As energy transitions progress from formative to growth or acceleration phases, issues related to resource formation increase in importance. In this paper we address a type of resource formation that has received scant attention in the sustainability transitions literature to date: developing the industrial capacity to manufacture and deliver key complementary assets (i.e. components and services) to large energy projects. Such supply chain elements constitute a significant share of investment, are crucial for the upscaling of low-carbon technologies, and offer important job and value creation opportunities for different regions and countries. Empirically we study the build-up of industrial capacity to supply key complementary assets to the European offshore wind power market in the 2000–2019 period through three phases (formative, take-off, growth) of development. We provide explanations to observed spatio-temporal patterns of industrial capacity development by considering 1) industry life-cycle dynamics, 2) pre-existing assets and industrial relatedness, and 3) home market opportunities.

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发展能源转型的工业能力：欧洲海上风电的资源形成


随着能源转型从形成阶段发展到增长或加速阶段，与资源形成相关的问题变得越来越重要。在本文中，我们讨论了一种迄今为止在可持续性转型文献中很少受到关注的资源形成：发展工业能力，为大型能源项目制造和交付关键的补充资产（即组件和服务）。这些供应链要素构成了很大一部分投资，对于低碳技术的升级至关重要，并为不同地区和国家提供了重要的就业和价值创造机会。实证研究 2000-2019 年期间通过三个发展阶段（形成、起飞、增长）为欧洲海上风电市场供应关键互补资产的工业能力建设。我们通过考虑 1） 行业生命周期动态，2） 预先存在的资产和行业相关性，以及 3） 国内市场机会，对观察到的工业产能发展时空模式进行解释。