Part I. Innovation – Where We Are and How We Got Here -- Chapter 1. Introduction, Alf Rehn and Anders Örtenblad -- Chapter 2. Innovation, Labor Displacement, and the Role of the State: The Classical Economists’ Perspective, Samuel Hollander -- Chapter 3. Innovation Ethics, Thomas Taro...

Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) are often recognized as less competitive than traditional electric energy conversion systems. Obstacles with renewable electric energy conversion systems are often referred to the intermittency of the energy sources [1] and the relatively high maintenance...