Followiin the change of government in Denmark in late 2001 the energy research programmes were cut by two-thirds in 2002,
Together with major changes in the Energy Authority and the ministry responsible for it, this turbulence had a major influence on the strategy activities of the Energy research programme.
With a budget of around DKK100 million(¤13.4 million) a year (rising to DKK130 million(¤17.4 million) in 2005) it has become the same size as the Energy research programme. 2 The PSO R&d programme supports
Given the smaller total budget for the Energy research programme, it was decided that strategy development from early 2003 should be concentrated on four areas:
The selection of only four priority areas resulted in a stronger and narrower technology focus than the broader priority areas of the Energy research programme's earlier strategies.
In this sense, the strategy processes of the Energy research programme corresponded with the Mode 2 model of research.
The Energy research programme refers to targets and their horizons in the Government's energy policy: 2030 and the Kyoto Protocol's timeframe of 2008 2012.
Technical research Council Energy research programme Actors involved Programme management Research council Research Agency (secretariat) Energy Authority Core group in strategy processes Research council Research Agency (secretariat+strategy
In the case of the Energy research programme, legitimacy is secured primarily through hearings. Table 1 gives an overview of the two case studies.
In contrast, in the Energy research programme there seems to exist a more coherent understanding of strategy associated with developing new energy technologies.
Technical research Council Energy research programme The strategy of covering all existing research areas: supporting existing areas, the opposite of priority setting The strategy of new technologies:
Review of Denmark's energy research programme 1992 1997. Copenhagen: Danish energy Agency. Johnson, A, . and S. Jacobsson. 2001.
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