In November 2015, the Breakthrough Energy Coalition (BEC), a team of private investors, announced a multi-billion dollar fund to “get energy technologies out of the lab and into the marketplace”. The scope of the initiative, including the marketplace, is relevant: development and demonstration of new energy technologies are no guarantee for successful commercial deployment.
Three key reasons contribute to the challenge of commercializing new energy technologies:
- Time-to-bankability
- Capital intensity
- Ecosystem development
Against these challenges, 2015 was a landmark year with five key trends that have the potential to accelerate the commercialization of energy technology for the future:
- Clean energy overtakes fossil fuels
- New sources of capital and financial products
- The rise of distributed generation
- Commercial and industrial customers take the lead
- Government-funded cross-technology development
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