Bottom-up estimation of industrial and public R&D investment by technology in support of policy-making: The case of selected low-carbon energy technologies

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-131

  Wiesenthal, Tobias ^a   Leduc, Guillaume ^a   Haegeman, Karel ^a   Schwarz, Hans Günther ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Directorate of Innovation and Technology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Corporate R D; Energy research; Low carbon; R D investment; SET Plan

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM UP APPROACH; ENERGY RESEARCH; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; EUROPEAN UNION; LOW-CARBON; LOW-CARBON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC FUNDING; SET-PLAN;

CARBON; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGY;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 81855166672     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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