1. Scaling Clean Energy: Lessons Learned and New Approaches
- Author:
- Roger Ballentine and Andy Karsner
- Publication Date:
- 03-2014
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Aspen Institute
- Abstract:
- We are still in the early stages of a transformation of the U.S. electricity sector into a cleaner, more flexible, more resilient, and more dynamic system. The early history of investment in and adoption of clean energy technologies and practices has been mixed. The venture capital model has proven to be inadequate for scaling up clean energy, and anticipated policy developments have been slow to be realized. The sector-reshaping impact of unconventional gas, uneven capitalization of clean energy companies, and the mixed signals of government policymakers have slowed the march to a more distributed energy economy rooted in the greater use of renewables, the more efficient use of energy, and the optimization of information technologies in the energy sector.
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Economics, Energy Policy, Industrial Policy, Markets, and Science and Technology
- Political Geography:
- United States