Interdependencies between Technology and Capacity Investments in the Solar Technology Sector

Schock, Florian; Mutl, Jan; Taübe, Florian; Flotow, Paschen von

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“…Additionally, policymakers should initiate a standardized framework favouring private venture capital investing in clean technology. Venture capital (VC) is seen as vital to the clean-tech industry 35,36 , and research indicates that VC investments are more effective than (public) R&D with regard to patenting, and thus could be applied to target emerging electrochemical and mechanical storage systems 37 . Figure 4 shows the global corporate and VC investment in the energy storage sector between 2009 and 2014.…”

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Energy storage deployment and innovation for the clean energy transition

2017

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The clean energy transition requires a co-evolution of innovation, investment, and deployment strategies for emerging energy storage technologies. A deeply decarbonized energy system research platform needs materials science advances in battery technology to overcome the intermittency challenges of wind and solar electricity. Simultaneously, policies designed to build market growth and innovation in battery storage may complement cost reductions across a suite of clean energy technologies. Further integration of R&D and deployment of new storage technologies paves a clear route toward cost-e ective low-carbon electricity. Here we analyse deployment and innovation using a two-factor model that integrates the value of investment in materials innovation and technology deployment over time from an empirical dataset covering battery storage technology. Complementary advances in battery storage are of utmost importance to decarbonization alongside improvements in renewable electricity sources. We find and chart a viable path to dispatchable US$1 W −1 solar with US$100 kWh −1 battery storage that enables combinations of solar, wind, and storage to compete directly with fossil-based electricity options.

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Energy storage deployment and innovation for the clean energy transition

2017

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Beyond venture capital: an exploratory study of the finance-innovation-policy nexus in cleantech

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In recent years, scholarly interest in financing for innovation has grown, particularly for mitigating climate change. However, extant literature has neglected the interaction of actors along the equity financing value chain, and the indirect effects of innovation and financial policy on the supply and demand of private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC). In this article, we emphasize the importance of these understudied aspects through a comparative case study of equity finance for cleantech in the United States and Germany. We find that systemic interdependencies between institutional investors, VC/PE and policy makers influence the conditions for innovation-the "finance-innovation-policy nexus." Adverse effects of policies affecting financial markets, in particular institutional investors, have to be taken into account to effectively mobilize private investments for (cleantech) innovation.

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Interdependencies between Technology and Capacity Investments in the Solar Technology Sector

Cited by 2 publications

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Energy storage deployment and innovation for the clean energy transition

Energy storage deployment and innovation for the clean energy transition

Beyond venture capital: an exploratory study of the finance-innovation-policy nexus in cleantech

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