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Firm-level technology transfer and technology cooperation for wind energy between Europe, China and India: From North?South to South?North cooperation?

Publication date: October 2015
Source:Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume 28

Author(s): Frauke Urban, Yuan Zhou, Johan Nordensvard, Ankita Narain

For several decades the leading wind energy nations were European, while China and India were mainly the recipients of technology transfer. This paper aims to explore the role technology transfer/cooperation from Europe played in shaping firm-level wind energy technologies in China and India and to discuss whether the recent technology cooperation between the Chinese, Indian, and European wind firms challenges the classical North?South technology cooperation paradigm. The research finds that firm-level technology transfer/cooperation shaped the leading wind energy technologies in China and to a lesser extent in India. The paper also finds that several trends towards South?North technology cooperation have been observed between China, India and Europe, such as South?North flows of capital, drivers for market access, and R&D leadership, while the origins of innovation (e.g. patents) seem to remain predominantly in the global North. The paper concludes that the technology cooperation between China, India, and Europe has become more multi-faceted and increasingly Southern-led.





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