This paper studies technological change in renewable energies, providing empirical evidence on the determinants of innovative activity with a special emphasis on the role of knowledge spillovers. We investigate two major renewable energy technologies - wind and solar - across a panel of 21 OECD...

Das Desertec-Projekt zielt auf ein gigantisches Solar- und Windanlagensystem von der nordafrikanischen Atlantikküste bis zum Persischen Golf ab. Bis zum Jahr 2050 sollen hierdurch 5 Prozent des EU-weiten Strombedarfs gedeckt werden. Den MENA-Staaten wurden wirtschaftliche Dynamik auf Grundlage...

Climate change is an issue that requires global attention and co-operation. As climate science develops an understanding of changes to the future climate state, policy makers and engineering project planners beg to know what claims can be made on the subject with a reasonable level of...

Preface -- Chapter 1. China's wind and solar sectors: trends in deployment, manufacturing, and energy policy / Iacob Koch-Weser and Ethan Meick -- Chapter 2. Statement of Leocadia I. Zak, Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Hearing on "U.S.-China Clean Energy Cooperation: Status,...