Developing pathways for energy storage in the UK using a coevolutionary framework.
Peter G. Taylor, Ronan Bolton, Dave Stone, Paul Upham. Energy Policy. 63, 230-243.
Topic: Low carbon innovation and technology
Who will win the green race? In search of environmental competitiveness and innovation
Fankhauser, Samuel, Bowen, Alex, Calel, Raphael, Dechezlepretre, Antoine, Grover, David, Rydge, James and Sato, Misato (2013) Who will win the green race? In search of environmental competitiveness and innovation. Global … read more »
Energy efficiency and economic growth: a coevolutionary perspective and implications for a low carbon transition
This paper reviews recent strands of work arguing that high quality energy inputs and their efficient conversion to useful work have been key drivers of economic growth. This is important for understanding how a low carbon transition could be achieved and resulting implications for economic growth. An increase in energy input costs, due to declining […]
Does foreign environmental policy influence domestic innovation? Evidence from the wind industry
This paper analyses the relative influence of domestic and foreign demand-pull policies in wind power across OECD countries on the rate of innovation in this technology. We use annual … read more »
Driving Growth Through Green Innovation
Chapter 12 in The Green Book. Summer 2013 – Link to publisher
The role of technology in policy dynamics: the case of desalination in Israel
Teschner, N., Garb, Y., and Paavola, J. March/April 2013. Environmental Policy and Governance, v.23, pp.91-103.
Fast-tracking green patent applications: an empirical analysis
Programmes to fast-track green patent applications accelerate the diffusion of green technologies, according to a new study by Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute, Antoine Dechezleprêtre. Since 2009, a number … read more »
‘Green growth’: what does it mean?
What is green growth? read more »
Environmental Commodities Markets and Emissions Trading: Towards a Low-Carbon Future
Market-based solutions to environmental problems offer great promise, but require complex public policies that take into account the many institutional factors necessary for the market to work and that guard … read more »
Recklessly slow or a rapid transition to a low-carbon economy? Time to decide
Executive Summary The world is heading in a difficult and dangerous direction. A range of estimates based on current plans and intentions arrive at similar conclusions: at best, global emissions … read more »