renewable energy innovation Articles
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Contingent Valuation of renewable energy innovations: vegetal biomass in Italy
Warming-up of the planet and scarcity of conventional energy resources has led to aim of reducing the consumption of fossil fuels and the development of innovative renewable technologies for energy production. However, innovations and investments in renewable energy can encounter resistance of local communities. This makes planning for the development of Renewable Energy Source-based power plants ...
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Innovating the innovators: the case for transformational energy Research and Development
This paper asks three interconnected questions: What type of energy R&D promotes long-term, transformative innovation? Which types of research do energy R&D organisations predominately practice? What are the consequences of their approaches? The paper begins by distinguishing between incremental and transformative R&D. Then, it documents five emerging energy challenges facing the USA and the ...
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Marine energy innovation in the UK energy system: financial capital, social capital and interactive learning
Innovation activity in marine energy (wave and tidal stream) has been catalysed by a series of recent UK policy initiatives. However, the wider UK energy system remains substantially oriented to market competition and efficiency. As a result, tensions have emerged between recent R&D activity (especially interactive and collaborative learning) and its economic and institutional context. Drawing on ...
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Renewable Energy Investment and Innovation – How Close are we to a Clean Powered World?
With the clean power sector entering the maturity stage, renewable energy investments and innovations have become interesting topics. As we read news after news about the plummeting cost of solar and wind projects, the big question that pops up is ‘what does the world of renewable investments look like right now?’ One wonders, is this sector innovating enough to attract thriving ...
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Do venture capitalists really invest in good industries? Risk-return perceptions and path dependence in the emerging European energy VC market
Venture Capital (VC) plays an important role in the commercialisation of innovation. Sectors like information and communication technologies and biotech account for two-thirds of all VC investments. Little attention has been paid to understanding how the venture capital market extends to new industries. Based on a survey of European energy technology VCs, we discuss the factors determining the ...
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Want low-cost clean energy? Bank on innovation
In the United States, there is a heated debate about how much government should support renewable energy innovation. While you won’t find anyone who says they don’t value ‘innovation’, the U.S. federal investment in energy innovation across both fossil and renewable technology is still anemic, badly trailing China and only about one third of the amount recommended by the ...
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Danish and Dutch wind energy policy 1970–2000: lessons for the future
Both in the Netherlands and in Denmark, policies to develop a wind turbine industry and to install a large wind turbine capacity were started in the 1970s. However, the outcomes of these policies were very different. A flourishing wind turbine industry developed in Denmark, whereas in the Netherlands, a few companies started building wind turbines in the 1980s and 1990s, but presently no wind ...
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Interview with Adam Penque, Lockheed Martin Energy
Tell us more about how and why Lockheed Martin Energy is building its position in the Waste to Energy sector. As the world population swells to more than seven billion and counting, the need for sustainable waste disposal and clean energy generation is growing with it. Lockheed Martin’s bioenergy power generation systems have the potential to solve both challenges At its core, the energy ...
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Business transformation towards sustainability: Embracing AI at scale
At a time of complex, competing business priorities, most progressive and responsible organizations agree on two things. Firstly, to ensure our collective future, we all have a responsibility to act in the fight against climate change. Secondly, we have no choice – we must use digital technologies and data to innovate. The real difference for businesses, however, lies in bringing these two ...
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Innovation in Renewable-Energy Technologies is Booming
Original story at MIT News New study shows that from 1970 to 2009, Japan led the world in the number of patents related to photovoltaics (solar cells), with the United States second and China third. Over the last five years of that period, the number of solar patents worldwide increased by 13 percent per year, the study found. The number of patents issued for renewable-energy technologies has ...
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Energy support measures and their impact on innovation in the renewable energy sector in Europe
Governments support energy production and consumption in order to meet social, economic and environmental objectives, and they have been doing so for decades. In times of economic crisis, public budgets and household incomes come under pressure. At the same time, countries need to kick‑start their economies by creating new employment opportunities in emerging industries such as the ...
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Microfinance for Renewable Energy: financing the 'former poor'
Microbanking facilities have helped large numbers of developing country nationals by supporting the establishment and growth of microenterprises. And yet, the microfinance movement has grown on the back of passive replication and needs to be revitalised with new product offerings and innovative service delivery. Renewable Energy systems viz., solar home systems, biogas digesters, etc., serve to ...
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Tom Vilsack Responds To Studies On Evolution Of Ethanol Production
On February 16, 2016, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack responded to two recent reports on ethanol and renewable fuels. The first report was published by USDA and is on "2015 Energy Balance for the Corn-Ethanol Industry," and the second report comes from the University of Missouri Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) and is a "Literature Review of Estimated Market Effects of ...
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Effects of Solar Energy On Wildlife
In America’s southwest, the high potential for harnessing the solar energy as a renewable source is exponentially large. In addition, in the southwest the numbers of endangered species of birds and mammals is also large. What will the impact be on these birds and animals, as renewable energy sources are operating? How can Solar Energy be Detrimental to Wildlife? Studies performed on the ...
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Developing global energy best practices case study
Challenge: A leading global beverage company plans to grow its business without increasing carbon emissions. This “grow-the-business, not-the-carbon” plan targets reductions in emissions by incorporating energy efficiency projects/practices and the use of innovative technologies (e.g. renewable energy) across its global manufacturing footprint. In 2009, the company engaged Antea ...
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Hottest! Renewable electricity meter
Renewable electricity meters and renewable energy (solar, wind) will feed from greatest victory in the future.Scientists point out that greenhouse gas emissions brought by human activities will cause global temperatures to rise, and rising temperatures will lead to more severe droughts, floods, sea level rise, etc.. Human beings must reduce carbon emissions and stave off climate change. The ...
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Should America follow Europe`s lead on energy?
As the United States sorts out its next moves on energy policies to enhance long-term security and strengthen its economy, policymakers will need to weigh both benefits and risks of various energy sources. Looking at what other countries are doing is a good place to start. European countries’ recent moves have one thing in common: each is moving to cleaner energy sources and greater energy ...
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Matthew Orosz awarded Echoing Green Fellowship to further off-grid energy work
Newly minted MIT PhD selected for two-year social entrepreneurship fellowship. Written by Nathan Birnbaum.You can read the original new in MIT NewsMatthew Orosz MEng '03, SM '06, PhD '12 had a lot to be proud of on June 7. Not only was he invested with his doctoral hood from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, but he also was named a 2012 Echoing Green Fellow to further the ...
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Q&A: A look at solar plane attempting round-the-world trip
Two Swiss pioneers are attempting to fly around the world in a solar-powered airplane without a drop of fossil fuel. Here's a look at the plane and the pioneers behind it: HOW IS THE PLANE FLYING ONLY ON SOLAR POWER? Described by its creators as "an airborne laboratory," the single-seat Solar Impulse 2 has 17,248 ultra-efficient solar cells that transfer solar energy to four electrical motors ...
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Green Energy from Palm Waste: Exploring Palm Kernel Shell Pyrolysis
The global pursuit of sustainable and renewable energy sources has led to innovative technologies that harness the potential of biomass. In the heart of this green revolution lies palm kernel shell pyrolysis, a process that transforms palm waste into valuable green fuel. This article delves into the intricacies of palm kernel shell pyrolysis, exploring the technology, environmental impact, ...
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