Kolesnikov, SergeyHan, MengyaoLi, DeyuJung, TheaChan, GabrielNarayanamurti, VenkateshDiaz Anadon, Laura2023-10-312023-10-312023-11-01https://hdl.handle.net/11299/257889On June 18-19, 2023, the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance hosted an in-person international Workshop entitled ‘Accelerating development of energy innovation ecosystems: strengthening links across institutions and actors’ at the Old Divinity School in St. John’s College, University of Cambridge. This Workshop was co-led by Professors Laura Diaz Anadon (University of Cambridge), Venkatesh Narayanamurti (Harvard University) and Gabriel Chan (University of Minnesota), who were co-PIs in a major project funded by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation titled ‘What factors drive innovation in energy technologies? The role of technology spillovers and government investment’ (‘Energy Technology Spillovers project’ below for short). This project investigated, using multiple research methods, the role of knowledge spillovers between different areas of science and technology in the development of clean energy technologies, including solar photovoltaics, lithium-ion batteries, and solid-state lighting. The Workshop was funded by the Energy Technology Spillovers project, which formally concluded later in 2023. The Workshop provided an opportunity to exchange project insights with key external experts. The focus of the Workshop, however, was broader and considered the role and effectiveness of different energy innovation policy interventions and the links between energy technology innovation and the wider innovation system in the context of the energy transition.On June 18-19, 2023, the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance in the University of Cambridge hosted an in-person international Workshop entitled ‘Accelerating development of energy innovation ecosystems: strengthening links across institutions and actors.’ The Workshop was funded by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation as part of the research project ’What factors drive innovation in energy technologies? The role of technology spillovers and government investment’ led by Professors Laura Diaz Anadon (University of Cambridge), Venkatesh Narayanamurti (Harvard University) and Gabriel Chan (University of Minnesota) as co-PIs. The Workshop brought together researchers from the project and world-leading experts and scholars in energy technology and innovation policy, academic entrepreneurs, and policy makers from the UK, US, and the EU. This report summarises the findings about the factors contributing to the successes and failures of energy innovation ecosystems identified by participants of the Workshop over a course of three panel discussions. The report provides a background for the following recommendations for action by national or regional policy makers in the UK and beyond to accelerate energy innovation through improvements in the energy innovation system put forward by participants as the key takeaways from the Workshop: 1. Fill the gaps in the energy innovation system 2. Strengthen the linkages in the energy innovation system and beyond 3. Facilitate conducive government policy 4. Change organisational and leadership cultureenReport