Literature review of knowledge needs and priorities
| Prioritized main topics | Reference | Knowledge needs and priorities |
|---|---|---|
| Renewable energy | Geels et al. (2016) | Cost-effectiveness socio-political feasibility, social acceptance and legitimacy, flexibility |
| Millinger and Thran (2016) | Feedstock cost developments | |
| Ruud et al. 2015 | Renewable technologies dynamic cost developments over time | |
| Resch et al. (2004) | Dynamic cost developments for optimal policy instruments time path | |
| Johnston et al. (2008) | Requirements for least-cost development and efficient operation | |
| Suna and Resch (2016) | Renewable technologies historical cost developments for their economic comparison and role in energy supply | |
| Apergis and Apergis (2017) | Dynamic spillovers across renewable energy prices, diffusion of technologies in relevance to renewable energy, RES impact on GDP growth | |
| POLIMP (2014) | Impact of economic and social framework conditions, the geopolitical situation, resource availability on energy prices | |
| Howell et al. (2017) | Research on “smart grid”, “microgrid”, “virtual power plant” and “multi-energy system” | |
| Blarke and Jenkins (2013) | SuperGrid and SmartGrid pathways for modernizing the electricity architecture | |
| Financing | Liu et al. (2017) | Need of tax incentives and economic benefits to support GHG emissions mitigation |
| Olubunmi et al. (2016) | Green building incentives | |
| DeShazo et al. (2017) | Economic incentives on transport | |
| Curtin et al. (2017) | Financial incentives to mobilise local citizens as investors in low carbon technologies | |
| Crago and Chernyakhovskiy (2017) | Initiatives aiming at increasing the share of solar generated electricity in the US energy mix | |
| Punda et al. (2017) | Current state of preferential tariffs for RES in countries of southeast Europe | |
| Agriculture and forestry | EC, European Commission (2013) | Appropriate knowledge, tools, services and innovations for productive, environmentally friendly resource-efficient and resilient agriculture Research and innovation for integrating agronomic and environmental goals into sustainable production |
| OECD (2010) | Agricultural innovation and application in sustainable agricultural production Policy and market approaches for greener growth | |
| Industry | United Nations Industrial Development Organization (2011) | Renewable energy in industrial applications, potential of renewable technologies and factors for successful contribution |
| Taibia et al. (2012) | Development of a detailed technology roadmap to explore the potential of renewable energy resources in industrial applications | |
| Wohlgemuth and Monga (2008) | Solar and biomass-based technologies’ potential for small- and medium-scale enterprises in developing countries | |
| Energy efficiency | Kerr et al. (2017) | Energy efficiency policy within a framework of a variety of different benefits Benefits exploitation within the overall rationale for energy efficient retrofit policy in different contexts |
| Grueneich (2015) | Increasing the magnitude of savings Diversifying energy efficiency resources Measuring and ensuring the persistence of energy efficiency savings Integrating energy efficiency savings with a carbon reduction framework Understanding and valuing energy efficiency as part of an evolving grid | |
| Rosenow and Bayer (2017) | Costs and benefits of Energy Efficiency Obligations | |
| Transport | UK parliament (2015) | Technological constraints, limited options for decarbonising long-distance aviation and shipping |
| Chapman (2006) | Consideration of biofuels, natural gas, hydrogen and electric motors as options for renewable transport | |
| DfT (2006) | Need of governments’ fund for research and development of alternative fuels | |
| Shokrzadeh and Bibeau (2016) | Electrification of transportation to achieve CO2 reductions goals | |
| Natural Resources Canada (2010) | Higher fuel efficiency and extended electric range Technologies, such as plug-in electric vehicles | |
| Chen et al. (2015) | High cost of traction batteries of PEVs and public perception of electric mobility |
| Prioritized main topics | Reference | Knowledge needs and priorities |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-effectiveness socio-political feasibility, social acceptance and legitimacy, flexibility | ||
| Feedstock cost developments | ||
| Renewable technologies dynamic cost developments over time | ||
| Dynamic cost developments for optimal policy instruments time path | ||
| Requirements for least-cost development and efficient operation | ||
| Renewable technologies historical cost developments for their economic comparison and role in energy supply | ||
| Dynamic spillovers across renewable energy prices, diffusion of technologies in relevance to renewable energy, RES impact on GDP growth | ||
| Impact of economic and social framework conditions, the geopolitical situation, resource availability on energy prices | ||
| Research on “smart grid”, “microgrid”, “virtual power plant” and “multi-energy system” | ||
| SuperGrid and SmartGrid pathways for modernizing the electricity architecture | ||
| Need of tax incentives and economic benefits to support GHG emissions mitigation | ||
| Green building incentives | ||
| Economic incentives on transport | ||
| Financial incentives to mobilise local citizens as investors in low carbon technologies | ||
| Initiatives aiming at increasing the share of solar generated electricity in the US energy mix | ||
| Current state of preferential tariffs for RES in countries of southeast Europe | ||
| Appropriate knowledge, tools, services and innovations for productive, environmentally friendly resource-efficient and resilient agriculture | ||
| Agricultural innovation and application in sustainable agricultural production | ||
| Renewable energy in industrial applications, potential of renewable technologies and factors for successful contribution | ||
| Taibia | Development of a detailed technology roadmap to explore the potential of renewable energy resources in industrial applications | |
| Solar and biomass-based technologies’ potential for small- and medium-scale enterprises in developing countries | ||
| Energy efficiency policy within a framework of a variety of different benefits | ||
| Increasing the magnitude of savings | ||
| Costs and benefits of Energy Efficiency Obligations | ||
| Technological constraints, limited options for decarbonising long-distance aviation and shipping | ||
| Consideration of biofuels, natural gas, hydrogen and electric motors as options for renewable transport | ||
| Need of governments’ fund for research and development of alternative fuels | ||
| Electrification of transportation to achieve CO2 reductions goals | ||
| Higher fuel efficiency and extended electric range Technologies, such as plug-in electric vehicles | ||
| High cost of traction batteries of PEVs and public perception of electric mobility |
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