CHALLENGES TO CREATE SYNERGIES BETWEEN THE SPACE AND ENERGY

SECTORS

Nathalie KerstensEindhoven University of Technology

Brussels, 6th of June 2018

SPACE AND ENERGY SECTORS

� Similar sustainable ambitions� Both risk aversive� Different institutional logics� Different degree of governmental intervention

PERSPECTIVE OF THE CHALLENGES

INITIATING INNOVATION

Actor rolesActor identification Knowledge representations

Initiating Cross-Sectoral Innovation– Bringing Space Technology to Other Sectors

INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE

Kerstens, N.M.J.M., Giannopapa, C.G., Dolmans, S.A.M. & Reymen, I.M.M.J. (2017). Down to earth : popularisation of geo-information services in the Netherlands. Space Policy, 41, 12-19.

Political Socio-economic Technological

INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE

Political

Socio-economic

Technological

� Lack of coordination between upstream and downstream market development � Absence of a governmental investment- and R&D agenda for space technology and

applications� Insufficient alignment of national and international level ambitions and initiatives

� Dependence on governmental funding constraints proactive market exploration� Possibilities of space technology and applications are not known by the wider public� Data transformation companies typically lack entrepreneurial skills and financial

resources

� Data transformation and combination is necessary to transform raw satellite data into useful information for end users

� Competition of other services and data sources and well established technologies

POLICY AND PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE

Governmental intervention in cross-sectoral synergies: Space technology and applications for the energy sector

Dilemma’s

� Degree of governmental intervention� Overcoming the valley of death� Policy push vs Technology push vs Market pull� Funding the market vs Funding technology� Top down vs Bottom up approach

Nathalie Kerstens (n.m.j.m.kerstens@tue.nl)PhD Candidate - Eindhoven University of Technology

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STATEMENTS FOR DISCUSSION

‘The government should intervene in the market to stimulate synergies between the

space and energy sector’

AGREE DISAGREE

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‘The government should only fund startup projects or early stage research projects’

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‘Market needs should steer future market development rather than technological

possibilities or political agenda’s’

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‘Subsidy regulations should focus on how to grow the market rather than further

technology development’

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‘Regions should be responsible in initiating synergies between the space and energy

sector’

AGREE DISAGREE

CLOSURE

Other challenges for creating synergies between space and energy?