| dc.description.abstract | The aim of this thesis is to explore the development of the crowdfunding platform for
renewable energy in Taiwan in order to address the main question: To which extent do
the crowdfunding platform become an actor in the governance for the energy transition
in Taiwan? Crowdfunding is a new financial mechanism to enroll more people who are
excluded from the energy sector previously. The existing energy transition regime leads
to the innovation niche, the Crowdfunding platform for renewable energy. This
innovation not only appeals to startups, but it also attracts existing companies to take
part in the market. When the platforms want to improve its efficiency and reduce the
cost, they benefit from technological improvements such as cost reduction and progress
of the monitor system. Also, the platform tries to manage the public relationships to
contact the potential collaborators and customers. The events such as local conferences,
energy lectures, and manage social media help them to promote their idea. Nevertheless,
when the platform participates in the energy governance more actively, they face
several challenges, and its impact is yet to be discovered. As for the policy design, they
are hardly to join the Green Rooftop Project. As the platform aims to improve the
crowdfunding model and introduce the new finical technology like blockchain, they
face the limitation of the regulatory framework. As the platform wants to participate in
the emerging RE retailer industry, it is challenges for them to integrate the
crowdfunding model and Re retailer. All these cases reveal that even though the
platform has tried to lobby and negotiate they can barely influence the regime now. In
sum, most of them conform and fit the existed regime to operate their business.
Although the crowdfunding platforms shows potential to change the energy regime
fundamentally and some platforms have tried to influence the government, it still takes
time to examine the impact of the crowdfunding. | |
