1st Edition
Organizing the Dutch Energy Transition
This book addresses learnings from the energy transition in the Netherlands.
This book brings together contributions from experts in academia and practice to the Dutch energy transition by sharing their knowledge and experience gained over many years and from different roles and responsibilities. The chapters are clustered around four key perspectives – Policy, Sector, Organization, and Future – and explore the impact of policy decisions of governments and strategic decisions of firms operating in the energy sector on the energy transition process. The different perspectives present many promising strategies, policies, and innovations on each aspect, resulting in a deeper understanding of how each of these strategies, policies, and innovations may hinder or contribute to foster the energy transition. It concludes with a reflection on lessons learned and specific managerial and policy recommendations.
This volume will be of great interest to students, scholars, and industry professionals researching and working in the areas of energy transitions, sustainable business, energy technology, and energy policy.
Chapter 1 - Sharing different perspectives on organizing the Dutch energy transition
Hans van Kranenburg and Sjors Witjes
Chapter 2: Navigating the phase out and phase in of the Dutch energy transition: Focusing events, framing contests, and policy instruments
Ivo Beenakker, Linda Carton, Hans van Kranenburg, and Sietske Veenman
Chapter 3: The coming-of-age of energy regions: Reconstructing the formation and stabilization of the Regional Energy Strategy as an instrument for the spatial planning of on-land renewable energy in the Netherlands
Martijn Gerritsen
Chapter 4: Homeowners’ policy resistance in the energy transition
Lodewijk Emmen and Merel van der Wal
Chapter 5: Mismatches in just energy transitions: A comparative analysis of policy and citizens' future narratives
Sietske Veenman, Maria Kaufmann, Simone Haarbosch, and Ismay Kieskamp
Chapter 6: Fairness! The key to the communities’ acceptance of wind farms?
Gerrit Willem Ziggers
Chapter 7: The power of alignment: Conceptualizing strategy-identity alignment in Dutch energy companies
Stephanie Koornneef and Stefan Breet
Chapter 8: The energy transition as a social phenomenon: A case study within network operator TenneT
Henk Ruiter, Robert Ross, Ed Vosselman, and Koos Wagensveld
Chapter 9: Getting organized in the Dutch energy transition; dynamic capabilities enabling shaping up for a changing context
Arjan Pouw and Ruben Mosink
Chapter 10: What it takes to simultaneously create value for multiple stakeholders: Stakeholder orientation and stakeholder-oriented capabilities
Vincent de Gooyert, Etiënne A.J.A. Rouwette, Hans van Kranenburg, R. Edward Freeman, and Harry van Breen
Chapter 11: Transformational ability of energy network companies: The role of intra-organizational boundary spanners
Hans van Kranenburg, Sjors Witjes, and Larissa Shnayder
Chapter 12: The need for a multi-strategy approach
Pallas Agterberg
Index
Biography
Hans van Kranenburg is Full Professor of Strategic Management in particular Corporate Strategy at Radboud University, the Netherlands. He is the head of Business Administration and an expert in market and nonmarket strategic behavior of organizations, stakeholder management, industry dynamics, alliances, and media management and economics.
Sjors Witjes is Associate Professor of Organisational Sustainability and Circularity at Radboud University, the Netherlands and president of the International Sustainable Development Research Society. Sjors has actively been part of corporate sustainability and innovation processes resulting in research and education that supports organizations to reflect on their contribution to a more sustainable society.
