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Energy Innovation of Polish Local Governments

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  • Sławomir Stec

    (Departament of Economics, Faculty of Management, Rzeszow University of Technology Ignacy Łukasiewicz, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland)

  • Elżbieta Jadwiga Szymańska

    (Department of Logistics, Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

The main aim of the research is to evaluate the innovativeness of Polish municipalities in the field of energy. The study was carried out as a part of the First National Competition for the Most Innovative Local Government in Poland, taking into account the original method of assessing the innovativeness of local governments. From all over Poland, 30 communes participated in the research: 14 urban communes, 8 rural communes, and 8 urban–rural communes. The study analyzes the activities of municipalities in the field of energy-related construction and transport innovations and inventories innovative social campaigns in the area of climate and energy policy implementation. The second part of the article presents a case study of innovations recognized as exemplary. As a result of the conducted research, it was found that 50% of the surveyed local governments are innovative and the remaining are moderately innovative. No commune has been assigned to the non-innovative category. In terms of the type and size of the local government, it has been observed that smaller municipalities, mainly rural local governments, allocate much higher financial resources per capita to the implementation of modern solutions in the field of climate and energy policy implementation. In some cases, commune heads spend several times higher funds per capita than mayors and city presidents. The use of the developed innovation research method in practice may motivate local government authorities to increase innovative activities for energy transformation.

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  • Sławomir Stec & Elżbieta Jadwiga Szymańska, 2022. "Energy Innovation of Polish Local Governments," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-29, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:4:p:1414-:d:750135
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