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Energy Technology Development Will Require Rethinking of Innovation Process
RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Developing desperately needed new energy technologies will require not only an increase in funds but also a rethinking of the way government programs are designed and managed, according to one of four articles about energy innovation on the fall 2009 Issues in Science and Technology.
But the United States need not reinvent the wheel, says the article, Transforming Energy Innovation, by Venkatesh Narayanmurti and two colleagues at Harvard University. Lessons for what is needed can be drawn from successful efforts by some large U.S. corporate and federal laboratories.
According to another article, Stimulating Innovation in Energy Technology, by William Bonvillian of MIT and Charles Weiss of Georgetown University, the most difficult step in the development and deployment of new technology in energy will be the launch of these technologies into extremely complex and competitive markets. Thus, any program of government support for innovations in these technologies should be organized around the most likely bottleneck to their introduction to the market.
One possible innovation model is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. But those attempting to clone DARPA first better be sure they know how DARPA actually works, according to Cloning DARPA by Erica Fuchs of Carnegie Mellon University.
As the United States attempts to move to a low-carbon, energy-efficient economy, it must also seek to avoid collateral damage, according to the final energy article. In particular, Congress must take steps to reduce the potentially negative effects that a climate bill could have on the economic competitiveness of key energy-intensive manufacturing companies, write Joel Yudken of High Road Strategies and Andrea Bassi of the Millennium Institute in Climate Change and U.S. Competitiveness.
The fall 2009 Issues also features these articles:
Mobilizing Science to Revitalize Early Childhood Policy by Jack Shonkoff of Harvard.
Nanolessons for Revamping Government Oversight of Technology by J. Clarence Davies of Resources for the Future.
China's Future: Have Talent, Will Thrive by Denis Fred Simon of Pennsylvania State University and Cong Cao of the State University of New York.
A Vision for U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Security by former U.S. nuclear arms negotiator Linton Brooks.
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