Energy Technology Innovation

Learning from Historical Successes and Failures

Arnulf Grubler, Charlie Wilson

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781107023222
• eBook ISBN: 9781107722804
• Topic: Jura
• Subtopic: Umweltrecht

Energy technology innovation - improving how we produce and use energy - is critical for a transition towards sustainability. This book presents a rich set of twenty case studies of energy technology innovation embedded within a unifying conceptual framework. It provides insights into why some innovation efforts have been more successful than others, and draws important policy conclusions. The case studies cover a wide range of energy technologies, ranging from energy supply to energy end use, from successes to failures and from industrialized, emerging and developing economies. The case studies are presented by an international group of eminent scholars under the auspices of the Global Energy Assessment (GEA), whose main volume was published in 2012 by Cambridge University Press. Energy Technology Innovation presents new data, new concepts and novel analytical and policy perspectives. It will be invaluable for researchers, policy makers, economists, industrial innovators and entrepreneurs in the field of energy technology.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Energy Technology Innovation
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Author Bios
• Acronyms
• Acknowledgements
• Part I Introduction
• Part II Patterns and Linkages in the Energy Technology Innovation System
• Part III Knowledge in the Energy Technology Innovation System
• Part IV Adoption and Use in the Energy Technology Innovation System
• Part V Actors and Institutions in the Energy Technology System
• Part VI Resources in the Energy Technology Innovation System
• Part VII Conclusions