Innovation gathers pace in renewables sector

• Author: Sarah Helm
• Position: Manager, CambridgeIP, UK
• Pages: 11-13

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Climate change is one of the bigge st challenges of our time.

Global greenhouse ga s emissions, a main driver of cli mate

change, continue to rise with rece nt observed concentrations

of carbon dioxide (CO2) reaching unprecedented levels. The re

are, however, encouraging signs that the technologies needed

to tackle climate change – so-ca lled climate change mitigation

technologies (CCMTs) – are being developed and becoming

more widely available. A rece nt report published by WIPO and

Cambridge IP, a UK-based innovation consultancy, points to

striking increases in c ommercial innovation in four key renew-

able energy technology sectors, namely, biofuels, solar thermal,

solar photovoltaic (PV) an d wind. The report, Renewable energy

technology: Evolution and policy imp lications, evidence from

patent literature, tracks global trends in innovation a nd technol-

ogy ownership in these r apidly growing sectors. The report al so

presents broad analyses of re newable technologies ma rkets

and policy frameworks with in which they operate including i n-

formation on investment levels and ca se studies on technology

deployment in each of the focus a reas.

I N NOVAT ION

GAT H ER S PAC E

in renewables sector By Sarah Helm , Manager,

CambridgeI P, UK

Photo: iStockphoto © Michał Krakowiak