Accelerating innovation and diffusion of renewable energy technologies: technology capabilities, business practices and policy options

Accelerating innovation and diffusion of renewable energy technologies: technology capabilities, business practices and policy options

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  CambridgeIP Accelerating innovation anddiffusion of renewable energy technologies: technology capabilities, business practices and policy options The Costs and Benefits of Renewables: Biomass Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia Bulgaria 26th April 2011 ILIAN ILIEV CEO of CambridgeIP Associate Fellow, Chatham House © 2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved
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  Scope of policysupport measures/interventions • Tick boxes for EU obligations/regulations? – Focus on the boxes... But missed opportunities for industrial renewal • Support migration of domestic economy to greater energy efficiency? – Accelerated technology deployment – Value chain strategy/ sequencing • Support employment? Stability and sustainability in agriculture? – Sustainable policies – whether biofuels or foodstock • Higher value-added in domestic economy? Boost value of exports? – Value chain strategy – Focus on value retention, processing plants © 2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved. 2
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  Outline • CambridgeIP’s work in renewable energy • Primer on IP, innovation and tech. diffusion • IP and cleantech • Biomass and Biofuels • Policy questions 3
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  Our offerings IP Landscape® Open innovation Technology Technology mapping market review Expert built patent Identify technology Pinpoint emerging Identify market – Knowledge transfer datasets focused on ownership in complex technology patterns technology niches in portal your technology spaces & hotspots rapidly developing Access over 100 markets million scientific Identify prior art in a Shortlist acquisition Understand documents, including technology space opportunities technology value Inform in-house R&D the latest patents chains strategy Uncover inventor & Identify overlaps with Conduct technology collaborator networks your own technology Identify technology Influence public literature searches portfolio market & sector innovation Clarify strengths & commercialisation support strategies Perform high-level weaknesses of patent Conduct due scenarios analytics on patent portfolios diligence on external data partners Locate prospective Prioritise key market Confirm freedom to partners, acquisitions segments and identify Collaborative patent operate & technology Identify open and clients strategic partners & landscaping with white space analyses innovation collaboration your colleagues opportunities in your Information on opportunities Support investment own and others’ IP partner/acquisition Boliven Landscapes due diligence and portfolios candidates operating Identify in what areas Access valuable preparation for fund in your area of you need to build an patent datasets raising CxO compatible interest IP Landscape combined with materials, workshops industry expert Understand market and seminars analyses trends ©2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved 4
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  Clean tech andenergy Wind energy Fuel cells Nano devices systems & materials Biomass Advanced Geothermal refrigeration energy Systems Photovoltaic & Clean coal Refineries, component carbon capture power gen, technologies CO2-EOR co-gen. Concentrated Marine Desalination solar & other transport and water energy storage sanitation systems Smart grid ©2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved 5
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  Outline • CambridgeIP’s work in renewable energy • Primer on IP, innovation and tech. diffusion • IP and cleantech • Biomass and Biofuels • Policy questions 6
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  Types of IPRs A modern and complex technology product is protected by different forms of IPRs Patents: ability to prevent others from using your technology e.g. patents around turbine transmission systems Trade secrets: non-disclosed and commercially valuable information e.g. production or installation methods Trademark: protection of the word/symbol denoting the origin of a good Copyright: protecting the form of expression e.g. control software written by/on behalf of company 7 © 2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved
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  IPRs as away of promoting innovation • IPRs are a state-created mechanism allowing inventors to capture a return on their investment by giving them the rights to decide how their invention will be used • At the heart of IPRs is a trade-off between static efficiency (best use of today’s knowledge) and dynamic efficiency (creating tomorrow’s knowledge) 8 © 2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved
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  Close relation betweenIPRs and R&D financing • Various studies have shown a relationship between levels of R&D and inventiveness and patenting trends 9 © 2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved
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  How are IPRsused in practice? The IPR mechanism/arrangement used at each part of the technology innovation chain can determine next stage options for technology transfer/diffusion The full range of stakeholders have an influence on how IPRs are used, from investors to competitors to governments Product R&D/commercialis In-house ation Channel Choice of Collabo- ration Services Licensing Licence Spin-off Role of IPRs in Each Part of Innovation Chain Multiple business models and ways of using IPRs, depending on industry history, ? ? ? ? ? ? economics, inherited business models, norms, etc. Investors/Shareholders Value Chain Partners/Collaborators Competitors © 2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved. 10 © 2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved
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  Outline • CambridgeIP’s work in renewable energy • Primer on IP, innovation and tech. diffusion • IP and cleantech • Biomass and Biofuels • Policy questions 11
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  IPRs and cleantech:increasingly complex and rapidly maturing environment Different studies all show accelerated patenting in low-carbon energy technologies 12 © 2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved
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  …accompanied by accelerateddeployment of technology in the market place Wind Solar PV 25000 1600 Annual PV shipments Annual Wind shipments 4500 1600 Annual patents Annual PV shipments (MWp) Annual patents 4000 1400 1400 Additional installed capacity (MW) 20000 3500 Patent filings 1200 1200 3000 Patent filings 1000 15000 1000 2500 800 800 2000 600 10000 600 1500 1000 400 400 5000 500 200 200 0 0 0 0 6 8 0 2 4 6 8 0 2 4 6 8 0 2 4 6 197 197 198 198 198 198 198 199 199 199 199 199 200 200 200 200 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 199 199 199 199 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 Hence an increased need and urgency to understand the role of IPRs in technology development and transfer of climate-related technologies, and implications for policy makers Source: CambridgeIP – Chatham House (2009) ‘Who Owns Our Low-Carbon Future’ 13 © 2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved
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  Outline • CambridgeIP’s work in renewable energy • Primer on IP, innovation and tech. diffusion • IP and cleantech • Biomass and Biofuels • Policy questions 14
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  What about Biomass/biofuels? Several relevant technology spaces in biomass/ biofuels, incl. • Biomass production techniques – 1st generation: pre-dating oil production – 2nd generation: use of waste, non-competitive to food stocks – 3rd/4th generation: GM, algal-biofuels,etc • Biomass – to – electricity and/or heat technologies • Transport technologies adaptation – E.g. dual-fuel auto, jet engines • Industrial processes/chemicals production – E.g. biomass-based glycol © 2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved. 15
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  Biomass production: 3rd/4thGeneration: E.g. Algal biofuels • Backed by oil-majors, incl. Exxon, Shell – E.g. Exxon $600mln investment in Synthetic Genomics • Various government initiatives for development – E.g. Carbon Trust (UK): value chain initiative to boost country’s position in 3rd/4th generation biofuels © 2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved. 16
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  Biomass-to-electricity: patenting trends Biomass: Patent Applications by Year 5 00 438 450 4 00 368 337 350 327 318 323 310 3 00 256 250 207 2 00 183 185 160 145 150 131 134 123 114 111 112 104 93 86 82 92 90 90 1 00 68 77 61 48 50 34 26 0 2000 2005 2004 2006 2002 2003 1980 1990 1985 1995 1988 1998 2001 2007 1984 1986 1989 1994 1996 1999 1982 1992 1983 1993 1978 1981 1991 1987 1997 1976 1979 1977 © 2009 CambridgeIP. All rights reserved.. © 2009 17
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  Industrial processes: Glycolproduction • Petrochemical-based glycols are a $50bln market, used for plastics, pharma applications • Process innovations allow production of glycol from 1st and 2nd generation biomass Possibility to boost productivity of agriculture + retain more value in domestic economy Synergies with H2 production – also for transport industry © 2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved. 18
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  Outline • CambridgeIP’s work in renewable energy • Primer on IP, innovation and tech. diffusion • IP and cleantech • Biomass and Biofuels • Policy questions 19
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  Scope of policysupport measures/interventions • Tick boxes for EU obligations/regulations? – Focus on the boxes... But missed opportunities for industrial renewal • Support migration of domestic economy to greater energy efficiency? – Accelerated technology deployment – Value chain strategy • Support employment? Stability and sustainability in agriculture? – Sustainable policies – whether biofuels or foodstock • Higher value-added in domestic economy? Boost value of exports? – Value chain strategy (e.g. Brazil – 20 years’ support for ethanol) – Focus on value retention, processing plants – Technology adaptation & development © 2011 Cambridge Intellectual Property Ltd. All rights reserved. 20
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