Technological innovation systems : the case of carbon capture and storage in Norway

Abstract

In a changing world, some rely on new technology to help us solve the world’s small or lager problems. And how do new technologies emerge? The birth, growth and maturity of new technologies have intrigued scholars and policymakers for a long time. One way of studying new technologies is to use the analytic framework of Technological Innovation Systems (TIS) as the one developed by Bergek et al. (2008). This thesis will focus empirically on the case of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Norway. Carbon capture and storage related to energy from fossil fuels is launched as this Norwegian government’s equivalent of the moon landing (Stoltenberg, 2007). Technologies for capturing carbon have been around for some years, these technologies are not however commercially available. This essay aims at analysing the Technological Innovation System on carbon capture and storage in Norway on three functions; influence on the direction of search, entrepreneurial experimentation and market formation, and then assessing the phase of development the TIS is in. I will use methods of literature review, interviews, document analysis and case