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This section serves as a snapshot of recommended reading on technology diffusion and innovation relevant to clean energy technologies and policies. It will be updated periodically.

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A New Geometry of Complementary Climate Technology Solutions: What the Heiligendamm G8 Summit Could Mean for a Post-2012 Climate Framework, a discussion paper by Lewis Milford, Clean Energy Group. This report reviews new commitments for climate technology measures from the Heiligendamm Summit Declaration regarding the post-2012 framework for climate mitigation that could complement cap and trade strategies. July 2007.

From Here to Stabilization: A Call for Massive Climate Technology Innovation, by Lewis Milford, Clean Enregy Group. This report examines the need for new approaches to low carbon technology innovation to achieve necessary reductions of greenhouse gas emissions for climate stabilization. September 2006.

Policy Frameworks for Renewables: Analysis on policy frameworks to drive future investment in near and long-term renewable power in the UK, by the Carbon Trust in conjucntion with L.E.K. Consulting, July 2006.

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A Possible Turning Point for Climate Change Solutions: How Innovations in Investment, Technology and Policy Are Needed for Emissions Stabilization. Prepared by Clean Energy Group for the Montreal Strategic Climate Change Workshop on Sub-National Strategies for Clean Energy Investment, Technology Deployment and Innovation. July 2005.

The Potential for Transatlantic Investment in Clean Technology - An Opportunity Assessment of the Clean Energy Sector. Prepared by Clean Energy Group and the Carbon Trust, March 2005. This first phase of a joint project between CEG and the Carbon Trust was completed in April 2005 when the findings from the work were published in this report.The Report 1) identifies a number of important barriers that hinder investment in clean energy markets; 2) reveals considerable enthusiasm in the transatlantic investment community for promoting new financial structures and policy mechanisms; and, 3) sets out next steps to gain support for the initiative through two subsequent phases of the work.

Clean Energy & Fuel Cells: Implications for Innovation Strategies from Historic Technology Transitions, by Prof. Andrew Hargadon. A new report from the PFCA. September 2004.

Northern Exposure: An Overview of Canadian Clean Energy Fund Activities, by Garrett Fitzgerald, Ryan Wiser, Mark Bolinger, of LBL and Allison Schumacher, Clean Energy Group.
LBL and CESA release a new report in their Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy series. June 2004.

Global Clean Energy Markets - The Strategic Role of Public Investment and Innovation, by Clean Energy Group, May 2004.

“This report, written by the Clean Energy Group, looks at the energy industry from a disruptive point of view. If the natural process of disruption is allowed to proceed, it would bring about change that would produce critical social, economic, and environmental benefits…I hope this report helps you frame the key issues in a unique and powerful way."

Clayton Christensen
Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School

Making Climate a Business Opportunity. May 11, 2004. Chris Mottshead, BP. Mottershead gave this slide presentation at the Climate Group meeting in Toronto. In his presentation, he outlines 16 new business opportunities for BP and other companies, with a strategy to widen those “wedges” to real businesses.

The longer version of this analysis can be found in the July/August 2004 edition of Foreign Affairs by Sir John Browne, Group Chief Executive of BP, in “Beyond Kyoto.” He argues for a similar cap and trade approach, combined with technology innovation and public investment to take the policy discussions into the real world of business opportunity.

U.S. Technology and Innovation Policies: Lessons for Climate Change. December 2003, Pew Center on Global Climate Change. This report examines U.S. technology and innovation policies in relation to greenhouse gas reduction policies.

Renewable Energy Technology Diffusion: Final Report 2003. This report by e7, a group of international electricity companies from G7 countries, provides a roadmap to improve the diffusion of energy technologies for sustainable development and includes guidelines for strategic actions to address project-level "microbarriers" and recommendations for sustained cooperation to address policy-level "macrobarriers."

DTI Innovation Report--Competing in the Global Economy: the Innovation Challenge. December 2003, United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry. DTI's assessment of the UK's innovation performance and strategy for innovation.

The Economics of Technology Diffusion: Implications for Sustainable Development. August 2002, Resources for the Future. This article by Allen Blackman summarizes some of the key findings of economics literature on the diffusion of new technologies, and assesses the implications of these findings for technology-based pollution control strategies.

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