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Table 11.1
KEY STEP CONDITIONS INFLUENCING WIND
POWER DEVELOPMENT
Sociocultural
Context
Technological
Context
Economic
Context
Political
Context
Community
perspective
Grid resilience
Internalization of
externalities
Political ideologies
Information
asymmetry
Energy mix
Subsidies to energy
technologies
Lobbyist
environment
Civic activism
Technological
regimes
Entrenched
investments
Fiscal health
Habitat patterns
Distance to the
grid
Competitive health
of energy sector
irms
Nationalization of
utilities
Aluence
Nationwide
potential
Community
economic beneits
National interests
and international
pressures
Uncertainty and
change
Electricity sector
structure
National industry
composition
Trends in public
energy R&D
Vocational
inluences
Technological
network links
Economic growth
rate
Inclusiveness of
the energy policy
process
Agricultural sector
structure
Central and
sub national
government
coordination
Environmental
Perceived risk to
national security
impact of energy mix
that utilizing the Political SET framework to guide analysis and commenc-
ing such an analysis by studying national conditions related to the 32 STEP
variables outlined in Chapter 10 can serve as a comprehensive starting
point for policymakers who are intent on optimizing wind power develop-
ment. hese 32 STEP variables, which are summarized in Table 11.1, do not
provide prescriptive insight; rather, they provide analysts with guidance on
what to think about when formulating wind power development policy.
11.2 UNDERSTANDING SYSTEM DYNAMICS
In employing the Political SET framework as an analytical tool, there are ive
further observations extracted from the case studies that can help analysts
better understand the dynamics of the Political SET environment.
