Alternative Energy/Give an overall picture of the AE field

Answer the questions:

Give an overall picture of the field.

*How was this field born and how is it evolving?

• 1970 Oil Embargo raised interest in alternative energies for energy/economic security and resource and environmental sustainability.
  

*What are the main business models?

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*What are the innovation dynamics in this field? (inputs/outputs, timing of innovation/ disruptive or incremental innovation?)

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*How does knowledge flow in this field?

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*Is this field replicating models from other fields?

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*How many companies?

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*How much money do they make or how much money do they “move” in the American economy?

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*How important is research from universities in this specific field?

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*How important is public funding in this field?

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*How important is private funding / venture capital in this field?

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*Are there any specific public policies (from agencies, federal or state policies) that give incentives for openness or enclosure?

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*What is the cost structure of the field?

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*Who are the producers, the buyers, and the users?

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*What is the structure of power from the production side and what is the structure of power in the demand side? E.g., who has the power to control production and demand? How is the control distributed?

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