Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/297279 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1483
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
The net-zero agreement on carbon emission from Paris 2015 gives a key role to fossil-free energy technologies with an expected multifold growth rate over the coming decades, when successively replacing oil, coal, and gas. In this paper, we delve into the EU's competitive advantage in the evolving trade war in clean energy, investigate European strengths and weaknesses in innovation and production, and discuss the impact of the upcoming trade war on the global warming challenge. Our results show that the EU has a strong position in innovation capabilities in the strategic net-zero technologies. However, this is not matched by production capabilities: EU has only a few firms among the leading manufacturers in net-zero technologies.
Subjects: 
Energy geopolitics
Net-zero technologies
Patents
Innovation
JEL: 
F02
O18
R10
Q50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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