Floortje Alkemade
Biographic Data
| ID | 3447418 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Floortje Alkemade |
| GIVEN NAMES | Floortje |
| FAMILY NAME | Alkemade |
| SIGNATURE | ALKEMADE F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2231-1913 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 901 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Enabling reuse of construction and demolition waste with data spaces
In 2022, the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) industry generated 39.8 million tons of Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW). Despite the growing interest in circularity, the direct reuse of CDW remains limited due to technical, economic, regulatory, and organizational barriers. A major challenge is the lack of accessible information. Data spaces offer a promising framework to address this issue, but they have not y…
Quantifying the potential of energy communities in renewable electricity generation in The Netherlands
Energy communities (ECs) are seen as a promising concept towards a just energy transition. They can act as a catalyst for social tipping points and accelerate the shift to renewable energy while keeping benefits to local communities. However, no quantitative assessment of ECs' role in future energy system configurations exists. This study fills this gap by quantifying the potential impact of ECs in the Netherlands from 2025 to 2050. We do this by…
Exploring opportunities and limits of energy citizenship in Dutch heat transitions
The role of citizens is increasingly recognized as crucial in the socio-technical transformation of energy systems. This paper examines the concept of energy citizenship (EC), which associates the evolving roles of citizens as active participants in low carbon energy transitions. Despite the growing body of literature, the concept of EC is often approached through a narrow empirical lens, focusing mostly on certain aspects of energy transitions (…
Energy Community Surplus Sharing
Energy communities (ECs) have emerged as a new class of ‘prosumers’ in energy transitions. ECs’ ability to sell electricity back to the grid is increasingly curtailed, meaning they are left with decisions on how best to use this common pool of generated electricity. While some ECs can self-consume the generated electricity, a surplus often remains over several timescales. This provides an opportunity for ECs to exchange with actors or households …
A method to identify positive tipping points to accelerate low-carbon transitions and actions to trigger them
Meeting the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to "well below 2 °C" requires a radical acceleration of action, as the global economy is decarbonising at least five times too slowly. Tipping points, where low-carbon transitions become self-propelling, could be key to achieving the necessary acceleration. We deem these normatively 'positive', because they can limit considerable, inequitable harms from global warming and help achieve sustainabi…
Plugging in with neighbours
Residential public charging points are shared by multiple electric vehicle drivers, often neighbours. Therefore, charging behaviour is embedded in a social context. Behaviours that affect, or are influenced by, other public charging point users have been sparsely studied and lack an overarching and comprehensive definition. Consequently, very few measures are applied in practice to influence charging behaviour. We aim to classify and define the s…
Beyond a checklist for acceptance
Community acceptance is considered a prerequisite for successful energy transitions and the uptake of renewable energy technologies (RET). While policy and research often focus on acceptance as an outcome, the process of acceptance remains a black box, especially in uncontested RET implementation contexts. We study the dynamic process of community acceptance where (1) different actor groups can have (2) different roles and (3) different active an…
Impacts, procedural processes, and local context
A lack of social acceptance obstructs the diffusion of wind energy and jeopardises the fight against global warming and climate change. Academic literature has identified the leading causes of social acceptance, but falls short in providing workable methodologies to consider this in the planning and decision-making process. This paper attends to this issue by providing a novel holistic conceptualisation of community acceptance as an interplay bet…
A perspective on the future of sustainability transitions research
The journal Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (EIST) recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. Its development represents a great success, contributing substantially to the consolidation and maturation of the research field of sustainability transitions. However, being content with past successes will not be sufficient for tackling emerging challenges. In this perspective paper, we take stock of recent dynamics in the field by an…
How cumulative is technological knowledge
Technological cumulativeness is considered one of the main mechanisms for technological progress, yet its exact meaning and dynamics often remain unclear. To develop a better understanding of this mechanism, we approach a technology as a body of knowledge consisting of interlinked inventions. Technological cumulativeness can then be understood as the extent to which inventions build on other inventions within that same body of knowledge. The cumu…
Policy mixes for sustainability transitions must embrace system dynamics
The science base of renewables
Initiatives to foster the development of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) can benefit from a deep understanding of the science base that underlies such technologies, and especially how that science base differs from that of Fossil Fuel based Energy Technologies (FFETs). This paper investigates both science bases using citations in patents to scientific journals. We find that RETs generally have a more substantial science base and draw on a mo…
Recombinant invention in solar photovoltaic technology
This paper explores the emergence of new combinations of unrelated technologies at the regional level. The analyses show that for solar photovoltaic inventions, such unrelated technologies are more likely to be recombined when they strongly co-locate in the same region rather than in different regions. Furthermore, we show that this pattern is common to renewable energy inventions, although different dynamics are observed in different types of re…
Do existing regional specialisations stimulate or hinder diversification into cleantech
Using data on patent applications, this paper provides systematic evidence of how the existing regional knowledge base, and in particular specialisation in fossil fuel technologies, affected both initial and subsequent regional diversification into cleantech knowledge production in European regions between 1987 and 2010. Results confirmed the assumption in evolutionary economic geography that technological relatedness enhances regional diversific…
Agent-Based Modelling of Charging Behaviour of Electric Vehicle Drivers
The combination of electric vehicles (EVs) and intermittent renewable energy sources has received increasing attention over the last few years. Not only does charging electric vehicles with renewable energy realize their true potential as a clean mode of transport, charging electric vehicles at times of peaks in renewable energy production can help large scale integration of renewable energy in the existing energy infrastructure. We present an ag…
An agenda for sustainability transitions research
Diffusion of solar photovoltaic systems and electric vehicles among Dutch consumers
A key issue in smart grid visions is the integration of the energy and mobility systems. Electric vehicles (EVs) can be charged with renewable photovoltaic (PV) solar power, and contribute to the integration of solar power in the electricity network via vehicle-to-grid systems. In such systems the role of consumers becomes crucial as they both generate and store energy. We investigate differences between PV and EV adopter groups and the implicati…
Introduction to the IST2014 special section
Prospects of modelling societal transitions
Societal transitions involve multiple actors, changes in institutions, values and technologies, and interactions across multiple sectors and scales. Given this complexity, this paper takes on the view that the societal transitions research field would benefit from the further maturation and broader uptake of modelling approaches. This paper shows how modelling can enhance the understanding of and support stakeholders to steer societal transitions…
On the relation between communication and innovation activities
Why does renewable energy diffuse so slowly? A review of innovation system problems
Effective public resource allocation to escape lock-in
Transition policy and innovation policy
An agenda for sustainability transitions research
Prospects of modelling societal transitions
Societal transitions involve multiple actors, changes in institutions, values and technologies, and interactions across multiple sectors and scales. Given this complexity, this paper takes on the view that the societal transitions research field would benefit from the further maturation and broader uptake of modelling approaches. This paper shows how modelling can enhance the understanding of and support stakeholders to steer societal transitions…
A perspective on the future of sustainability transitions research
The journal Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (EIST) recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. Its development represents a great success, contributing substantially to the consolidation and maturation of the research field of sustainability transitions. However, being content with past successes will not be sufficient for tackling emerging challenges. In this perspective paper, we take stock of recent dynamics in the field by an…
Transition policy and innovation policy
Do existing regional specialisations stimulate or hinder diversification into cleantech
Using data on patent applications, this paper provides systematic evidence of how the existing regional knowledge base, and in particular specialisation in fossil fuel technologies, affected both initial and subsequent regional diversification into cleantech knowledge production in European regions between 1987 and 2010. Results confirmed the assumption in evolutionary economic geography that technological relatedness enhances regional diversific…
Effective public resource allocation to escape lock-in
Diffusion of solar photovoltaic systems and electric vehicles among Dutch consumers
A key issue in smart grid visions is the integration of the energy and mobility systems. Electric vehicles (EVs) can be charged with renewable photovoltaic (PV) solar power, and contribute to the integration of solar power in the electricity network via vehicle-to-grid systems. In such systems the role of consumers becomes crucial as they both generate and store energy. We investigate differences between PV and EV adopter groups and the implicati…
Impacts, procedural processes, and local context
A lack of social acceptance obstructs the diffusion of wind energy and jeopardises the fight against global warming and climate change. Academic literature has identified the leading causes of social acceptance, but falls short in providing workable methodologies to consider this in the planning and decision-making process. This paper attends to this issue by providing a novel holistic conceptualisation of community acceptance as an interplay bet…
Recombinant invention in solar photovoltaic technology
This paper explores the emergence of new combinations of unrelated technologies at the regional level. The analyses show that for solar photovoltaic inventions, such unrelated technologies are more likely to be recombined when they strongly co-locate in the same region rather than in different regions. Furthermore, we show that this pattern is common to renewable energy inventions, although different dynamics are observed in different types of re…
Beyond a checklist for acceptance
Community acceptance is considered a prerequisite for successful energy transitions and the uptake of renewable energy technologies (RET). While policy and research often focus on acceptance as an outcome, the process of acceptance remains a black box, especially in uncontested RET implementation contexts. We study the dynamic process of community acceptance where (1) different actor groups can have (2) different roles and (3) different active an…
On the relation between communication and innovation activities
Policy mixes for sustainability transitions must embrace system dynamics
Energy Community Surplus Sharing
Energy communities (ECs) have emerged as a new class of ‘prosumers’ in energy transitions. ECs’ ability to sell electricity back to the grid is increasingly curtailed, meaning they are left with decisions on how best to use this common pool of generated electricity. While some ECs can self-consume the generated electricity, a surplus often remains over several timescales. This provides an opportunity for ECs to exchange with actors or households …
Transition policy and innovation policy
Why does renewable energy diffuse so slowly? A review of innovation system problems
Effective public resource allocation to escape lock-in
Introduction to the IST2014 special section
Prospects of modelling societal transitions
Societal transitions involve multiple actors, changes in institutions, values and technologies, and interactions across multiple sectors and scales. Given this complexity, this paper takes on the view that the societal transitions research field would benefit from the further maturation and broader uptake of modelling approaches. This paper shows how modelling can enhance the understanding of and support stakeholders to steer societal transitions…
On the relation between communication and innovation activities
Diffusion of solar photovoltaic systems and electric vehicles among Dutch consumers
A key issue in smart grid visions is the integration of the energy and mobility systems. Electric vehicles (EVs) can be charged with renewable photovoltaic (PV) solar power, and contribute to the integration of solar power in the electricity network via vehicle-to-grid systems. In such systems the role of consumers becomes crucial as they both generate and store energy. We investigate differences between PV and EV adopter groups and the implicati…
Agent-Based Modelling of Charging Behaviour of Electric Vehicle Drivers
The combination of electric vehicles (EVs) and intermittent renewable energy sources has received increasing attention over the last few years. Not only does charging electric vehicles with renewable energy realize their true potential as a clean mode of transport, charging electric vehicles at times of peaks in renewable energy production can help large scale integration of renewable energy in the existing energy infrastructure. We present an ag…
An agenda for sustainability transitions research
The science base of renewables
Initiatives to foster the development of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) can benefit from a deep understanding of the science base that underlies such technologies, and especially how that science base differs from that of Fossil Fuel based Energy Technologies (FFETs). This paper investigates both science bases using citations in patents to scientific journals. We find that RETs generally have a more substantial science base and draw on a mo…
Recombinant invention in solar photovoltaic technology
This paper explores the emergence of new combinations of unrelated technologies at the regional level. The analyses show that for solar photovoltaic inventions, such unrelated technologies are more likely to be recombined when they strongly co-locate in the same region rather than in different regions. Furthermore, we show that this pattern is common to renewable energy inventions, although different dynamics are observed in different types of re…
Do existing regional specialisations stimulate or hinder diversification into cleantech
Using data on patent applications, this paper provides systematic evidence of how the existing regional knowledge base, and in particular specialisation in fossil fuel technologies, affected both initial and subsequent regional diversification into cleantech knowledge production in European regions between 1987 and 2010. Results confirmed the assumption in evolutionary economic geography that technological relatedness enhances regional diversific…
How cumulative is technological knowledge
Technological cumulativeness is considered one of the main mechanisms for technological progress, yet its exact meaning and dynamics often remain unclear. To develop a better understanding of this mechanism, we approach a technology as a body of knowledge consisting of interlinked inventions. Technological cumulativeness can then be understood as the extent to which inventions build on other inventions within that same body of knowledge. The cumu…
Policy mixes for sustainability transitions must embrace system dynamics
A perspective on the future of sustainability transitions research
The journal Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (EIST) recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. Its development represents a great success, contributing substantially to the consolidation and maturation of the research field of sustainability transitions. However, being content with past successes will not be sufficient for tackling emerging challenges. In this perspective paper, we take stock of recent dynamics in the field by an…
Impacts, procedural processes, and local context
A lack of social acceptance obstructs the diffusion of wind energy and jeopardises the fight against global warming and climate change. Academic literature has identified the leading causes of social acceptance, but falls short in providing workable methodologies to consider this in the planning and decision-making process. This paper attends to this issue by providing a novel holistic conceptualisation of community acceptance as an interplay bet…
Plugging in with neighbours
Residential public charging points are shared by multiple electric vehicle drivers, often neighbours. Therefore, charging behaviour is embedded in a social context. Behaviours that affect, or are influenced by, other public charging point users have been sparsely studied and lack an overarching and comprehensive definition. Consequently, very few measures are applied in practice to influence charging behaviour. We aim to classify and define the s…
Beyond a checklist for acceptance
Community acceptance is considered a prerequisite for successful energy transitions and the uptake of renewable energy technologies (RET). While policy and research often focus on acceptance as an outcome, the process of acceptance remains a black box, especially in uncontested RET implementation contexts. We study the dynamic process of community acceptance where (1) different actor groups can have (2) different roles and (3) different active an…
Quantifying the potential of energy communities in renewable electricity generation in The Netherlands
Energy communities (ECs) are seen as a promising concept towards a just energy transition. They can act as a catalyst for social tipping points and accelerate the shift to renewable energy while keeping benefits to local communities. However, no quantitative assessment of ECs' role in future energy system configurations exists. This study fills this gap by quantifying the potential impact of ECs in the Netherlands from 2025 to 2050. We do this by…
Exploring opportunities and limits of energy citizenship in Dutch heat transitions
The role of citizens is increasingly recognized as crucial in the socio-technical transformation of energy systems. This paper examines the concept of energy citizenship (EC), which associates the evolving roles of citizens as active participants in low carbon energy transitions. Despite the growing body of literature, the concept of EC is often approached through a narrow empirical lens, focusing mostly on certain aspects of energy transitions (…
Energy Community Surplus Sharing
Energy communities (ECs) have emerged as a new class of ‘prosumers’ in energy transitions. ECs’ ability to sell electricity back to the grid is increasingly curtailed, meaning they are left with decisions on how best to use this common pool of generated electricity. While some ECs can self-consume the generated electricity, a surplus often remains over several timescales. This provides an opportunity for ECs to exchange with actors or households …
A method to identify positive tipping points to accelerate low-carbon transitions and actions to trigger them
Meeting the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to "well below 2 °C" requires a radical acceleration of action, as the global economy is decarbonising at least five times too slowly. Tipping points, where low-carbon transitions become self-propelling, could be key to achieving the necessary acceleration. We deem these normatively 'positive', because they can limit considerable, inequitable harms from global warming and help achieve sustainabi…
Enabling reuse of construction and demolition waste with data spaces
In 2022, the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) industry generated 39.8 million tons of Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW). Despite the growing interest in circularity, the direct reuse of CDW remains limited due to technical, economic, regulatory, and organizational barriers. A major challenge is the lack of accessible information. Data spaces offer a promising framework to address this issue, but they have not y…
Economics (14 works) · Engineering (11 works) · Business (10 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (10 works) · Environmental economics (7 works) · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (7 works) · Physics (6 works) · Renewable energy (6 works) · Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting (5 works)