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Solar energy adoption barriers: a vicious cycle?

Christensen Institute

Technical issues worsen social perceptions on solar energy. This lack of financial resources can then be blamed for the technical faults in the first place. From technical to social Technical barriers to solar energy adoption include both infrastructural and personnel issues. GW of power to the grid.

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Citizen Science and the Future of Cancer Research

IdeaScale

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training. In 2016, The National Cancer Institute launched the Cancer Research Ideas crowdsourcing website to enable the research community and the public to submit ideas on how best to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.

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Continuing the Energy Transition Journey

Paul Hobcraft

Technology innovation, suggested new business models, outline proposals for changing policies, processes, and market design all are being “sketched out.” It is evident innovation must be way broader than just technological RD&D. During this past week, I have been working through specific aspects of the energy transition model.

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The Innovation Intensity needed in the Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

We need to accelerate innovation and technology adoption. The IEA assesses the status of 46 critical energy technologies and sectors and offers some general advice on how to get “on track” with this SDS approach. There is significant pressure on Governments as they attempt to stimulate their economies.

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Taking advantage of emergence for discovery

Paul Hobcraft

Her opening insight is in the twenty-first century we are all requiring more reliance on social technologies that are designed to allow the different technologies to emerge and be allowed to integrate, due to the diversity and diffusion of knowledge. the governance discovery problem. the Project discovery Problem, 2.

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Living in a globally connected world of Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

The report is found here: https://itif.org/publications/2016/01/20/contributors-and-detractors-ranking-countries%E2%80%99-impact-global-innovation. In the 27 indicators they examined the contributors to global innovation were grouped into three categories of taxes, human capital, and R&D and technology.

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Top funds for innovative ideas and startups: Asia — India

hackerearth

Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review. It is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). NIF’s mission is “to help India become a creative and knowledge-based society by expanding policy and institutional space for grassroots technological innovators.”. Part 1: India. Read more here.) Startup India.