…and then there is management…
Posted on | July 27, 2010 | No Comments
The American Energy Innovation Council, headed by business leaders such as Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, and Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric, argues that the reason for the lack of progress in areas of renewable energy is the low level of federal funding in this area.
I believe that this is true, but I believe that an even more important reason is the lack of “management.” In energy related areas of research there are simply too many different alternative technologies that can, and are, being researched in parallell. Regardless of how much the government increases the funding for technology research, the money needs to be invested in fewer alternatives.
This is also a need that has been identified by the American Energy Innovation Council, but it has not been as widely debated as the need of increased research funding. It is still the first item of the five recommendations listed by the council to establish an independent energy strategy board. What this board needs to do is to narrow down the areas of research to some of the most promising.
Tags: change management > energy efficiency > energy strategy board > energy systems transformation > Global Energy Transformation > International Energy Agency > large scale transformation > Mats R Larsson > organizational learning > program management > project management
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