Accelerating Clean Energy Technology Research, Development, And Deployment: Lessons From Non-energy Sectors (world Bank Working Papers)
by Patrick Avato /
2008 / English / EPUB
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Climate change is one of the key challenges of this century. At the
same time, energy use―the primary source of climate-altering global
greenhouse gas emissions―is increasing at unprecedented rates and
is vital to the continued economic growth of developing countries.
This poses a serious dilemma that can only be reconciled with new
and improved clean energy technologies that balance climate change
mitigation and increased energy needs in developing
countries.
Climate change is one of the key challenges of this century. At the
same time, energy use―the primary source of climate-altering global
greenhouse gas emissions―is increasing at unprecedented rates and
is vital to the continued economic growth of developing countries.
This poses a serious dilemma that can only be reconciled with new
and improved clean energy technologies that balance climate change
mitigation and increased energy needs in developing
countries.
Despite a recent increase in investment, public and private
research, development, and deployment (RD&D) funding rates are
well below historical levels. In addition, significant barriers
impede the ability to develop new technologies, such as the
uncertain future value of CO2 emissions, intellectual property
rights issues, limited incentives to commercialize technologies for
developing countries, and challenges with technology transfer.
These factors must be overcome to accelerate innovation in the
energy sector.
Despite a recent increase in investment, public and private
research, development, and deployment (RD&D) funding rates are
well below historical levels. In addition, significant barriers
impede the ability to develop new technologies, such as the
uncertain future value of CO2 emissions, intellectual property
rights issues, limited incentives to commercialize technologies for
developing countries, and challenges with technology transfer.
These factors must be overcome to accelerate innovation in the
energy sector.
To introduce new thinking to address these concerns, this report
examines four cases from outside the energy sector where creative
approaches to RD&D have successfully overcome similar barriers.
The case studies review approaches to innovation by the
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Advanced
Market Commitments for Vaccines, the Human Genome Project, and the
concept of Distributed Innovation. These case studies show how
creative efforts can generate valuable public goods via: (i)
international partnerships between public and private actors, (ii)
information sharing and intellectual property rights, and (iii)
novel financing schemes.
To introduce new thinking to address these concerns, this report
examines four cases from outside the energy sector where creative
approaches to RD&D have successfully overcome similar barriers.
The case studies review approaches to innovation by the
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Advanced
Market Commitments for Vaccines, the Human Genome Project, and the
concept of Distributed Innovation. These case studies show how
creative efforts can generate valuable public goods via: (i)
international partnerships between public and private actors, (ii)
information sharing and intellectual property rights, and (iii)
novel financing schemes.