Demonstrating Learning in Action in a Water and Energy Smart Specialisation Cluster
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de Almeida Kumlien, A., Coughlan, P., Mc Nabola, A., Novara, D. & Fernandes, I., Demonstrating learning in action in a water and energy smar specialisation cluster, 19th International CINet Conference Continuous Innovation: Spinning out and spinning in, Dublin, 11/09/2018, 2018, 225 - 238Download Item:
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The Energy and Water sectors crave innovation. The sectors also exhibit clusters of
firms which interact in developing innovations. We explore how demonstrating
learning in a cluster facilitates innovation. The paper is built around an intervention
at a demonstration site in Blackstairs Group Water Scheme (Wexford, Ireland)
planning to implement a pump-as-turbine, a disruptive micro-hydropower
technology, to recover energy from its water network. Group Water Schemes are
small private community organisations focused on delivering water solutions to their
rural communities We reflect on the relationships among cluster engagement,
collaborative prototyping and learning mechanisms in order to understand how
learning through demonstration in a smart specialisation cluster can contribute to
the promotion of continuous innovation in energy and water in rural Ireland and
beyond.
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Author: De Almeida Kumlien, Ana; Coughlan, Paul; Mc Nabola, Aonghus; Novara, Daniele; Fernandes, Irene
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Action learning, Collaborative prototyping, Demonstration sites, Innovation, Water and energy sectorsSubject (TCD):
Creative Technologies , Smart & Sustainable Planet , Industry academic relations , Water industryMetadata
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