Towards a Hydrogen Economy; Co-evolution between Institutions and Technologies

27/10/2008 - 15:30

27 October 2008
15.30 - 17.00 hrs

Energy Programme Asia Lecture by Daniel Scholten MA, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management Economics of Infrastructures Program, TU Delft, The Netherlands

Energy Programme Asia Lecture Series 2008: Domestic and Geopolitical Challenges to Energy Security for China and the European Union

Abstract
A transition to a sustainable energy infrastructure like a hydrogen economy involves more than the development and deployment of new technologies. Institutions ensuring the proper functioning are also necessary. During this lecture, Scholten tries to answer the following question: How can governments ensure that institutional changes are aligned to technological changes in a long-term transition process?

This lecture series is organized in the context of a joint research programme between Energy Programme Asia - IIAS, and the Institute of West Asian and African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, China.

Venue
International School for Humanities and Social Sciences, Room D
Prins Hendrikkade 189-B
1011 TD Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Programme
15.30 - Introduction by dr Mehdi Amineh
15.40 - Lecture
16.30 - Discussion
17.00 - Drinks

Abstract
A transition to a sustainable energy infrastructure like a hydrogen economy involves more than the development and deployment of new technologies. Institutions ensuring the proper functioning are also necessary. During this lecture, Scholten tries to answer the following question: How can governments ensure that institutional changes are aligned to technological changes in a long-term transition process?

Information
Dr Mehdi P. Amineh
EPA Programme Director
International Institute for Asian Studies
T +31 20 525 4567
m.p.amineh@uva.nl