Clean Energy Tech: A New Industrial Age Dawns – Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University

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Clean energy innovation is accelerating. Batteries are getting denser and cheaper; wind turbines are getting bigger and better, and new solar projects often generate the cheapest electricity in the world.

Meanwhile, cutting-edge technologies such as hydrogen electrolysis and direct carbon capture in the air continue to improve.

Most of the world’s major economies, the US, the EU, India, Japan and China are racing to reap the economic benefits of this technological innovation through implementation incentives and support of domestic production.

But bottlenecks for critical minerals, supply chain constraints from Covid, and fierce competition between countries are all potential roadblocks for this new industrial era.

Where is clean energy innovation advancing fastest? And how will competition over manufacturing play out in the coming decade?

Host Bill Loveless talks to Timur Gl this week.

Timur heads the Energy Technology Policy Division at the International Energy Agency and leads the Energy Technology Perspectives report. The flagship series serves as the world’s first comprehensive guide to the clean-tech industries of the future. Version 2023 was just released earlier this month.

Timur gives us an insider’s look into the report. He and Bill discuss how the key findings fit into the current geopolitical atmosphere of energy markets. They also talk about the increased opportunities both globally and nationally for technological innovation.

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