Slow technologies and government intervention: Energy efficiency in industrial process technologies

Esther Luiten; Harro van Lente; Kornelis Blok

doi:10.1016/j.technovation.2005.10.004

Slow technologies and government intervention: Energy efficiency in industrial process technologies

Esther Luiten, Harro van Lente^*, Kornelis Blok

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Many government interventions seek to increase the efficiency of industrial processes and to stimulate innovation. In this article we present and analyse four case studies of innovations in energy-efficient industrial process technologies: two in the paper and pulp industry and two in the iron and steel industry. We study the various networks around these technologies and investigate how they are affected by government intervention. An important relationship (an inverted U) is found between the momentum of the networks and the effectiveness of government R&D support for energy-efficient process technologies. It is concluded that R&D support can only be effective when it takes account of the characteristics of so-called slow technologies'. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1029-1044
Number of pages	16
Journal	Technovation
Volume	26
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2005.10.004
Publication status	Published - Sept 2006

Keywords

energy efficiency
industrial process technology
innovation
R&D support
momentum
RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT
INNOVATION
POLICY
DIFFUSION

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