Oceanic power at the cusp of innovation while
energies including solar photovoltaic and wind power approaches
technical maturity
LONDON, Oct. 26,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate
Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a global leader in providing trusted
information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation,
today released a new report, A study of energy in transition:
the role of research and innovation in the world's shift to
sustainable energy sources. It finds that innovation activity
in the sustainable energy space is tailing off, as research and
inventive activities for respective renewable develops at different
paces. This finding is based on Clarivate data normalized for
overall increases in scientific journal and patent output increases
globally in all subject areas.
According to the report, solar photovoltaic and wind power, two
of the eight categories of renewable energy sources based on the EU
Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, have seen the greatest volume of
research and inventive activity in the past three decades, but that
activity is tailing off1. This indicates that the two
sustainable energies approached development maturity, where the
most complex technological issues and challenges have been
solved.
Oceanic power generation currently falls within the immature
scale of the report's sustainable energy sources maturity
index,2 despite oceanic power, with its
high energy density, being seen as one of the most promising
sustainable energy sources if fully harnessed.
From a geographic perspective, Mainland China tops global
research and innovation output in renewable energy sources,
strengthening its international stature as a research and
innovation powerhouse. While the United
States and Mainland China are closely matched in terms of
cumulative scientific research output for renewable energy sources,
Mainland China's cumulative inventive activity for renewable energy
sources far exceeds that of the U.S. Patent activity for renewable
energy in Mainland China is, however, not keeping pace with overall
Mainland Chinese patent activity, which is
accelerating.3 This supports the report's analysis that
research and innovation activity in the sustainable energy space is
tailing off.
"This study is part of our contribution towards the UN
Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and
Infrastructure. It looks at the relationship between global
research and innovation in the roll out and development of
sustainable energy sources. It identifies current gaps, trends and
needs of further research concentration, while looking at where
capabilities lie, by sustainable energy source and geography," said
Tiffani Shaw, Chief of Staff and
Sustainability Sponsor, Office of the CEO, Clarivate.
Other key findings of the report include:
- Renewable non-fossil fuels, which include green hydrogen, have
experienced among the lowest level of inventive and foundational
research activity to date.
- Top five countries/regions for inventive impact: Mainland
China, Saudi Arabia, Canada, United
States and Switzerland4. India has made great strides, with the highest
increase in inventive strength.
- Top five countries/regions for top 1% citation impact in
scientific articles: Australia,
Switzerland, Netherlands, Saudi
Arabia and Canada.5
Ed White, Chief Analyst and VP,
IP and Innovation Research at Clarivate said, "Securing a
habitable, sustainable planet for future generations is one of the
world's most pressing concerns. Our study provides innovation
intelligence to bridge the information gap between ambition and
action – so that funders, corporations, governments and researchers
can better understand the state of the current research and
innovation ecosystem for renewable energy sources and its likely
future shape. In doing so, we enable them to support decision
making to accelerate the shift to sustainable energy."
White concluded, "The current energy crisis has added a sense of
urgency to the world's efforts to transition to sustainable energy.
Policy makers can take the answers uncovered by the world's
scientists and match their governments' sustainable energy
ambitions with tangible action. At Clarivate, our broad range of
curated insights – from scientific and academic research to IP
intelligence – coupled with deep analytical expertise, can help the
world make sense of complex issues, such as the state of our
world's transition to sustainable energy sources, providing answers
for the way forward to a better, sustainable energy-powered
future."
Methodology
Rigorous data surrounding global research
and innovation was collated and curated for this report, bringing
together the deep content of the Web of Science™ publisher
independent global citation database, the curated source of global
patent data from the Derwent World Patent Index™ (DWPI™), the
Derwent Patents Citation Index™ and global IP case
data from Darts-ip™. Through a new data collection process reliant
on the patent examination process where references to research
papers are incorporated in the collection definition and then
expanded into a peer group of related, relevant research, a "base"
knowledge ecosystem enabling sustainable energy technologies was
formed. The research base and the trends within it were measured,
alongside the direct technology development cycles within patented
technologies specific to sustainable energy sources.
About Clarivate
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Media contact:
Jack Wan, Director, External
Communications
newsroom@clarivate.com
1 Source: Web of Science and DWPI
2 Source: Web of Science, DWPI, Derwent Patents Citation
Index, Darts-ip
3 Source: DWPI
4 Source: DWPI
5 Source: Web of Science
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