Holding a candle to innovation in concentrating solar power technologies: A study drawing on patent data

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2441-2456

  Braun, Frauke G ^a   Hooper, Elizabeth ^b   Wand, Robert ^c   Zloczysti, Petra ^a,d  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innovation; Patent data; Solar technologies

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; CSP TECHNOLOGY; ENGINEERING EXPERTISE; GERMANY; GREEN TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRY DYNAMICS; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION STUDIES; INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES; LOW CARBON ECONOMY; PATENT CLASSIFICATIONS; PATENT DATA; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES; SOLAR TECHNOLOGY; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS;

INNOVATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; TECHNOLOGY;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOLAR POWER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

GERMANY; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953294335     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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