How to Enhance the Commercial Outcome of Public Support Schemes for Cleantech
Denmark is the EU country accounting for the largest share of exports coming from clean-tech solutions. Hence, we have established a brand as a pioneering country in energy tech-nology. However, the Danish government’s ambition to double exports from its 2015-level of around DKK 70 billion to 140 billion by 2030 requires new measures that strengthen the commercial output. Public support schemes play a key role in bridging the gap between R&D and commercialization. It is crucial to bridge this gap to scale up the business potential of new innovative technology.
Denmark has a good track record with our public support schemes for technology develop-ment and demonstration programs, e.g. EUDP and MUDP. This track record is important to maintain in terms of the existing schemes’ ability to support and enhance innovative demon-stration activities in utilities within power, heat and water/waste water treatment. The support schemes pave the way for co-operation between utilities and industry enabling the develop-ment of innovative solutions with the potential to become commercially viable.
But our track record has room for improvement in terms of converting publicly supported in-novation activities into viable business opportunities capable of attracting private investors. This deficiency is pointed out in recent analyses, e.g. Deloitte Monitor’s report from June 2017 and the Global Cleantech Innovation Index also from June 2017. According to the lat-ter report ”Denmark is seen as a relatively inefficient cleantech innovation converter”.
On 1 November 2017, the Danish Intelligent Energy Alliance and the Danish Energy Asso-ciation assembled the key stakeholders represented in the process of commercializing clean-tech solutions. The objective was to allow them to share their considerations and recommendations on how to enhance the commercial outcome of public support schemes in Denmark.
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