InhaltsangabePreface.- 1 Local Utilities in the German Electricity Market and their Role in the Diffusion of Innovations in Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Mitigation.- 2 Contracting and Mikro-KWK - the Role of Municipal Utilities in Germany.- 3 Governance variety in the energy service contracting market.- 4 Cooperation and Shareholding Among Local Utilities - Driving Factors and Effects.- 5 Local Utilities Under the EU Emission Trading Scheme: Innovation Impacts on Electricity Generation Portfolios.- 6 Exploring the Linkages Between Carbon Markets and Sustainable Innovations in the Energy Sector - Lessons from the EU Emissions Trading Schemes.- 7 Microgeneration in the UK and Germany from a Technological Innovation Systems Perspective.- 8 Innovation and Diffusion of Renewables and CHP in the UK: Regulation and Liberalisation.- 9 The Context of Innovation: How Established Actors Affect the Prospects of Bio-SNG Technology in Switzerland.- 10 Identifying Typical (Dys-) functional Interaction Patterns in the Dutch Biomass Innovation System.