Co-Evolution Between Technology and User Engagement in the Niche of Energy Communities in Portugal
ポルトガルにおけるエネルギーコミュニティのニッチにおける技術とユーザーエンゲージメントの共進化 (AI 翻訳)
António CURADO, P. Almeida
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日本語
本論文は、ポルトガルのエネルギーコミュニティニッチを批判的実在論と戦略的ニッチマネジメントの枠組みを用いて分析。技術主導、社会ガバナンス、インフラの3つの研究経路を特定し、既存の事業者がニッチ内で支配的な役割を果たす一方、制度変革には限界があることを示す。ニッチの発展における構造的不整合を明らかにし、将来の研究課題を提示。
English
This paper examines the energy community niche in Portugal using critical realism and Strategic Niche Management. It identifies three research pathways: technology-driven, socio-governance, and infrastructure-focused, revealing that incumbent actors dominate niche learning but fail to drive institutional change. Structural misalignments in the sociotechnical system are highlighted, offering insights for future R&D agenda-setting.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本でも地域エネルギーコミュニティや分散型エネルギーシステムへの関心が高まっているが、本論文の分析枠組みは、既存事業者と新規参入者の役割や制度変革の課題を理解する上で示唆に富む。日本のエネルギー転換政策におけるニッチマネジメントの応用可能性を考える参考となる。
In the global GX context
This paper contributes to the global discourse on sociotechnical transitions, particularly the role of incumbents in niche innovation. Its critical realist approach and application of Strategic Niche Management offer a robust framework for evaluating energy community development, relevant to EU policy and potentially transferable to other regions.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Theoretical insights on incumbent roles in niche transitions and the use of critical realism combined with SNM as an evaluative lens.
🏢実務担当者:For energy community developers and incumbents: highlights systemic biases and structural misalignments that can hinder large-scale diffusion.
🏛政策担当者:Identifies R&D gaps and the need for policy to address incumbent dominance and facilitate institutional change in energy communities.
📄 Abstract（原文）
In sociotechnical transitions, landscape disruptions, such as climate change, exert pressure on incumbent regimes and can trigger the emergence of niche innovations. Renewable energy communities represent one such innovation, increasingly central to European energy policy. This paper applies a critical realist method to examine the energy community niche in Portugal, drawing on a content analysis of the scientific literature and recent Horizon Europe research projects involving Portuguese actors. The analysis reveals three distinct research pathways structuring knowledge production in this niche—technology-driven, socio-governance-oriented, and infrastructure-focused. It also reveals a systemic R&D bias: incumbent actors occupy dual positions—simultaneously at the regime level and within the niche—playing central roles in learning and network formation while exhibiting limited capacity to translate innovation into institutional change and large-scale diffusion. Building on these critical realist findings, we then apply the Strategic Niche Management framework as an evaluative lens, revealing structural misalignments between components of the sociotechnical system. Together, these two analytical steps offer a novel reading of the Portuguese energy community niche, contributing to the theoretical debate on incumbent roles in transition dynamics and identifying concrete shortcomings for future R&D agenda-setting.
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