The importance of iteration and deployment in technology development: A study of the impact on wave and tidal stream energy research, development and innovation

Andrew MacGillivray, Henry Jeffrey and Robin Wallace

Energy Policy, 2015, vol. 87, issue C, 542-552

Abstract: The technological trajectory is the pathway through which an innovative technology develops as it matures. In this paper we model the technological trajectory for a number of energy technologies by analysing technological change (characterised by unit-level capacity up-scaling) and diffusion (characterised by growth in cumulative deployed capacity) using sigmoidal 5 Parameter Logistic (5PL) functions, observed and reported as a function of unit deployment.

Keywords: Iteration; Formative stage; Up-scaling; Paradigm change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.10.002

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