Exploring the causes of slow biogas energy transition in rural areas of Cameroon: A technological innovation systems approach

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.122269" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.122269</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.122269" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.renene.2024.122269</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Exploring the causes of slow biogas energy transition in rural areas of Cameroon: A technological innovation systems approach

Original language description

The diffusion of biogas technology remains extremely slow in Cameroon despite global mobilisation to transition to cleaner energy sources. Without adequate evidence to inform the formulation of new policies and strategies to revamp the biogas sector, this study applies a technological innovations systems (TIS) approach to investigate the causes of the slow transition to biogas energy in rural areas of Cameroon. This included identifying the structural/functional problems, performance analysis of the biogas innovation system (BIS) and the systemic problems hindering the development and diffusion of biogas technology in Cameroon. With a qualitative case study approach, primary and secondary data collected through document study, 92 interviews, and direct observation of 51 biogas plants were used. The results reveal a very weak but emergent biogas innovation system. This is caused by combined structural and dynamic (systemic) problems resulting mainly from a poor institutional setting, lack of legitimacy, weak biogas actor-network, inadequate funding and technical capacity to sustain the technology. Building a resilient biogas market in Cameroon requires providing solutions to the current systemic problems.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

RENEWABLE ENERGY

ISSN

0960-1481

e-ISSN

0960-1481

Volume of the periodical

241

Issue of the periodical within the volume

MAR 2025

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001422000900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85213280260