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Energy Innovation Project
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Energy Innovation Project
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Research

Energy Innovation

working papers

Michaels, Harvey, and Donnelly, Kat
Architecting the Consumer Side of the Grid for Energy Efficiency
MIT IPC Energy Innovation Working Paper 11-003
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Peretz, Neil

Lessons from the Communications Industry in Standards for the Smart Grid
MIT IPC Energy Innovation Working Paper 11-002
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Henderson, Rebecca, and Newell, Richard G.
Accelerating Energy Innovaton: Insights from Multiple Sectors
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
NBER Working Paper No. 16529


Ghosh, Shikhar, and Nanda, Ramana

Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector
MIT IPC Working Paper 10-004
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Lester, Richard K.
America's Energy Innovation Problem (And How to Fix It)
MIT IPC Working Paper 10-003
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Hart, David M., and Kadri Kallas
Alignment and Misalignment of Technology Push and Regulatory Pull: Federal RD&D Support for SO2 and NOx Emissions Control Technology for Coal-Fired Power Plants, 1970-2000
MIT IPC Working Paper 10-002
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Knight, Kevin J., Phillip M. Cunio, Jenny D. Kwan, Bharat Bhushan, and Erika B. Wagner
Prizes for Energy Innovation: Incentives for Today's Challenges (A white paper by the X PRIZE Lab@MIT)
MIT IPC Energy Innovation Working Paper 10-001
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Colatat, Phech, Georgeta Vidican, and Richard Lester
Innovation Systems in the Solar Photovoltaic Industry: The Role of Public Research Institutions
MIT IPC Energy Innovation Working Paper 09-007
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Lester, Richard K., and Ashley Finan
Quantifying the Impact of Proposed Carbon Emission Reductions on the U. S. Energy Infrastructure
MIT IPC Energy Innovation Working Paper 09-006
(This paper supercedes MIT IPC Working Paper 09-004)
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Hart, David M.
Making, Breaking, and (Partially) Remaking Markets: State Regulation and Photovoltaic Electricity in New Jersey
MIT IPC Working Paper 09-005
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Lester, Richard K., and Ashley Finan
Quantifying the Impact of Proposed Carbon Emission Reductions on the U.S. Energy Infrastructure
MIT IPC Energy Innovation Working Paper 09-004
(This paper is superceded by MIT IPC Working Paper 09-006)
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Willrich, Mason
Electricity Transmission Policy for America: Enabling a Smart Grid, End-to-End
MIT IPC Working Paper 09-003
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Lester, Richard K., and Robert Rosner
The Growth of Nuclear Power: Drivers and Constraints, forthcoming in Daedalus
MIT IPC Energy Innovation Working Paper 09-002
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Hart, David M.
Don't Worry About the Government? The LEED-NC "Green Building" Rating System and Energy Efficiency in U.S. Commercial Buildings
MIT IPC Working Paper 09-001
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Steinfeld, Edward S., Richard K. Lester, and Edward A. Cunningham
Greener Plants, Grayer Skies? A report from the front lines of China's energy sector
MIT IPC Energy Innovation Working Paper 08-002
(This paper has been published in Energy Policy, Vol. 37, No. 5, May 2009, p. 1809-1824.)
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Lester, Richard K.
Reforming the U. S. Energy Innovation System
MIT IPC Energy Innovation Working Paper 08-001
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Hatakenaka, Sachi, Petter Westnes, Martin Gjelsvik, and Richard K. Lester
The Regional Dynamics of Innovation: A comparative study of oil and gas industry development in Stavanger and Aberdeen
MIT IPC Energy Innovation Working Paper 06-008
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