Holding a candle to innovation in concentrating solar power technologies: A study drawing on patent data

Braun, Frauke G.; Hooper, Elizabeth A.; Wand, Robert; Zloczysti, Petra

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2011.02.008

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“…Solar thermal technology also includes electric systems, i.e., concentrating solar power (CSP) (Bradford 2006; Timilsina et al 2011). However, although CSP is also primarily used for electricity generation, the global installed capacity has only been a fraction of that of solar PV(Braun et al 2011).…”

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The innovation effects of renewable energy policies and their interaction: the case of solar photovoltaics

Palage

Lundmark

Söderholm

2018

Environ Econ Policy Stud

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The objective of this paper is to examine the innovation impacts of renewable energy support policies, and their interaction in the empirical context of solar photovoltaics (PV) technology. This is achieved using data on patent applications for 13 countries over the period 1978-2008, and unconditional negative binomial estimators. The analysis addresses one technology-push instrument, public R&D support, and two demand-pull instruments, feed-in tariffs (FIT), and renewable energy certificate (REC) schemes. The results indicate that: (a) both FIT and REC schemes induce solar PV patenting activity, but the impact of the former policy appears to be more profound; (b) public R&D support has overall been more influential than FIT and REC schemes in encouraging solar PV innovation; (c) policy interaction exists in that the impact of public R&D support on innovation is greater at the margin if it is accompanied by the use of FIT schemes for solar PV. A corresponding interaction effect is harder to detect for public R&D support and REC schemes, possibly due to the stronger technology selection pressure under the latter policy. The results following several robustness tests support the existence of a positive interaction effect between public R&D and FIT schemes.

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“…The economics literature has suggested that a proper balance between competition and monopoly (e.g., oligopoly markets) provides the most fertile ground for innovation (e.g.,Baumol 2002).25 Braun et al (2011) also point to the problem of mixing different types of solar technologies when investigating innovation patterns and policy impacts.…”

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The innovation effects of renewable energy policies and their interaction: the case of solar photovoltaics

Palage

Lundmark

Söderholm

2018

Environ Econ Policy Stud

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“…A well-established measure of innovation activity is patent data, which has advantages over alternative measures such as the number of R&D employees (Griliches, 1990;Braun et al, 2011). However, there are limitations because not all innovations are patentable.…”

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The Role of Innovative Work Behavior, Teamwork Climate, and Information Sharing in Enhancing the Innovative Performance of Energy Companies

Jankelová,

Mišún,

Joniaková

2024

EJSD

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This paper aims to test a positive relationship between managers' support for innovative work behavior (IWB) and innovative performance (IP) of energy companies (EC), mediated by information sharing (IS) and teamwork climate (TWC). The sample consisted of 235 EC in Slovakia. Data analysis was carried out using the PLS-SEM method. The results show that support for IWB can be considered as a predictor of IP, as managerial support for employees' innovative behavior (IB) has a positive effect on firms' IP. However, its effect may be enhanced by the interaction of other factors. Transparency of communication and support for teamwork (TW) have positive effects on overall IP. Sharing information with employees and fostering a climate of TW become important tools for innovative management. Neither the manager's seniority nor the manager's age has a significant effect on the relationship examined. Keywords: innovative performance of energy companies; innovative work behavior; information sharing; teamwork climate; management of energy companies

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“…The wind power industry and photovoltaic power industry have broad market sizes, which calls forth the innovation in wind power and photovoltaic power technologies to seize the domestic and foreign markets. In general, the indicator of patent counts is widely used as a proxy variable for technological innovation in some existing empirical literature (Griliches, 1990;Lach, 1995;Archibugi and Pianta, 1996;Park and Park, 2006;Braun et al, 2011;Lindman and Söderholm, 2016;Lam et al, 2017;Schleicha et al, 2017;Böhringer et al, 2017a;Grafström and Lindman, 2017;Hu et al, 2018;Kim et al, 2018;Su and An, 2018;Lin and Chen, 2019). Patent counts represent the output of technological innovation and are important indicator, which is better than the input of technological innovation.…”

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Impact of the Feed-in Tariff Policy on Renewable Innovation: Evidence from Wind Power Industry and Photovoltaic Power Industry in China

Lin¹,

Chen²

2023

The Energy Journal

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Technological innovation is the key to develop wind power and photovoltaic power industries. The feed-in tariff (FIT) policy, as a demand-pull policy, is important to support renewable energy technological innovation. Using the “difference-in-differences” method, this paper investigates the impact of FIT policy of wind power and the impact of the FIT policy designed according to differences in the distribution of resources on wind power technological innovation. The findings show that the FIT policy can drive patenting in wind power technologies during the implementation period, but may play a relatively weak promoting role in technological innovation in the latter term, and the FIT policy designed according to differences in the distribution of resources also stimulates more patent counts. Finally, based on the fixed effect negative binomial regression model, this paper finds that the higher feed-in tariffs can increase the patent counts in photovoltaic power technologies.

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Holding a candle to innovation in concentrating solar power technologies: A study drawing on patent data

Cited by 41 publications

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The innovation effects of renewable energy policies and their interaction: the case of solar photovoltaics

The innovation effects of renewable energy policies and their interaction: the case of solar photovoltaics

The Role of Innovative Work Behavior, Teamwork Climate, and Information Sharing in Enhancing the Innovative Performance of Energy Companies

Impact of the Feed-in Tariff Policy on Renewable Innovation: Evidence from Wind Power Industry and Photovoltaic Power Industry in China

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