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#Economics is half psychology, Ludwig Erhard is supposed to have said. A new record for investment in clean technologies in the #USA could confirm this popular saying. Spending on the expansion of renewable energies, e-mobility, battery production and new #climate technologies has risen by a whopping 40% in just one year in the US. This also includes projects under the Inflation Reduction Act (#IRA). 71 billion US dollars were invested by companies and households in the first quarter of 2024. The Clean Investment Monitor (CIM) from MIT and the Rhodium Group now presents these figures. In addition to #subsidies themself, the clear political commitment to the clean tech sector in the USA also appears to be bearing fruit. Psychological effects should not be underestimated. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung https://lnkd.in/g8sirS8S

Calling climate tech innovators with high impact projects: fund your business concept with government resources 💰 The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit highlights how U.S. government investments support energy innovation and sustainability. ⚠️ The summit showcased projects funded by ARPA-E, which focuses on high-risk, high-potential technologies that are often too risky for private investors. 🏢 Government resources available for startups are categorized into seed, scale, and deploy: 🌱 Seed programs like ARPA-E, DOE’s SBIR/STTR, and FESI provide early-stage funding and support. The Department of Defense also offers funding for near-commercialization projects. 📈 Scale initiatives such as ARPA-E’s SCALEUP, DOE’s OCED, and EERE provide substantial funding for scaling up technologies, including building factories and developing supply chains. 🚀 Deploy: agencies like DOE’s LPO and OTT, and EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund focus on commercializing technologies ready for deployment, offering loans, grants and tax breaks. ⚡️ The DOE offers comprehensive support, especially at the early and late stages of development, but startups in the intermediate phase may face funding challenges. Focus on available “scale” resources and state-level investments to bridge this gap.

What’s important for teams to consider as they bring an idea from innovation to commercialization? In our latest Q+A, 8 Rivers co-founder Miles Palmer explains how ideas reach reality - and emphasizes that market application should drive the entire process. Q+A highlights? 👑 To be viable, decarbonization technologies must outcompete the status quo on environmental AND economic results alike. Market application is king. ⚙️Concentrate innovation within established engineering precedents, so the idea can spread more easily. 🔭Collaborate with independent, external experts to triple check your technical and economic assumptions. Don’t be wedded to the original model - be ready for it to change as you learn more about engineering realities and market needs. More insights follow in the full Q+A 📚 

What is private equity’s role in accelerating the energy transition? Aaron Manz, CFA, our Managing Director for Sustainable Energy Transition within Private Equity, recently joined a panel discussion on the topic at the 2024 Energy Disruptors Conference.   Aaron highlighted the opportunity that Ontario Teachers’ sees in the energy transition, spoke to the complexity of investing in the space, and the emerging megatrend accelerating the transition: data centres and artificial intelligence. And, within this megatrend, provided a look into how Ontario Teachers’ is viewing investment opportunities across the data centre value chain.

University of Venda on the Energy Space Move. Watch the Space, the drive have started on Green Technology, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Zero Carbon Campus and Green Campus. Thanks to the Vision of the Executive Management of UNIVEN. Creating Future Energy Leaders

"Driving Innovation: Hybrid Business Models for the Energy Future" Dear community, I am excited to share with you that I am currently co-leading a pioneering project in the Colombian Eastern Plains, focused on developing Hybrid Business Models between renewable energies and hydrocarbons. This project, located in a strategic field, aims to explore new ways to integrate and maximize value in the supply chain of the energy industry. 🌿⚡🛢 I want to express my deep gratitude to the Santo Tomás University and the students of the Master's in Clean Technologies for being a fundamental part of this initiative. Your dedication and enthusiasm are the driving force behind this exciting exploration towards a sustainable energy future. 🎓🌎 At Enterprise Is A Living Being 6.0, we are committed to promoting human and business excellence to achieve transformative and innovative results. Innovation goes beyond adopting advanced technologies; it's also about how we treat our collaborators, how we positively impact society, and how we model change that transcends traditional boundaries. ♻ ➿ By driving business transformation with impeccability in our values, we not only create successful businesses but also contribute to building a more ethical, sustainable, and inclusive world. 🛡 🏹 Let's build together a future where meritocracy is the norm, and each person has the opportunity to reach their full potential! ♻ ➿ With gratitude, Paúl Yesik Medina Chadid #EnterpriseIsALivingBeing6.0 #EnergyTransformation #DigitalTransformation #InnovativeProjects #BusinessTransformation #Strategy #Innovation

Exciting Read Alert! 📖 "Collective Action Lessons for the Energy Transition" 🌟 The authors analyze past examples of how groups have shaped norms and behaviors. It's intriguing to see the parallels and differences between historical movements and what's happening in the energy sector today. If you're curious about how individuals and communities can really make a difference in the energy transition, this paper is a great start. Check it out! #EnergyTransition #ClimateAction #CollectiveImpact #Sustainability #ResearchHighlight 🌍💡🌱 Vanja Djinlev BinBin Jiang Pearce

SURPRISE, PROVOCATION AND REIMAGINATION: Bringing scenarios and future worlds to life in order to better understand what needs to be initiated and changed for a prosperous future. A truly innovative and exciting experiential futures example is outlined by a series of guerrilla art and design interventions to bring global energy transition as summarized below closer. Moreover, Stuart Candy and Ceda Verbakel created the following “unexpected encounters with possible futures” at the 100th anniversary World Energy Congress in Rotterdam: 1️⃣ SURPRISING WORLD LEADERS - BIOSPHERE BILL Surprised world leaders with a bill from Mother Nature for the fancy dinner they’d just had 2️⃣ CREATING PROVOCATIONS - AMBIENT ARTIFACTS Created physical provocations “from” various future scenarios, zapped back in time to the present for people to bump into during bathroom breaks 3️⃣ REIMAGINING TRANSITION CONVERSATION - A TALK TO GIVE IN THE FUTURE Reimagined some of today’s junior participants in the energy transition conversation as the elders they will one day become 🆒 AVANT-GARDE SCENARIO PLANNING AND STRATEGY THINKING This project shows the power how to bring the future to today. A next level scenario planning and strategy thinking approach. Propelling foresight, strategy and leadership to a next level. ”Tomorrow’s Energy Today” article is an insightful must-read as far as stories and lessons learned, goes. Inspiring approach of World Energy Council and CEO Angela Wilkinson. Can you imagine to create experimental and experiental futures for your organisation, business or unit? Have you tried experiential learning? #Strategy #scenario #leadership #energy #energycouncil #foresight #futures #Oxford #experientalFutures #SDG #climatecrises #netzero #Climate #climatechange #climateaction #ESG #sustainabilty #government #regulation #transition #transformation #change #energytransition #OSP #Wharton #Zukunft #Vorausblick #Querdenker #Lab #futurelab

News from #NRP73: Two research papers from the research project "Financing clean tech" https://lnkd.in/dCz5DuyC have been cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the US President in the Chapter Accelerating the Clean Energy Transition. Nice seeing that research has some impact on policy making !   - The role of venture capital and governments in clean energy: lessons from the first cleantech bubble. M Van den Heuvel, D Popp - Energy Economics, 2023 (https://lnkd.in/dtRtihyf) - Does environmental policy uncertainty hinder investments towards a low-carbon economy? J Noailly, L Nowzohour, M Van Den Heuvel - NBER Working Paper 2022 https://lnkd.in/ddg-5jXg

What is the role that individuals and groups can play in confronting challenges of the #energytransition? What can we learn from past collective actions which resulted in #societalchange? Using case studies of the struggles against the tobacco industry in the US and the construction of hydropower plants in North Macedonia, Vanja Djinlev and I make use of and adapt Ostrom’s socio-ecological systems (SES) framework to understand the catalysts of collective actions. We argue in the new article in Sustainability Science that examples of past societal change point us to the importance of implementing both bottom-up and top-down action, focused on confronting lock-ins driven by incumbents, building pressure though positional leadership, as well as connecting societal actors as diffusers of change. Congrats to Vanja for reaching an important milestone of his first PhD publication, especially in his own impressive integration of his background as energy engineer and now as social scientist! https://lnkd.in/dPkmCJqU TU Delft | Technology, Policy and Management Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS), ETH Zürich USYS TdLab ENCLUDE #horizon2020