Tracking Trends and Informing Actions
Tracking Trends and Informing Actions
IEA Clean Energy Technologies Symposium
Suntec City, Singapore
2-3 November 2010
Brian A. Hitson
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Chair, IEA Energy Technology Data Exchange
"The calculus of innovation is really quite simple: Knowledge drives innovation; Innovation drives productivity; Productivity drives our economic growth."
(William Brody, President, Johns Hopkins University, 2005)
ETDE Implementing Agreement
• Comprehensive and cross-cutting
• 15 government signatories from five continents
• 5 partners
• Mission
• "To provide governments, industry and the research community in the member countries with access to the widest range of information on energy research, science and technology and to increase dissemination of this information to developing countries."
ETDE Stakeholders
Government Signatories:
• Brazil
• Canada
• Denmark
• Finland
• Germany
• Korea, Rep. of
• Mexico
• The Netherlands
• Norway
• Portugal
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• United States
Partners:
IAEA International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
IEA Clean Coal Centre
WorldWideScience.org
World Energy Congress
IEA Hydrogen Implementing Agreement
ETDEWEB
• The world's largest energy RD&D "knowledge"base (4.4 million records)
• More efficient than a Google search (87 percent unique!)
• Avoids duplication of research efforts
• Accelerates research collection process
• Identifies experts in particular research areas around the world
• "ETDEWEB is clearly the information system of reference; many national websites on energy RTD link to ETDEWEB."
– Energy RTD Information Systems in the European Research Area, European Commission, 2007
Energy and Environmental Records
Topic Records Nuclear >1 million Renewables 698,611 Fossil energy 556,554 Environmental (land, water or atmosphere) 427,497 Energy planning, policy and economy 210,457 Energy efficiency, conservation, consumption and use 197,692 Transportation/Advanced Propulsion 78,594 Fuel Cells, energy storage/conversion 78,170
Renewable Energies
Topic Records Hydrogen 285,213 Solar or Photovoltaic 182,392 Biomass, biofuels, bioenergy 81,931 Wind 46,083 Hydro 35,846 Geothermal 34,920 Synthetic Fuels 29,538 Tidal and Wave 2,688 698,611
How does ETDEWEB work?
Screen capture of ETDEWEB "Easy Search"
Screen capture of ETDEWEB "Easy Search Results"
Search Refinement Aid
search phrase
# of records found
Note diversity of sources: Brazil, Canada, Brunei, Malaysia
Screen capture of ETDEWEB "Bibliographic Citation"
Translate record in 34 languages
Link to full text
Screen capture of full text "Doria"
Screen capture of ETDEWEB "Bibliographic Citation"
Link to journal article
Screen capture of journal article "SciVerse"
Some Interesting titles for Asia and ASEAN countries:
ETDEWEB Bibliographic Citation
Some Interesting titles…
ETDEWEB Bibliographic Citation
Fourteen lessons learned from the successful nuclear power program of the Republic of Korea
Some Interesting titles…
ETDEWEB Bibliographic Citation
Preliminary investigation of the potential of harnessing tidal energy for electricity generation in Malaysia
Some Interesting titles…
ETDEWEB Bibliographic Citation
Fast market penetration of energy techologies in retrospect with application to clean energy futures
Some Interesting titles…
ETDEWEB Bibliographic Citation
Implications of using clean technologies to power selected ASEAN countries
Screen capture of ETDEWEB Federated Search
Screen capture of ETDEWEB Federated Search Results
ETDEWEB Access and Use
• Access limited to ETDE signatories and specific developing countries.
• Recent innovations in domain recognition technology (e.g., ".de"(Germany) domain) allow user "authentication"without password or registration.
• Usage has increased by twenty-fold among member and developing countries.
• Translations 'widget' for 34 languages.
Developing Country Access
Afghanistan Guatemala Nigeria Albania Guinea Pakistan Algeria Guinea-Bissau Palestinian Territories (West Bank/ Gaza) Angola Guyana Papua New Guinea Armenia Haiti Paraguay Azerbaijan Honduras Peru Bangladesh Indonesia Philippines Belize Iraq Rwanda Benin Jordan Samoa Bhutan Kenya Sao Tome and Principe Bolivia Kiribati Senegal Burkina Faso Kyrgyzstan Sierra Leone Burundi Lao People's Democratic Republic Solomon Islands Cambodia Lesotho Somalia Cameroon Liberia Sri Lanka Cape Verde Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Swaziland Central African Republic Madagascar Tajikistan Chad Malawi Tanzania, United Republic of Colombia Maldives Thailand Comoros Mali Timor-Leste Congo Marshall Islands Togo Congo, The Democratic Republic of Mauritania Tonga Cote d'Ivoire Micronesia, Federated States of Tunisia Djibouti Moldova, Republic of Turkmenistan Ecuador Mongolia Uganda Egypt Morocco Ukraine El Salvador Mozambique Uzbekistan Eritrea Myanmar Vanuatu Ethiopia Namibia Vietnam Gambia Nepal Yemen Georgia Nicaragua Zambia Ghana Niger Zimbabwe
ETDE Membership
• Task-sharing: prepare and submit records of energy RTD activities published within the member country (from journals, technical reports, conference proceedings, books, etc.), including full text when available.
• Cost-sharing: make contribution to cover annual cost of the exchange (i.e., primarily, ETDEWEB), consisting of "base" fee and "additional"contribution (related to national energy R&D expenditures relative to other member countries).
• Contracting party has right to determine ETDEWEB access policies and any fees within its national borders.
Conclusion
• Becoming a member in ETDE will:
• Increase national research capabilities
• Provide a sound basis for decision-making
• Drive innovation
Brian Hitson
U.S. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Chair, Energy Technology Data Exchange
hitsonb@osti.gov
+1-865-576-1199
www.etde.org
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