Research Article

Market Formation in Turkish Solar Electricity Generation: Technology Innovation System Approach

Volume: 38 Number: 3 September 5, 2023
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Market Formation in Turkish Solar Electricity Generation: Technology Innovation System Approach

Abstract

The Technological Innovation System (TIS) is a theoretical approach to the analysis of a new technology's diffusion dynamics. The development and establishment of market-related structures are essential for maturing a TIS and its long-term success, especially at the beginning of sectoral development. In this paper, we focus on market formation in the Turkish solar electricity generation TIS to understand how the market forms. We made an empirical study and benefitted from structural analysis, functional analysis, and process analysis to point out how green transition efforts have started with the market formation process in the Turkish solar energy sector during the first phase of sectoral development. We conducted fifty-seven interviews with key experts in the energy sector in the 2013-2015 period when the sector just started to develop. The structural analysis showed that the most active actors are companies, consultancy organizations, public organizations, and real persons; networks are associations and cooperative organizations, and institutions are general legislation and political developments. The process analysis showed that the constitutive processes are institutionalizing and associating for the formation of market segments, and competing and communicating for the formation of market transactions. The functional analysis pointed out that at the beginning of the TIS development, the market formation was in the nursing phase, but developing very fast.

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Supporting Institution

TUBITAK

Project Number

114K 070 ve 2219 Doktora Sonrası Burs

Thanks

This work was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) 1002 Program via a grant [114K070] for the field research and TUBITAK 2219 International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program for Turkish Citizens (2018 II. Group) for the writing of the manuscript.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Economics

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 5, 2023

Submission Date

July 20, 2022

Acceptance Date

February 3, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 38 Number: 3

APA
Erden Topal, Y., & Erdil, E. (2023). Market Formation in Turkish Solar Electricity Generation: Technology Innovation System Approach. İzmir İktisat Dergisi, 38(3), 625-645. https://doi.org/10.24988/ije.1145806
AMA
1.Erden Topal Y, Erdil E. Market Formation in Turkish Solar Electricity Generation: Technology Innovation System Approach. İzmir İktisat Dergisi. 2023;38(3):625-645. doi:10.24988/ije.1145806
Chicago
Erden Topal, Yelda, and Erkan Erdil. 2023. “Market Formation in Turkish Solar Electricity Generation: Technology Innovation System Approach”. İzmir İktisat Dergisi 38 (3): 625-45. https://doi.org/10.24988/ije.1145806.
EndNote
Erden Topal Y, Erdil E (September 1, 2023) Market Formation in Turkish Solar Electricity Generation: Technology Innovation System Approach. İzmir İktisat Dergisi 38 3 625–645.
IEEE
[1]Y. Erden Topal and E. Erdil, “Market Formation in Turkish Solar Electricity Generation: Technology Innovation System Approach”, İzmir İktisat Dergisi, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 625–645, Sept. 2023, doi: 10.24988/ije.1145806.
ISNAD
Erden Topal, Yelda - Erdil, Erkan. “Market Formation in Turkish Solar Electricity Generation: Technology Innovation System Approach”. İzmir İktisat Dergisi 38/3 (September 1, 2023): 625-645. https://doi.org/10.24988/ije.1145806.
JAMA
1.Erden Topal Y, Erdil E. Market Formation in Turkish Solar Electricity Generation: Technology Innovation System Approach. İzmir İktisat Dergisi. 2023;38:625–645.
MLA
Erden Topal, Yelda, and Erkan Erdil. “Market Formation in Turkish Solar Electricity Generation: Technology Innovation System Approach”. İzmir İktisat Dergisi, vol. 38, no. 3, Sept. 2023, pp. 625-4, doi:10.24988/ije.1145806.
Vancouver
1.Yelda Erden Topal, Erkan Erdil. Market Formation in Turkish Solar Electricity Generation: Technology Innovation System Approach. İzmir İktisat Dergisi. 2023 Sep. 1;38(3):625-4. doi:10.24988/ije.1145806

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