TY - JOUR
T1 - A qualitative-computational cataloguing of the EU-level public research and innovation portfolio of clean energy technologies (2014–2020)
AU - Koretsky, Zahar
AU - Hernández Serrano, Pedro
AU - Adekunle, Seun
AU - Dumontier, Michel
N1 - Funding Information:
The research for this paper was partly funded by the CARISMA project (Horizon 2020 grant agreement no. 642242 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - To better allocate funds in the new EU research framework programme Horizon Europe, an assessment of current and past efforts is crucial. In this paper we develop and apply a multi-method qualitative and computational approach to provide a catalogue of climate crisis mitigation technologies on the EU level between 2014 and 2020. Using the approach, we observed no public EU-level funding for multiple technologies prioritised by the EU, such as low-carbon production and use of cement and chemicals, electric battery, and a number of industrial decarbonisation processes. We observed a rising trend in the funding of solar power and onshore wind, the adjacent to them power-to-X technology, as well as recycling. At the same time, the shares of funding into fuel cell, biofuel, demand-side energy management, microgrids, and waste management show a decline trend. With note of the exploratory character of the present paper, we propose that the EU Horizon 2020 funding of clean technologies only partially reflected the expectations of key institutionalised EU actors due to the existence of many non-funded prioritised technologies.
AB - To better allocate funds in the new EU research framework programme Horizon Europe, an assessment of current and past efforts is crucial. In this paper we develop and apply a multi-method qualitative and computational approach to provide a catalogue of climate crisis mitigation technologies on the EU level between 2014 and 2020. Using the approach, we observed no public EU-level funding for multiple technologies prioritised by the EU, such as low-carbon production and use of cement and chemicals, electric battery, and a number of industrial decarbonisation processes. We observed a rising trend in the funding of solar power and onshore wind, the adjacent to them power-to-X technology, as well as recycling. At the same time, the shares of funding into fuel cell, biofuel, demand-side energy management, microgrids, and waste management show a decline trend. With note of the exploratory character of the present paper, we propose that the EU Horizon 2020 funding of clean technologies only partially reflected the expectations of key institutionalised EU actors due to the existence of many non-funded prioritised technologies.
U2 - 10.1016/j.crsust.2021.100084
DO - 10.1016/j.crsust.2021.100084
M3 - Article
SN - 2666-0490
VL - 3
JO - Current Research in Environmental Sustainability
JF - Current Research in Environmental Sustainability
ER -