JO - Energy for Sustainable Development
JF - Energy for Sustainable Development
IS - 1
ER -
