of low-carbon energy innovation. These include both improvements in physical capital, such as smart grids to aid … document recent trends in energy innovation and discuss the lessons learnt for policy. We then discuss the potential role for … complementary innovation in both physical capital--using smart grids as an example of how policy can help--and human capital, where …

If further decarbonization of electricity systems is to continue, a next generation of innovation in transformative … determinants of innovation in this sector to glean insights on how government may support the development and deployment of these … technologies. We argue that policies that were successful at supporting the first wave of renewables innovation may not be …

-scale wind and solar parks on employment, GDP and public finances in Brazilian municipalities using a difference …-in-differences design with matching. We find a positive employment impact of 1-1.5 jobs/MW in the 15 months preceding the commissioning of a … solar park, when the park is under construction, but no impacts thereafter. For wind, we find no employment impacts during …

literature on environmental innovation and diffusion, with a focus on studies relevant to the development of clean energy …

While many studies have looked at innovation and adoption of technologies separately, the two processes are linked …

Using patent data from the United States, Japan, and Germany, this paper examines both the innovation and diffusion of … environmental regulations. Moreover, any technology transfer that occurs appears to be indirect. Domestic innovation occurs even for …

, droughts and flooding on the innovation of their respective mitigation technologies. Using patent and disaster data, our study … is the first to relate natural disasters to technology innovation, and also presents the first attempt to empirically …

existing knowledge have strongly significant positive effects on innovation. Furthermore, I show that omitting the quality of …

We offer new evidence on indigenous innovation and intellectual returnees by estimating the relationship between … and also promote neighboring firm innovation. We find no tendency for export intensive firms to patent more. Controlling …