To attain a net zero emissions future and keep climate change in check, about half of the energy-related emissions the world must avoid do not yet have commercially available solutions that can be bought off-the-shelf today. This context-setting episode, recorded in early February 2022, includes discussions with experts – including Araceli Fernandez Pales, Head of the IEA’s Technology Innovation Unit, and Smita Rakesh, Vice President and Partner at Social Alpha. It delves into how we are counting on certain clean energy technology innovations to decarbonize our economies, introduces us to India’s innovation landscape and map the challenges associated with energy transitions in emerging market economies. Episode 1 is a precursor to the season’s upcoming discussions with founders of innovative clean energy start-ups.
Show Notes
To attain a net zero emissions future and keep climate change in check, about half of the energy-related emissions the world must avoid do not yet have commercially available solutions that can be bought off-the-shelf today. This context-setting episode, recorded in early February 2022, includes discussions with experts – including Araceli Fernandez Pales, Head of the IEA’s Technology Innovation Unit, and Smita Rakesh, Vice President and Partner at Social Alpha. It delves into how we are counting on certain clean energy technology innovations to decarbonize our economies, introduces us to India’s innovation landscape and map the challenges associated with energy transitions in emerging market economies. Episode 1 is a precursor to the season’s upcoming discussions with founders of innovative clean energy start-ups.
Further reading:
- Clean Energy Innovation, Energy Technology Perspectives, IEA 2020: https://www.iea.org/reports/clean-energy-innovation
- Net Zero by 2050, IEA 2021: https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050
- India Energy Outlook, IEA 2021: https://www.iea.org/reports/india-energy-outlook-2021
- Clean Energy International Incubation Centre, Social Alpha: https://ceiic.socialalpha.org/
- Financing clean energy transitions in emerging and developing economies, IEA 2021: https://www.iea.org/reports/financing-clean-energy-transitions-in-emerging-and-developing-economies
- ETP Clean Energy Technology Guide, IEA 2021: https://www.iea.org/articles/etp-clean-energy-technology-guide
- How Governments Support Clean Energy Start-ups, IEA 2022: https://www.iea.org/reports/how-governments-support-clean-energy-start-ups
- Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change, Innovation, technology development and transfer, IPCC 2022: https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6wg3/pdf/IPCC_AR6_WGIII_FinalDraft_Chapter16.pdf
This episode is hosted by Siddharth Singh, Simon Bennett and Lucila Arboleya Sarazola. It was produced by Rakesh Kamal (Suno India). Additional production help was provided by Rob Stone and Allison Leacu.
What is Innovation Frontlines?
The International Energy Agency is sharing the stories of the clean energy innovators who are vital to addressing the world’s energy and climate challenges and take us a net zero emissions future.
This season of Innovation Frontlines focuses on innovators and entrepreneurs in India, featuring in-depth and personal interviews with founders of clean energy technology start-ups. Each episode helps illuminate a different part of the technology challenge: What is the right business model for batteries in a country like India? How do you raise financing for a new fuel cell invention? Where are the opportunities in international value chains? How can technology and social entrepreneurship work together?