Tracing government-funded research in wind energy to commercial renewable power generation

Rosalie Ruegg and Patrick Thomas

Research Evaluation, 2009, vol. 18, issue 5, 387-396

Abstract: This paper summarizes an evaluation study done by the authors for the US Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Program. Using a historical tracing framework and multiple evaluation techniques, the study examined linkages between more than three decades of DOE investments in wind energy research and downstream commercial power generation in both utility-scale and distributed-use power markets. Paths of knowledge flow were evaluated using an array of evaluation techniques, including analyses of patent citations, publication co-authorship and citations, documents and databases, and interviews with industry and government experts. The study revealed evidence of extensive linkages from DOE-funded R&D to key innovations in the wind energy industry and also beyond this industry. These linkages were apparent in both objectively derived quantitative data and qualitative data, based on expert opinion. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

Date: 2009
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