Wind and Solar Invention in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 151-183
Author(s):  
Jonas Nahm
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
The United States ◽  
Energy Research ◽  
State Support ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Public Investments

Chapter six makes the case that a growing divide between an advanced R&D infrastructure and a declining manufacturing sector encouraged US wind and solar firms to pursue invention largely divorced from production. Most firms lacked the production capabilities to commercialize and manufacture their innovation in-house and decided to rely on complementary capabilities of global partners. In the United States, the large public investments in renewable energy research have yielded the smallest industrial footprint of the three cases examined in this book, with considerable political consequences for the kinds of coalitions that emerged behind state support of wind and solar.

Varieties of Innovation in Wind and Solar Industries

2021 ◽  
pp. 20-48
Author(s):  
Jonas Nahm
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Industrial Policy ◽  
Political System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Industrial Policies ◽  
Public Investments ◽  
Policy Goals ◽  
Similar Growth

This chapter lays out the central empirical puzzle that motivates the book. It makes two central claims. First, it shows that a common political logic led governments in China, Germany, and the United States to converge on similar policy goals and industrial policy tools in support of wind and solar industries. The need to politically justify public investments in renewable energy sectors ultimately yielded similar growth and employment-focused industrial policies irrespective of the underlying political system. The second half of the chapter chronicles the persistent and consequential divergence of national industrial specializations despite these policy similarities. In the early 2000s, just after China’s WTO accession accelerated changes in the organization of many global industries, firms chose different technological specializations and competitive strategies for participation in emerging wind and solar industries: innovative manufacturing in China, customization in Germany, and invention in the United States.

A History of Geothermal Energy Research and Development in the United States. Reservoir Engineering 1976-2006

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Mack Kennedy ◽  
Karsten Pruess ◽  
Marcelo J. Lippmann ◽  
Ernest L. Majer ◽  
Peter E. Rose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Reservoir Engineering ◽  
Energy Research ◽  
History Of

Quantifying the challenge of reaching a 100% renewable energy power system for the United States

Joule ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley J. Cole ◽  
Danny Greer ◽  
Paul Denholm ◽  
A. Will Frazier ◽  
Scott Machen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Power System ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Renewable Energy Federalism in Germany and the United States

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Johannes Saurer ◽  
Jonas Monast
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
The Us ◽  
Legal Structures ◽  
Cooperative Federalism ◽  
Energy Expansion

Abstract The Federal Republic of Germany and the United States (US) have adopted different models for energy federalism. Germany allocates more authority to the federal government and the US relies on a decentralized cooperative federalism model that preserves key roles for state actors. This article explores and compares the relevance of federal legal structures for renewable energy expansion in both countries. It sets out the constitutional, statutory, and factual foundations in both Germany and the US, and explores the legal and empirical dimensions of renewable energy expansion at the federal and state levels. The article concludes by drawing several comparative lessons about the significance of federal structures for energy transition processes.

scholarly journals The United States can keep the grid stable at low cost with 100% clean, renewable energy in all sectors despite inaccurate claims

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (26) ◽  
pp. E5021-E5023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Z. Jacobson ◽  
Mark A. Delucchi ◽  
Mary A. Cameron ◽  
Bethany A. Frew
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
The United States

India’s vaccine diplomacy brings money and influence

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
The United States ◽  
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pharmaceutical Ingredients ◽  
The World

Significance Last week, its partners in the ‘Quad’ grouping -- the United States, Japan and Australia -- agreed to help increase its vaccine manufacturing and exporting capacity. Each of the Quad members is wary of China, which like India is gifting and selling coronavirus jabs around the world. Impacts India’s manufacturing sector will attract more foreign direct investment. Greater cooperation over supply chains will help strengthen India-Australia ties. Indian pharma will in the long term aim to ease dependence on imports of active pharmaceutical ingredients from China.

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