| dc.description.abstract | Despite Norway’s heavy presence in the petroleum industry Norway are highly committed to climate goals. Norway is in the process of electrifying the country and hydropower secure much of the required energy. However, electricity security is a concern due to the expected increased consumption from the electrification process. Apart from pursuing offshore wind, solar power present itself as a potential choice. Recent report prove that south-eastern Norway’s sun irradiation levels are equal to those of Germany, which controls one of the biggest national solar PV markets. However, the market seems to be severely underdeveloped compared to its potential. The total installed capacity in Norway in 2022 was 321 MW, which indicates a steady but slow increase. The thesis aims to first identify the market barriers for solar PV development in Norway and then explores PPP as a potential model to overcome these barriers to enable the rapid solar power diffusion in the country, The thesis first adopts TIS structural analysis so that to identify the market barriers for solar PV development in Norway, which shows that there are both financial and regulatory barriers. The thesis maps out different stakeholders involved in Norway’s solar PV development. Limited knowledge sharing and incentives among different stakeholders to build efficient investment networks have been regarded as one of the crucial barriers to build the market structures in Norway. Therefore, this thesis proposes and explores the role of Private Public Partnership (PPP) as one of the potential solutions to address the barriers. Furthermore, to empirically investigate the role of PPP and how it can play a role to incentive solar PV development, the thesis investigates a case study of Ullevaal Stadium to discuss how the PPP can play a role in its one recent solar PV project. Going beyond the specific case study, the thesis discusses how in general PPP can de-risk the early investment and furthermore can gear different actors from different sectors towards a common goal, so that to align their efforts and enable them to utilize their expertise and work together to diffuse solar PV in Norway. Moreover, the thesis also reflects on the potential risks and institutional conditions of applying PPP in Norway’s context. | eng |