PES see payments for ecosystem services
schemes
photovoltaic (PV) cells 77, 91–93, 95,
145–147
Pierson, P. 89–90
planetary boundaries 27–28, 30–35, 59
Point of No Return report (2013) 81
Polanyi, K. 70
policy: design 91; policy feedback 87–101;
policy fixes, grassroots innovation
104–107 policy-making 87–89, 93–94,
97–98; policy paradigms 96–97;
policy responses to science 41–43
political dynamics 86–101; energy 87–89;
entrepreneurial state 149–150; grassroots
104–107, 112–115; institutional context
96–99; uncertainty 43
pollution 60–61
polycentric co-ordination 58
portfolio bond and equity investors 156,
157
positive political feedback effects 90,
93–94
power generation companies 95–96
power and grassroots innovation 115–117
practical reasoning, grassroots politics
112–115
private equity investors 156, 157
private sectors 148–149
PV see photovoltaic cells
radiation 60–61
railways 73, 78
regime of accumulation 70
regulation modes 70
regulatory science 44–50
renewable energy policies 89–96
Renewables Obligation (RO) 92–93,
97–98
renewables policy 93–94
Research and Development (R&D) 146,
148–150
resource degradation 60–61
Rio conference 31, 33–34, 121
Rising Tide anti-consumerism groups
75
risk 47, 161
RO see Renewables Obligation
Royal Society of London (RSL) 50–51
rural communities 106–107
safe operating space see planetary
boundaries
Schumpetarian waves of creative
destruction 77–78
science 39–53, 107–110, 111; agendas and
decisions 43–44; contestation 40–41;
imprecision 50–52; policy responses
41–43; regulatory 44–50; uncertainty
43, 50–52
science, technology and innovation (STI)
107–110, 111
SDGs see Sustainable Development Goals
Securities and Exchange Commission
78–79
shaping of structures 21
Shell 81
Siemens 88–89
Sierra Club 120–121
Silent Spring (Carson) 39–40
silicon-based solar panels 147–148
Simmons, B. 165–166
small and medium enterprises (SMEs) 162
small-scale farming 122–124, 129
social contracts 75
social institutional systems 96–97
Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)
funds 158–159
Social Technologies Network (STN) 105
solar energy 147–149, 176; see also
photovoltaic cells
Solyndra 147–148
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) 158–159
Soviet Union, mobilization 128–129
SRI see Socially Responsible Investment
funds
state investment banks 140–141
state-led transformations 5, 14–15, 16,
18–19, 90
state-owned power generation companies
95–96
state, the 70, 134–152
STI see science, technology and innovation
STN see Social Technologies Network
Stockholm conference 121
Sunpower 147
‘Sustainable Development in a Dynamic
Economy’ 12
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
9–10
Suzlon (turbine manufacturer) 95
SWFs see Sovereign Wealth Funds
tax incentives 94–95
technological agit prop 110, 113–114
technology, grassroots innovation 107–110
technology-led transformations 5, 10–12,
16, 18
TED (Technology, Entertainment and
Design) 31
Index 219
schemes
photovoltaic (PV) cells 77, 91–93, 95,
145–147
Pierson, P. 89–90
planetary boundaries 27–28, 30–35, 59
Point of No Return report (2013) 81
Polanyi, K. 70
policy: design 91; policy feedback 87–101;
policy fixes, grassroots innovation
104–107 policy-making 87–89, 93–94,
97–98; policy paradigms 96–97;
policy responses to science 41–43
political dynamics 86–101; energy 87–89;
entrepreneurial state 149–150; grassroots
104–107, 112–115; institutional context
96–99; uncertainty 43
pollution 60–61
polycentric co-ordination 58
portfolio bond and equity investors 156,
157
positive political feedback effects 90,
93–94
power generation companies 95–96
power and grassroots innovation 115–117
practical reasoning, grassroots politics
112–115
private equity investors 156, 157
private sectors 148–149
PV see photovoltaic cells
radiation 60–61
railways 73, 78
regime of accumulation 70
regulation modes 70
regulatory science 44–50
renewable energy policies 89–96
Renewables Obligation (RO) 92–93,
97–98
renewables policy 93–94
Research and Development (R&D) 146,
148–150
resource degradation 60–61
Rio conference 31, 33–34, 121
Rising Tide anti-consumerism groups
75
risk 47, 161
RO see Renewables Obligation
Royal Society of London (RSL) 50–51
rural communities 106–107
safe operating space see planetary
boundaries
Schumpetarian waves of creative
destruction 77–78
science 39–53, 107–110, 111; agendas and
decisions 43–44; contestation 40–41;
imprecision 50–52; policy responses
41–43; regulatory 44–50; uncertainty
43, 50–52
science, technology and innovation (STI)
107–110, 111
SDGs see Sustainable Development Goals
Securities and Exchange Commission
78–79
shaping of structures 21
Shell 81
Siemens 88–89
Sierra Club 120–121
Silent Spring (Carson) 39–40
silicon-based solar panels 147–148
Simmons, B. 165–166
small and medium enterprises (SMEs) 162
small-scale farming 122–124, 129
social contracts 75
social institutional systems 96–97
Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)
funds 158–159
Social Technologies Network (STN) 105
solar energy 147–149, 176; see also
photovoltaic cells
Solyndra 147–148
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) 158–159
Soviet Union, mobilization 128–129
SRI see Socially Responsible Investment
funds
state investment banks 140–141
state-led transformations 5, 14–15, 16,
18–19, 90
state-owned power generation companies
95–96
state, the 70, 134–152
STI see science, technology and innovation
STN see Social Technologies Network
Stockholm conference 121
Sunpower 147
‘Sustainable Development in a Dynamic
Economy’ 12
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
9–10
Suzlon (turbine manufacturer) 95
SWFs see Sovereign Wealth Funds
tax incentives 94–95
technological agit prop 110, 113–114
technology, grassroots innovation 107–110
technology-led transformations 5, 10–12,
16, 18
TED (Technology, Entertainment and
Design) 31
Index 219