Catching up in clean energy technologies: a patent analysis

Deyu Li, Floor Alkemade, Koen Frenken () and Gaston Heimeriks
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Floor Alkemade: Eindhoven University of Technology
Koen Frenken: Utrecht University
Gaston Heimeriks: Utrecht University

The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2023, vol. 48, issue 2, No 9, 693-715

Abstract: Abstract How we can accelerate the diffusion of new clean energy technologies worldwide is a highly relevant topic for energy and climate policies, as well as industrial policies. We trace the time lag between the introduction and the diffusion of breakthroughs in solar photovoltaic technology and wind power technology. Our results show that both domestic knowledge base and organizational proximity to the country introducing breakthroughs, help latecomer countries catch up by actively innovating in these technologies on their own. Moreover, we find that there are more opportunities for latecomer countries with stronger domestic knowledge base to catch up in solar photovoltaic technology than wind power technology. The results of this paper provide systematic evidence of the technology-sensitive catching-up process in the clean energy technological paradigm.

Keywords: Catching-up; Solar photovoltaic technology; Wind power technology; Diffusion; Relatedness; Proximity; Multinational companies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O14 O25 O31 O33 Q55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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