The impact of pilot and demonstration plants on innovation: The case of advanced biofuel patenting in the European Union

Palage, Kristoffer; Lundmark, Robert; Söderholm, Patrik

doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.01.002

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“…While previous studies have assessed the impacts of demand-pull policies (Palage et al 2019a;Freitas and Kaneko 2012) and technology-push policies (e.g., Arnold et al 2019) on biofuel innovation, we find robust evidence that such policies, not least demand-pull policies in the form of biofuel blending mandates, may also influence the domestic industrialization process. In this section, we provide a discussion of our results in the light of previous studies.…”

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confidence: 48%

“…Previous studies confirm that the biofuel blending mandates have contributed to this rapid growth (Hunsberger et al 2017;Lamers et al 2011;Swinbank et al 2011). Moreover, existing literature also shows that both blending mandates and government R&D have assisted in inducing technological development in the biofuel field, typically measured through patenting activity (Costantini et al 2015;Brolund and Lundmark 2014;Karmarkar-Deshmukh and Pray 2009;Palage et al 2019a).…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Today, these biofuels are associated with developed production technologies and supply chains and are produced commercially in several countries. During the last two decades, therefore, government support to biofuel R&D has been heavily focused on the advanced biofuels (Palage et al 2019a;IRENA 2013;Kumar et al 2013;Toivanen and Novotny 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…2 Such policies can be expected to stabilize the domestic demand for biofuels, something that in turn could encourage new investment in the sector (Charles et al 2013). The technology-push instruments include government support for research and development (R&D), including pilot and demonstration projects (Hellsmark et al 2016a;Palage et al 2019a). This support facilitates the provision of basic and applied knowledge, which will be needed to progress novel biofuel technologies and improve their performance (Costantini et al 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Green industrial policies and domestic production of biofuels: an econometric analysis of OECD countries

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Söderholm

2021

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between green industrial policies and domestic biofuel production among OECD countries. The analysis builds on a data set including 24 OECD countries over the time period 2000–2016. This panel is estimated using a variant of the so-called Poisson pseudo-maximum-likelihood model and includes the mix of demand-pull (biofuel blending mandates) and technology-push policies (government R&D), as well as the interaction between these two types of instruments. The results suggest a positive relationship between blending mandates and domestic biofuel production. Thus, a more stringent blending mandate does not only increase the use of biofuels, but also domestic production (as a share of total fuel use). Government R&D has not, however, induced domestic biofuel industrialization processes. The results even suggest a negative interaction effect between government R&D and blending mandates, in turn implying that these two polices target different technological fields. The blending mandates tend to primarily favor commercialized first-generation biofuels, while government support to biofuel R&D has instead been focused on advanced biofuel technology.

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confidence: 85%

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“…Such demonstration projects can promote further learning (Mowrey, Nelson, and Martin 2010). Palage, Lundmark, and Söderholm (2019) find supporting evidence, showing that advanced biofuel patenting increases after investments in demonstration projects in EU countries. While more research is needed, the evidence to date suggests a need for polices that help bridge the gap between laboratory research and commercial success.…”

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Promoting Clean Energy Innovation at the State and Local Level

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2020

Agric. Resour. Econom. Rev.

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Innovation is an important part of energy policy, and encouraging clean energy innovation is often an explicit goal of policy makers. For local governments, promoting clean energy innovation is seen not only as a pathway to a cleaner economy but also as a tool for promoting the local economy. But is such optimism warranted? There is a substantial literature examining the relationships between innovation and environmental policy, but few studies focus explicitly on innovation at the state and local level. In this paper, I provide key lessons from research on clean energy innovation, focusing on lessons relevant for state and local governments. I then summarize the results of a recent working paper by Fu et al. (2018) that studied wind energy innovation across individual states in the United States. While state-level policies can promote clean energy innovation, it is overall market size that matters most. Thus, innovation need not occur in those states most actively promoting clean energy. I conclude with lessons for state and local governments drawn from both this work and the broader literature on energy innovation.

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Challenges of sustainable industrial transformation: Swedish biorefinery development and incumbents in the emerging biofuels industry

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This paper investigates the transformation challenges related to incumbent industries caused by technology development and industry convergence in the transition to a bioeconomy in the context of Swedish biorefinery development. It involves the emergence of new value chains and several incumbent industries such as the pulp and paper industry, the oil refinery sector, the chemical process industry, and the heat and power sector. In 2019, Sweden had Europe's largest share of biofuels in the transport sector, roughly 20% on an energy basis, and this share has increased by around 300% during the last decade. At the same time, domestic production has stalled, and even though Sweden has beneficial conditions for biofuel production, the share of biofuel that is imported or based on imported feedstock has recently ranged between 85% and 90%. We discuss three transformation challenges: (i) inertia and lack of absorptive capacity creating lock‐in effects at the organizational level; (ii) weak and inefficient actor networks at the industry level; and (iii) contradictory policy instrument mixes and lack of coordination at the government level. The findings underscore the need for policy integration and alignment across various policy domains, and an increased focus on policy mixes that can stimulate the emergence of more disruptive innovations and value chains. There is also a need for industrial initiatives, such as improving absorptive capacity and strengthening actor networks, to help build the value chains needed to realize a sustainable bioeconomy. 2021 The Authors. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining published by Society of Industrial Chemistry and John Wiley & Sons Ltd

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The impact of pilot and demonstration plants on innovation: The case of advanced biofuel patenting in the European Union

Cited by 19 publications

References 51 publications

Green industrial policies and domestic production of biofuels: an econometric analysis of OECD countries

Green industrial policies and domestic production of biofuels: an econometric analysis of OECD countries

Promoting Clean Energy Innovation at the State and Local Level

Challenges of sustainable industrial transformation: Swedish biorefinery development and incumbents in the emerging biofuels industry

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