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7 Thinking Globally
Pages 65-73

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From page 65...
... foreign policy to boost competitiveness in the global clean energy marketplace. LAURA DIAZ ANADON Professor of Climate Change Policy, University of Cambridge Diaz Anadon began by briefly reviewing historical improvements in clean energy technologies.
From page 66...
... One area in which national market pull policies are lagging is heating and cooling. Diaz Anadon stated that recent political science literature has revealed insights into the interaction between energy innovation policy and politics.
From page 67...
... Recently, policy makers in the international sphere are increasingly paying attention to energy and energy innovation. The majority of bilateral agreements are now focused on energy -- Diaz Anadon underscored the Paris Agreement, Mission Innovation Pledge, Breakthrough Energy Coalition, and Green Climate Fund.
From page 68...
... Visionary Goals Goals Visionary "Grid Modernization" "Grid Modernization" Something that everyone everyone Something that 21st Century Century Grid 21st Grid can understand can understand Smart, Integrated, Smart, Integrated, Informed Technocratic Leadership Informed Technocratic Leadership Distributed Generation Distributed Generation Develop a logical sequencesequenceto steps to Develop a logical of steps of achieve the mission mission achieve the 5G-6G 5G-6G Switching and Switching and Communications Communications Transmission Transmission Technology Technology Energy Energy Breakdown into Steps Steps Breakdown into Storage Storage HVDC HVDC Pieces Pieces To support support To Each step Each step Power Semis Power Semis Group III-VGroup III-V Semis SiC Semis SiC Semis Semis FIGURE 7.1  Model for innovation in which Grand Challenges are broken down into discrete steps. SOURCE: Willy Shih, Harvard Business School, presentation to the workshop.
From page 69...
... leadership on global energy innovation is critical not only to advance efforts on climate but also to enable the nation to compete internationally, began Sivaram. The United States has missed out on some early clean technology opportunities -- China dominates solar, wind, and batteries -- but opportunities remain to capture market share in rapidly
From page 70...
... Fourth, Sivaram recommended that the United States coordinate domestic innovation with its foreign policy strategy. For example, the country should tailor its export finance priorities to domestic innovation priorities, and, similarly, it should tailor its international standard-setting work to priority technology areas.
From page 71...
... Cooperation and Competition Asked about the balance of cooperation and competition in the U.SChina relationship, Diaz Anadon acknowledged that both nations are trying to capture clean technology markets. However, she called attention to productive ways to engage that benefit both nations such as collaborating on goals, targets, and international standards.
From page 72...
... International Collaborations During the Obama administration, Mission Innovation was rolled out -- member countries pledged to seek to double their public investment
From page 73...
... Sivaram expressed his belief that the United States and DOE should invest in international collaboration. He offered one approach in which the United States and the EU release a coordinated funding call and research teams work together.


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