International transfer of green innovation: A comparative analysis of the wind and solar power industries in China and India

• Project/Area Number: 15K16163
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental policy and social systems
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: Hayashi Daisuke 立命館大学, 国際関係学部, 准教授 (50732848)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: イノベーション / 学習曲線分析 / 技術移転 / 技術政策 / 中国 / インド / 風力発電 / 太陽光発電 / 技術イノベーション / 公共政策 / 学習効果 / エネルギー転換 / 技術変化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study analyzes factors underlying the growth of China and India’s wind and solar photovoltaic industries, focusing on technological learning, technology transfer, and public policies. Key findings are three-fold. First, market expansion does not necessarily lead to productivity gains. Thus, it is essential to support technological capabilities through innovation policies. Second, innovation capability building requires technology transfer mechanisms that encourage recipient firms’ research and development effort. The most effective transfer mechanisms are mergers and acquisitions and international research and development centers. Third, policymakers need to strike a balance between technology-push and demand-pull policies, and be attentive to technological characteristics as they determine the nature of the technological learning required to develop innovation capabilities.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究成果の社会的意義は、化石燃料から再生可能エネルギーへの急速な転換を進める中国とインドの技術戦略と政策支援を明らかにし、新興国におけるクリーン・エネルギー転換への示唆を得られたことである。学術的には、気候・エネルギー政策分野では、技術中立型（technology-neutral）と技術固有型（technology-specific）の政策の是非が議論されてきたが、イノベーション能力の構築という政策目標に関しては、技術固有型の政策の有効性を確認できたと言える。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] スイス連邦工科大学(スイス)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ジョージタウン大学(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] スイス連邦工科大学(スイス)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ジョージタウン大学(米国)
• [Journal Article] Knowledge flow in low-carbon technology transfer: A case of India's wind power industry (2018)
  • Author(s): Hayashi Daisuke
  • Journal Title: Energy Policy Volume: 123 Pages: 104-116
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.08.040
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Gone with the wind: A learning curve analysis of China's wind power industry (2018)
  • Author(s): Hayashi Daisuke、Huenteler Joern、Lewis Joanna I.
  • Journal Title: Energy Policy Volume: 120 Pages: 38-51
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.05.012
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Energy Transitions in China and India: Leapfrogging in Wind and Solar Power Technologies (2018)
  • Author(s): Daisuke Hayashi
  • Journal Title: Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs Volume: Spring/Summer Issue
• [Journal Article] Gone with the Wind: A Learning Curve Analysis of China’s Wind Power Industry (2018)
  • Author(s): Daisuke Hayashi, Joern Huenteler, and Joanna I. Lewis
  • Journal Title: Energy Policy Volume: 印刷中
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Policy Mixes for Innovation in China and India's Wind and Solar Photovoltaic Industries (2020)
  • Author(s): Daisuke Hayashi
  • Organizer: Swiss Political Science Association Annual Congress 2020
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Energy Transitions in China and India: Policy Mixes for Leapfrogging in Wind Power Technology (2019)
  • Author(s): Daisuke Hayashi
  • Organizer: International Sustainability Transitions Conference 2019
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Energy transitions in China and India: Leapfrogging in wind and solar power technologies (2018)
  • Author(s): Hayashi Daisuke
  • Organizer: Energy talk at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Knowledge Flow in Low-Carbon Technology Transfer: A Case of India’s Wind Power Industry (2017)
  • Author(s): 林大祐
  • Organizer: 環境経済・政策学会2017年大会
• [Presentation] Globalizing Strategies for Low-Carbon Technology Transfer: A Case of India's Wind Power Industry (2016)
  • Author(s): Daisuke Hayashi
  • Organizer: 2016 Nairobi Conference on Earth System Governance
  • Place of Presentation: ナイロビ（ケニア）
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-08
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Gone with the Wind: A Learning Curve Analysis of China’s Wind Power Industry (2015)
  • Author(s): Daisuke Hayashi
  • Organizer: Rokko Environmental Economics and Policy Seminar
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸大学（兵庫県神戸市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-18
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Gone with the Wind: A Learning Curve Analysis of China’s Wind Power Industry (2015)
  • Author(s): Daisuke Hayashi
  • Organizer: 環境経済・政策学会2015年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学（京都府京都市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-20
• [Book] Challenges of European External Energy Governance with Emerging Powers (2015)
  • Author(s): Michele Knodt, Nadine Piefer, Franziska Mueller, Swati Ganeshan, Susanne Gratius, Daisuke Hayashi, Mark Daniel Jaeger, Knud Erik Joergensen, Madhura Joshi, Dan Kim, Lai Suet-Yi, Bruno Oliveira Martins, Agathe Maupin, Katharina Michaelowa, Ulrich Mueller, Aline Ribas, Viviane Romeiro, Roberto Schaeffer, et al.
  • Total Pages: 370
  • Publisher: Ashgate Publishing