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Technology clusters

Authors: Schrattenholzer L, Miketa A, Riahi K, Roehrl RA

Publication Year: 2004

Reference: In Achieving a Sustainable Global Energy System: Identifying Possibilities Using Long-Term Energy Scenarios, L. Schrattenholzer, A. Miketa, K. Riahi, R.A. Roehrl (eds)
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 82-108 [2004]

[ISBN 1 84376 923 9] ESRI Studies Series on the Environment

Abstract

This chapter presents the concept of technology clusters, a concept that has proved useful for the analysis of long-term energy-economy-environment (E3) scenarios from a policy perspective. Generally speaking, technology clusters are groups of technologies that have at least one important feature in common. We shall define four types of technology clusters, illustrate them with examples, and then proceed to show how the cluster concept can be used to analyze patterns of energy technology evolvement in sustainable-development E3 scenarios.