Summary:
This article is devoted to the financing of innovation activities targeting low-carbon technologies. Its aim is to guide European energy policy makers in the design and implementation of public support policies given the inevitable constraints on funding. We focus on pre-deployment innovation, namely research, development and demonstration activities that belong to the early, highly risky stages of the innovation chain and, thus, need direct public support.
Published on paper: July 2012.
Citation:
S. Ruester, L. Olmos, Public support to low-carbon innovation: grants for all?. European Energy Journal. Vol. 2, nº. 3, pp. 41 - 46, July 2012.
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