Not Technology, but Orgware, Business, and Financing

Abstract

Over the past few years in society there has been an increased focus on energy issues. This has followed from an increasing awareness of the pressing demands of climate change, and an emerging awareness of the even more pressing demands of the global peak in oil production. This has triggered increasing investments in technology development financed by the EU, national governments, and other parties that finance research. Unfortunately, technological development alone is not likely to lead to the large-scale implementation of renewable energy systems.