eprintid: 2748 rev_number: 1 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/27/48 datestamp: 2020-04-23 05:42:57 lastmod: 2020-04-23 05:42:57 status_changed: 2020-04-23 05:42:57 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Groot, J. de title: Roles in the sustainable energy field: investigating the current roles and the desired situation ispublished: pub full_text_status: public abstract: This research is about the current roles of the provinces, the municipalities, the local energy initiatives and their representative associations and how these current roles compare to what the bottom-up initiatives (the local energy initiatives and their representative associations) desire. The provinces and municipalities fulfil a predominantly facilitating role. The representative associations often fulfil a connecting and supporting role, whereas the local energy initiatives mainly take care for local support. There are some identified barriers which need to be tackled in order to achieve the desired situation according to the bottom-up initiatives. A distinction is made between political barriers, support barriers, participation barriers and barriers of vague roles. It is argued that a program-based focus and more collaboration could solve the participation barriers and the barriers of vague roles, and more centralised measures could deal with the political- and support barriers. date: 2016 date_type: published thesis_type: master degree_programme: EIP tutors_name: Zuidema, C. keywords_local: division keywords_local: roles keywords_local: bottom-up keywords_local: governance keywords_local: transitions keywords_local: energy keywords_local: sustainability keywords_local: Netherlands language_iso: en titleorder: Roles in the sustainable energy field: investigating the current roles and the desired situation dbi: 57ea224d3b295 imported_item: yes date_of_import: 2020-04-22 imported_from: http://scripties.frw.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/ma/EIP/2016/jgroot/ import_source_file: theses-frw-20200422132454-57ea224d3b295.xml date_issued: 2016-01-01 citation: Groot, J. de (2016) Roles in the sustainable energy field: investigating the current roles and the desired situation. Master thesis. document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2748/1/Master_thesis_Jos_de_Groot_s24_1.pdf