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Description :
Accelerating energy innovation could be an important part of an effective response to the threat of climate change. Written by a stellar group of experts in the field, this book complements existing research on the subject with an exploration of the role that public and private policy have played in enabling—and sustaining—swift innovation in a variety of industries, from agriculture and the life sciences to information technology. Chapters highlight the factors that have determined the impact of past policies, and suggest that effectively managed federal funding, strategies to increase customer demand, and the enabling of aggressive competition from new firms are important ingredients for policies that affect innovative activity.
Richard G. Newell is Administrator of the US Energy Information Administration, on leave from both the NBER and Duke University, where he is the Gendell Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics.
Content :
Introduction and Summary
1. The Energy Innovation System: A History Perspective
2. Agricultural Innovation
3. Implications for Energy Innovation from the Chemical Industry
4. Finding the Endless Frontier: Lessons from the Life Science Innovation Systems for Energy R&D?
5. Federal Policy and the Development of Semiconductors, Computer Hardware, and Computer Software: A Policy Model for Climate Change R&D?
6. Nurturing the Accumulation of Innovations: Lesson from the Internet
7. Venture Capital and Innovation in Energy
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