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Tracing government-funded research in wind energy to commercial renewable power generation

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  • Rosalie Ruegg
  • Patrick Thomas

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This paper summarizes an evaluation study done by the authors for the US Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Program. Using a historical tracing framework and multiple evaluation techniques, the study examined linkages between more than three decades of DOE investments in wind energy research and downstream commercial power generation in both utility-scale and distributed-use power markets. Paths of knowledge flow were evaluated using an array of evaluation techniques, including analyses of patent citations, publication co-authorship and citations, documents and databases, and interviews with industry and government experts. The study revealed evidence of extensive linkages from DOE-funded R&D to key innovations in the wind energy industry and also beyond this industry. These linkages were apparent in both objectively derived quantitative data and qualitative data, based on expert opinion. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Rosalie Ruegg & Patrick Thomas, 2009. "Tracing government-funded research in wind energy to commercial renewable power generation," Research Evaluation, Oxford University Press, vol. 18(5), pages 387-396, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rseval:v:18:y:2009:i:5:p:387-396
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    1. Inkyung Cho & Jungkyu Park & Eunnyeong Heo, 2018. "Measuring Knowledge Diffusion in Water Resources Research and Development: The Case of Korea," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-15, August.
    2. Anthony Breitzman & Patrick Thomas, 2015. "Inventor team size as a predictor of the future citation impact of patents," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 103(2), pages 631-647, May.
    3. Breitzman, Anthony & Thomas, Patrick, 2015. "The Emerging Clusters Model: A tool for identifying emerging technologies across multiple patent systems," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 44(1), pages 195-205.

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