Public Investments In Energy Technology

Author : Michael P. Gallaher,Albert N. Link,Alan O'Connor
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780857931580

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Public Investments in Energy Technology by Michael P. Gallaher,Albert N. Link,Alan O'Connor Pdf

Escalating energy demand may be the most important issue facing the United States and the world today. There is little disagreement that research and development (R&D) is needed to develop new energy technologies for the future; however, there is less agreement over the specific research agenda to be pursued and how that agenda is funded. This book addresses the social importance of new energy technologies, illustrates policy-relevant applications of evaluation techniques and proposes new perspectives for a US energy investment strategy. Through detailed examples related to solar, geothermal, and vehicle technologies, the authors outline the need for robust evaluation methods to document social returns to taxpayers' R&D investments. They argue that such evaluations are necessary for the public sector to make rational decisions about the allocation of its scares resources. The evaluation methods considered involve developing alternative technology and market pathways from which the benefits of government research can be measured. Researchers and graduate students, policy makers involved in energy technology, and energy R&D program managers will all find much of value in this important and timely book.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Finance, Public
ISBN : 9789280725926

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Public Finance Mechanisms to Catalyze Sustainable Energy Sector Growth by Anonim Pdf

Author : Patrick Avato,Jonathan Coony
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821374826

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Accelerating Clean Energy Technology Research, Development, and Deployment by Patrick Avato,Jonathan Coony Pdf

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. 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.

Author : Rebecca M. Henderson,Richard G. Newell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226326856

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Accelerating Energy Innovation by Rebecca M. Henderson,Richard G. Newell Pdf

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.

Author : Ahmed El-Ashram
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781484302453

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Public Investment Scaling-up and Debt Sustainability by Ahmed El-Ashram Pdf

The question of how scaling up public investment could affect fiscal and debt sustainability is key for countries needing to fill infrastructure gaps and build resilience. This paper proposes a bottom-up approach to assess large public investments that are potentially self-financing and reflect their impact in macro-fiscal projections that underpin the IMF’s Debt Sustainability Analysis Framework. Using the case of energy sector investments in Caribbean countries, the paper shows how to avoid biases against good projects that pay off over long horizons and ensure that transformative investments are not sacrificed to myopic assessments of debt sustainability risks. The approach is applicable to any macro-critical investment for which user fees can cover financing costs and which has the potential to raise growth without crowding-out.

Author : Adriano Bisello,Daniele Vettorato,Håvard Haarstad,Judith Borsboom-van Beurden
Publisher : Springer
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030573346

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Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions by Adriano Bisello,Daniele Vettorato,Håvard Haarstad,Judith Borsboom-van Beurden Pdf

This book offers a selection of research papers and case studies presented at the 3rd international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions”, held in December 2019 in Bolzano, Italy, and explores the concept of smart and sustainable planning, including top contributions from academics, policy makers, consultants and other professionals. Innovation processes such as co-design and co-creation help establish collaborations that engage with stakeholders in a trustworthy and transparent environment while answering the need for new value propositions. The importance of an integrated, holistic approach is widely recognized to break down silos in local government, in particular, when aimed at achieving a better integration of climate-energy planning. Despite the ongoing urbanization and polarization processes, new synergies between urban and rural areas emerge, linking development opportunities to intrinsic cultural, natural and man-made landscape values. The increasing availability of big, real-time urban data and advanced ICT facilitates frequent assessment and continuous monitoring of performances, while allowing fine-tuning as needed. This is valid not only for individual projects but also on a wider scale. In addition, and circling back to the first point, (big) urban data and ICT can be of enormous help in facilitating engagement and co-creation by raising awareness and by providing insight into the local consequences of specific plans. However, this potential is not yet fully exploited in standard processes and procedures, which can therefore lack the agility and flexibility to keep up with the pulse of the city and dynamics of society. The book provides a multi-disciplinary outlook based on experience to orient the reader in the giant galaxy of smart and sustainable planning, support the transposition of research into practice, scale up visionary approaches and design groundbreaking planning policies and tools.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-02-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264014084

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Innovation in Energy Technology Comparing National Innovation Systems at the Sectoral Level by OECD Pdf

This report reviews efforts under way in a number of OECD countries to advance innovation in energy technology, with a particular focus on hydrogen fuel cells.

Author : Scott Fenn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Energy development
ISBN : 0931035171

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Institutional Investment in Renewable Energy Technologies by Scott Fenn Pdf

Author : Donald L. Guertin,John E. Gray,Henri Claude Bailly
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0819190357

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Energy Technology Cooperation for Sustainable Economic Development by Donald L. Guertin,John E. Gray,Henri Claude Bailly Pdf

This book is a timely contribution to the international dialogue now underway nationally and internationally on how technology cooperation can foster sustainable economic development through the wise production and use of energy. It includes an integrated package of recommendations which will encourage such technology cooperation, developed by a group of over 90 international energy experts from developed and developing countries, as well as intergovernmental organizations. The subjects discussed are: Energy Technology Cooperation; Approaches to Energy Technology Transfer; Privatization Initiatives in Developing Countries; Energy Technology Transfer and Trade; Electric Power for Sustainable World Economic Development; Processes for Transnational Technology Transfer and Technology Cooperation in the Electric Power Industry; Fomenting Industrial Revolution without New Rights of Pollution; Renewable Energy; and Technology Transfer in End-Use Energy Efficiency. The book's concluding chapter provides a comprehensive perspective on the subject of energy efficiency. Co-published with the Atlantic Council of the United States.

Author : Michael Migendt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783658172510

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Accelerating Green Innovation by Michael Migendt Pdf

Michael Migendt explains the role of alternative investments in supporting the growth of a sustainable economy and recognizes levers that policy makers, managers and entrepreneurs could use for further accelerating green innovation through finance. He focuses on specific examples of alternative investments into green industries, companies, projects, and infrastructure, covering the developments along the innovation chain. Especially the acceleration of green technologies and the in this context occurring interrelations between the three areas of finance, innovation, and policy are key to this work.

Author : Walter Short,U.S. Department of Energy,Daniel J. Packey,National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.),Thomas Holt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1410221059

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A Manual for the Economic Evaluation of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies by Walter Short,U.S. Department of Energy,Daniel J. Packey,National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.),Thomas Holt Pdf

A Manual for the Economic Evaluation of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies provides guidance on economic evaluation approaches, metrics, and levels of detail required, while offering a consistent basis on which analysts can perform analyses using standard assumptions and bases. It not only provides information on the primary economic measures used in economic analyses and the fundamentals of finance but also provides guidance focused on the special considerations required in the economic evaluation of energy efficiency and renewable energy systems.

Author : Farid Mohamadi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030687403

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Introduction to Project Finance in Renewable Energy Infrastructure by Farid Mohamadi Pdf

What is project finance? What makes project or structured finance so relevant for large renewable energy infrastructure? Which vocabulary do I need to know in order to speak the same language during meetings with lawyers, investors, bankers and engineers? These questions and many more are answered throughout this book, offering real world examples to bridge the gap between theory and practice. The book details the role of each stakeholder in the development of renewable energy projects, the interconnection between all the agreements, the financial process from fundraising to financial close, the processes of due diligence, risk analysis, project investment valuation and much more. It also provides with an introduction to Portfolio Management using renewable energy assets and an explanation of the role of Climate Finance in green energy investments. The commented glossary enables readers to unpick the jargon used in project finance for renewable energy, and the numerous creative figures and comprehensive tables aid with understanding. Offering a complete picture of the discipline, Introduction to Project Finance in Renewable Energy Infrastructure will be of value to professionals, engineers and academics alike interested in understanding the process and components of project finance in renewable energy infrastructures, in both private and public-private contexts.

Author : Patrick Avato,Jonathan Coony
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821374826

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Accelerating Clean Energy Technology Research, Development, and Deployment by Patrick Avato,Jonathan Coony Pdf

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. 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.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050441695

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Renewable Energy Technologies--research Directions, Investment Opportunities, and Challenges to Commercial Application in the United States and the Developing World by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy Pdf

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Determinants of Market Adoption of Advanced Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Technologies
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309371452

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The Power of Change by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Determinants of Market Adoption of Advanced Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Technologies Pdf

Electricity, supplied reliably and affordably, is foundational to the U.S. economy and is utterly indispensable to modern society. However, emissions resulting from many forms of electricity generation create environmental risks that could have significant negative economic, security, and human health consequences. Large-scale installation of cleaner power generation has been generally hampered because greener technologies are more expensive than the technologies that currently produce most of our power. Rather than trade affordability and reliability for low emissions, is there a way to balance all three? The Power of Change: Innovation for Development and Deployment of Increasingly Clean Energy Technologies considers how to speed up innovations that would dramatically improve the performance and lower the cost of currently available technologies while also developing new advanced cleaner energy technologies. According to this report, there is an opportunity for the United States to continue to lead in the pursuit of increasingly clean, more efficient electricity through innovation in advanced technologies. The Power of Change: Innovation for Development and Deployment of Increasingly Clean Energy Technologies makes the case that America's advantagesâ€"world-class universities and national laboratories, a vibrant private sector, and innovative states, cities, and regions that are free to experiment with a variety of public policy approachesâ€"position the United States to create and lead a new clean energy revolution. This study focuses on five paths to accelerate the market adoption of increasing clean energy and efficiency technologies: (1) expanding the portfolio of cleaner energy technology options; (2) leveraging the advantages of energy efficiency; (3) facilitating the development of increasing clean technologies, including renewables, nuclear, and cleaner fossil; (4) improving the existing technologies, systems, and infrastructure; and (5) leveling the playing field for cleaner energy technologies. The Power of Change: Innovation for Development and Deployment of Increasingly Clean Energy Technologies is a call for leadership to transform the United States energy sector in order to both mitigate the risks of greenhouse gas and other pollutants and to spur future economic growth. This study's focus on science, technology, and economic policy makes it a valuable resource to guide support that produces innovation to meet energy challenges now and for the future.