Dr Sergey Kolesnikov
C-EENRG Fellow, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
How technology spillovers contribute to clean energy innovation
Abstract: Knowledge spillovers are knowledge developed for one purpose finding application for a new purpose or in a new context. We develop a conceptual framework and a method for analyzing knowledge spillovers across technologies as a process, and apply it to crystalline silicon photovoltaics to demonstrate that spillovers played an important role in a subset of important innovations in this technology, and that public R&D funding and renewable deployment policies were the key enablers of these spillovers. We then discuss how technology spillovers can be leveraged to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies needed to achieve zero carbon energy transition.
