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Six principles for energy innovation

Decades of experience must inform future initiatives, urge Gabriel Chan and colleagues.
  1. Gabriel Chan

    1. Gabriel Chan is assistant professor of science, technology and environmental policy at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.

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  2. Anna P. Goldstein

    1. Anna P. Goldstein is a research associate in the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

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  3. Amitai Bin-Nun

    1. Amitai Bin-Nun is vice-president of Securing America’s Future Energy in Washington DC, USA.

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  4. Laura Diaz Anadon

    1. Laura Diaz Anadon is professor of climate change policy at the University of Cambridge, UK.

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  5. Venkatesh Narayanamurti

    1. Venkatesh Narayanamurti is research professor of technology and public policy at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

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Last month, the European Union marked the tenth year of its Strategic Energy Technology Plan. It is one of many policy initiatives worldwide to accelerate innovation in energy technologies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. As the window of opportunity to avert dangerous climate change closes, we urgently need to take stock of these initiatives — what works and why?

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Nature 552, 25-27 (2017)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-017-07761-0

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