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The pressing energy innovation challenge of the US National Laboratories

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  • Laura Diaz Anadon

    (Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
    Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, University College London
    University of Cambridge)

  • Gabriel Chan

    (Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota)

  • Amitai Y. Bin-Nun

    (Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University)

  • Venkatesh Narayanamurti

    (Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
    John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University)

Abstract

Accelerating the development and deployment of energy technologies is a pressing challenge. Doing so will require policy reform that improves the efficacy of public research organizations and strengthens the links between public and private innovators. With their US$14 billion annual budget and unique mandates, the US National Laboratories have the potential to critically advance energy innovation, yet reviews of their performance find several areas of weak organizational design. Here, we discuss the challenges the National Laboratories face in engaging the private sector, increasing their contributions to transformative research, and developing culture and management practices to better support innovation. We also offer recommendations for how policymakers can address these challenges.

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  • Laura Diaz Anadon & Gabriel Chan & Amitai Y. Bin-Nun & Venkatesh Narayanamurti, 2016. "The pressing energy innovation challenge of the US National Laboratories," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 1(10), pages 1-8, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:1:y:2016:i:10:d:10.1038_nenergy.2016.117
    DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.117
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    1. Hoppmann, Joern, 2021. "Hand in hand to Nowhereland? How the resource dependence of research institutes influences their co-evolution with industry," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(2).
    2. Goldstein, Anna P. & Narayanamurti, Venkatesh, 2018. "Simultaneous pursuit of discovery and invention in the US Department of Energy," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(8), pages 1505-1512.
    3. Yue-Jun & Ting Liang & Zongwu Cai, 2021. "Can Technological Innovation Bring an Economic and Environmental Benefit to Energy Firms: An Evidence from China?," WORKING PAPERS SERIES IN THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS 202112, University of Kansas, Department of Economics, revised May 2021.
    4. Doblinger, Claudia & Surana, Kavita & Anadon, Laura Diaz, 2019. "Governments as partners: The role of alliances in U.S. cleantech startup innovation," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(6), pages 1458-1475.
    5. Vidita Choudhry & Todd A. Ponzio, 2020. "Modernizing federal technology transfer metrics," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 45(2), pages 544-559, April.

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