Commercialization of sustainable energy technologies

P. Balachandra, Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan and B. Sudhakara Reddy

Renewable Energy, 2010, vol. 35, issue 8, 1842-1851

Abstract: Commercialization efforts to diffuse sustainable energy technologies (SETs11The SETs can be viewed as a portfolio of technologies, which are expected to use renewable energy resources as input to produce modern energy carriers.) have so far remained as the biggest challenge in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Limited success of diffusion through government driven pathways urges the need for market based approaches. This paper reviews the existing state of commercialization of SETs in the backdrop of the basic theory of technology diffusion. The different SETs in India are positioned in the technology diffusion map to reflect their slow state of commercialization. The dynamics of SET market is analysed to identify the issues, barriers and stakeholders in the process of SET commercialization. By upgrading the ‘potential adopters’ to ‘techno-entrepreneurs’, the study presents the mechanisms for adopting a private sector driven ‘business model’ approach for successful diffusion of SETs. This is expected to integrate the processes of market transformation and entrepreneurship development with innovative regulatory, marketing, financing, incentive and delivery mechanisms leading to SET commercialization.

Keywords: Sustainability; Technology; Commercialization; Renewable energy; Energy efficiency; Entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.12.020

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