Energy Technology Innovation

Arnulf Grubler is a world leading scholar on the history of energy systems and on technological change and innovation policy. He is Acting Program Leader of the Transitions to New Technologies Program at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, and Professor in the field of Energy and Technology at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. He has been serving as lead and contributing author and review editor for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 1996. He has authored or edited several books, including Technology and Global Change (Cambridge, 1998) and Technological Change and the Environment (with N. Nakicenovic and W. D. Nordhaus, 2002). He is also a convening lead author of three chapters in the Global Energy Assessment (Cambridge, 2012). Charlie Wilson is a researcher with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and a lecturer in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia. He is a scholar on innovation studies and on the history of technological change in energy systems. His current research focuses on both historical and future technology diffusion dynamics, and the adoption of energy-efficient and smart home technologies. Previously he has held positions with the London School of Economics and the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria. He is also a lead author of two chapters in the Global Energy Assessment (Cambridge, 2012).

'It is an ambitious endeavor to understand and provide explanations for why and how successes and failures occur in projects related to energy technology innovation, but the editors (and the authors) do indeed reach their goal. For this reason, this might be the best book written to date treating the subject of energy technology innovation … [it] is an excellent read and the editors have published a highly reader-friendly, well-structured book.' Energy Research and Social Science

• Part I. Introduction: 1. Energy technology innovation Charlie Wilson and Arnulf Grübler; 2. The energy technology innovation system Charlie Wilson and Arnulf Grübler; 3. Historical case studies of energy technology innovation Arnulf Grübler and Charlie Wilson; Part II. Patterns and Linkages in the Energy Technology Innovation System: 4. Grand designs: historical patterns and future scenarios of energy technological change Arnulf Grübler; 5. Historical diffusion and growth of energy technologies Charlie Wilson; 6. Input, output and outcome metrics for assessing energy technology innovation Charlie Wilson; 7. Technology portfolios: modeling technological uncertainty and innovation risks Arnulf Grübler, Sabine Fuss, David McCollum, Volker Krey and Keywan Riahi; Part III. Knowledge in the Energy Technology Innovation System: 8. Solar water heater innovation in the United States, China and Europe Gregory F. Nemet; 9. Heat pumps: a comparative assessment of innovation and diffusion policies in Sweden and Switzerland Bernadett Kiss, Lena Nejj and Martin Jakob; 10. Sources and consequences of knowledge depreciation Arnulf Grübler and Gregory F. Nemet; 11. The French pressurized water reactor program Arnulf Grübler; Part IV. Adoption and Use in the Energy Technology Innovation System: 12. Technological improvements of solar thermal electricity in the United States and the role of public policy Gregory F. Nemet; 13. Automobile fuel efficiency standards Gregory F. Nemet; 14. Hybrid cars: development and deployment in Japan, the United States and China Kelly Sims Gallagher; 15. Solar photovoltaics: multiple drivers of technological improvement Gregory F. Nemet; Part V. Actors and Institutions in the Energy Technology System: 16. A comparative assessment of wind turbine innovation and diffusion policies Lena Nejj and Per Dannemand Andersen; 17. The role of standards: the Japanese top runner program for end-use efficiency Osamu Kimura; 18. Solar innovation and market feedback: solar photovoltaics in rural Kenya Daniel M. Kammen and Arne Jacobsen; 19. The US synthetic fuels corporation: policy consistency, flexibility and the long-term consequences of perceived failures Laura Díaz Anadon and Gregory F. Nemet; Part VI. Resources in the Energy Technology Innovation System: 20. Brazilian ethanol: unpacking a success story of energy technology innovation Dustin Meyer, Lynn Mytelka, Rich Press, Evandro Luíz Dall'Oglio, Paulo Texeira de Sousa, Jr and Arnulf Grübler; 21. Global R&D, market formation and diffusion investments in energy technology innovation Arnulf Grübler, Laura Díaz Anadon, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Ruud Kempener, Anastasia O'Rourke and Charlie Wilson; 22. Energy RD&D investments in the major emerging economies and the United States Ruud Kempener, Laura Díaz Anadon, Kelly Sims Gallagher and Kejun Jiang; 23. A comparative analysis of annual market investments in energy supply and end-use technologies Charlie Wilson and Arnulf Grübler; Part VII. Conclusions: 24. Lessons learnt from the energy technology innovation system Charlie Wilson and Arnulf Grübler; 25. Policies for energy technology innovation Arnulf Grübler and Charlie Wilson.