Rapid decarbonization of whole countries requires additional research, development, and demonstration of low-carbon energy technologies. Governments support research, development, and demonstration in this area with various financing instruments. These instruments are frequently assessed by...

Throughout our history we have demonstrated the relationship between the decisions of energetic character, economy and the environment. For this reason is that they begin to develop and implement energetic modeling techniques as alternative tools for both the development of energy policies, and...

"Das Nachschlagewerk umfasst in über 2.200 Artikeln u.a die Themenbereiche erneuerbare Energien, Kraftwerke, Energieeffizienz, Energiespeicher, Gas- und Stromnetze, Energiewirtschaft sowie Energie-bzw. Klimapolitik."--

Better understanding the innovative process of renewable energy technologies is important for tackling climate change. Though concentrating solar power is receiving growing interest, innovation studies so far have explored innovative activity in solar technologies in general, ignoring the major...

Preface -- Chapter 1. China's wind and solar sectors: trends in deployment, manufacturing, and energy policy / Iacob Koch-Weser and Ethan Meick -- Chapter 2. Statement of Leocadia I. Zak, Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Hearing on "U.S.-China Clean Energy Cooperation: Status,...

This paper examines how the United States and China are implementing the most ambitious model of bilateral clean energy technology cooperation to date: The U.S.–China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC). It finds that the CERC has been able to generate new IP through RD&D activities, though...

Energy Policy Highlights showcases what the 28 IEA member countries identified as key recent developments in their energy policies. Each country contribution covers a range of energy-related topics, with best practices and policy examples from their respective governments, including objectives,...

Bringing in the Americans is the first task for the UN-COP-15 for the Danish government along with its EU partners. The key contents of the EU's climate leadership towards the climate conference are assessed, such as the -20% by 2020 reduction target, the effort sharing agreement and reforms of...

Technological progress is generally considered a key element in the move towards a less carbon-intensive energy use, and therefore public energy research expenditure has increased in many countries. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether relatively high subsidies to private energy...