Policy feedback and institutional context in energy transitions

Abstract Interest in policy feedback processes energy transitions has grown rapidly recent years. However, while it provided interesting accounts of the mechanisms stability or change, framework begs question why dynamics vary so widely across cases. Existing have tended to focus on influence ideas design and role interest groups. By contrast, background institutional context shaping been understudied. In this article, I develop a for identifying relevant types institution that potentially shape different analytical stages cycle. This approach is illustrated through example support policies solar PV, where argued relatively small set political, political economy social institutions are likely be important. The argument then applied comparison evolution PV UK Germany, explaining divergent pathways.