Holding a candle to innovation in concentrating solar power technologies: A study drawing on patent data |
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| Authors: | Frauke G. Braun Elizabeth Hooper Robert Wand Petra Zloczysti |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin), Mohrenstrasse 58, 10117 Berlin, Germany;2. School of Management, University of Bradford, UK;3. Technische Universität Berlin, Fachgebiet Wirtschafts- und Infrastrukturpolitik (WIP), Germany;4. Freie Universität Berlin, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Improved understanding of the innovative pathways of renewable energy technologies is vital if we are to make the transition to a low carbon economy. This study presents new evidence on innovation and industry dynamics in concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies. Though CSP is undergoing a renaissance, existing innovation studies have explored innovative activity in solar technologies in general, ignoring the major differences between solar photovoltaic and CSP technologies. This study, based on patent data, examines the level and dynamics of innovative activity in CSP between 1978 and 2004. |
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| Keywords: | Innovation Patent data Solar technologies |
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