Energy Cluster Policies for Sustainable Industrial Transformation An Institutional Perspective

• Main Authors: Gancarczyk, Marta, Bohatkiewicz-Czaicka, Joanna, Gancarczyk, Jacek, Tomczyk, Damian
• Format: eBook Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Taylor & Francis 2025; Routledge
• Series: Routledge Open Business and Economics
• Subjects: Business & Economics; Business and Management; Business mathematics and systems; Business strategy; Central and Eastern Europe; Cluster Policy; Cluster-based Innovation; Development studies; Economics; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Energy Clusters; Energy policy; Entrepreneurship; Green Transition; Industrial policy; Industrialization; Institutional Governance; Institutional Perspective; Interdisciplinary studies; International business; KJMV6 Research and development management; Management and management techniques; Management of specific areas; Organizational Behavior; Organizational Development; Organizational theory and behaviour; Poland; Politics and government; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; SIT; Society and Social Sciences; Sustainability Policies; Sustainable development; Sustainable Industrial Transformation
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003623540
• ISBN: 9781003623540; 1003623549; 1041033699; 9781040384510; 9781040384473; 104038451X; 1040384471; 9781041033691

Environmental changes and related public policies require an energy-focused sustainable industrial transformation (SIT) that reconciles economic, environmental, and social objectives. Local energy clusters are conducive to these transformative processes since they represent institutional structures that link key actors and factors in territorial communities to form niches for the green transition. However, SIT policies at the local level are in a nascent stage, and empirical evidence on these processes remains scarce. Furthermore, it is necessary to advance a conceptual background for SIT and identify the development conditions for territorial energy communities. In response to these theory- and policy-related challenges, this monograph aims to conceptualize the role of energy cluster policies in SIT using an institutional approach, as well as to identify the progress of the energy cluster policies and the development stages, drivers, and obstacles of local energy clusters. The author’s empirical basis will be Polish energy clusters analyzed against international policies and experience in territorial energy communities. This book provides unique value by developing an institutional analytical framework for energy cluster policies, identifying the conditions for the development of energy clusters, and proposing actionable policy recommendations in this area. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.