The Revolution in Energy Technology: Innovation and the Economics of the Solar Photovoltaic Industry - Couverture rigide

Han, Xue; Niosi, Jorge

 
9781788115650: The Revolution in Energy Technology: Innovation and the Economics of the Solar Photovoltaic Industry
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1788115651 ISBN 13 : 9781788115650
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2018

Synopsis

The solar photovoltaic sector is moving forward very fast, both in terms of its own technological advancement and its standing among global renewable energy technologies. Rapid increases in solar cell efficiencies, fast technical change in solar batteries and solar glass, and economies of scale in production fuel its rapid adoption and it is becoming clear that existing forecasts about its adoption need to be updated extensively. This timely and distinctive examination of the economic side of the field takes into account solar PV's recent and growing lead among renewable energies competing to replace fossil fuels.

The Revolution in Energy Technology examines the birth of this technology in the United States, where the main innovators are still located, the emergence of China as a main production hub, and new and growing contributions to the innovation cascades from other countries including Germany, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The participation of universities as investors and the role of venture capital are discussed, and particular emphasis is given to the domination of the sector by large firms.

The book is interesting for both academics and graduate students as well as policy makers, technicians, engineers and companies involved in the field.

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À propos de l'auteur

Xue Han, Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Business Administration, Lakehead University, Canada and Science Policy and Innovation Network and Jorge Niosi, Professor Emeritus, Department of Management and Technology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1788115651
ISBN 13 
9781788115650
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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