Abstract
The promotion of renewable energy is a key concept in the European Union for both environmental and economic reasons. It contributes to securing the objectives set out in the Kyoto Protocol. In addition, it brings various social and economic benefits, e.g., diversification of the energy offer, new jobs, improvement of regional and local development opportunities and building a solid national industry. The main purpose of the article is to contribute to the debate on the instruments promoting renewable energy sources (RES) by emphasizing its importance within the technology transfer network. The subject is an empirical study of an actual technology transfer network. Its international activity promotes RES among entrepreneurs. Data related to meetings as part of brokerage events (BE) and company missions (CM) were subject to statistical and visual analysis, based on the data obtained from the Enterprise Europe Network from the years 2017–2018. The presented results are the foundation for future theoretical and practical studies. One of the important aspects to be examined is the intensity of cooperation launched during CM and BE. It is related to the results of partnership agreements and the importance of increasing the knowledge flow and creating opportunities for partners to acquire foreign technologies.
Highlights
In a situation where the advancement of new sustainable technologies is key to tackling the challenges related to the climate and environment in the 21st century, these technologies face significant development and implementation obstacles
The analysis presented in this paper is carried out by means of an actual technology transfer network
Renewable energy is one of the key interdisciplinary issues included in EU policies
Summary
In a situation where the advancement of new sustainable technologies is key to tackling the challenges related to the climate and environment in the 21st century, these technologies face significant development and implementation obstacles. One of the reasons is that technologies are usually associated with dominant business models, value chains, industry standards and certain institutions [1]. The transition to more sustainable production methods often requires relatively long development periods. This is because technology-specific business networks, value chains, institutions, etc., must be introduced and adapted to the emerging technologies. This means that a sustained technological change can potentially be affected by a number of market, systemic and institutional. It has long been known that to stimulate innovation, it is necessary to combine technology-driving and promotion instruments that attract demand
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