Mind the gap : En fenomenologisk analys av möjligheter och hinder för entreprenöriell förnybar elproduktion i Stockholms skärgård

Sammanfattning: This study uses Friederike Welter’s (2011; Welter, Baker & Wirsching 2019) concept of contextualizing entrepreneurship by analyzing discrete and omnibus variables within contexts to distinguish underlaying factors that hinder or create opportunities for increased entrepreneurship within renewable energy sources in Stockholm’s archipelago. The study is based on semi-structured interviews from stakeholders who work with renewable energy in the area both within the private and public sector. The sample number was selected by purposive sampling and consisted of 7 respondents. The qualitative analysis resulted in five phenomenologically derived themes. The results shine a light on overarching obstacles that hinder the establishment of renewable energy production in Stockholm’s archipelago such as overcomplicated institutional processes as well as overcomplicated institutional permit processes, resistance to change and lack of responsibility, regulatory gaps and regulatory overload, minimal access to the energy market and that the infrastructure of Stockholm’s electrical grid is underdeveloped.