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Barriers to the Diffusion of Climate Friendly Technologies

Barriers to the Diffusion of Climate Friendly Technologies

Full Title:   Barriers to the Diffusion of Climate Friendly Technologies
Author(s): Brown, Marilyn A. and Benjamin K. Sovacool.
Publisher(s): International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialization
Publication Date: February 1, 2011
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Description (excerpt):

Based on an extensive literature review and research interviews of energy experts, this article asks: what are the remaining impediments to clean energy systems and how can a Post-Kyoto Protocol climate framework be designed to overcome them? The article begins by exploring commercially available ‘clean’ energy systems and practices relating to energy end-use and infrastructure, energy supply, carbon capture and storage, and non-CO2-related greenhouse gas emissions. The article then examines a selection of persistent financial, market, information and intellectual property barriers. Lastly, it articulates the implication of these barriers for the design of future national and international climate change policies.

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