Palo Alto, Calif. -- The emergence of a new renewable energy industry often follows a familiar pattern.
First, technological breakthroughs occur. Second, various manufacturers begin to coalesce around standard designs and materials. Third, a national government and local conglomerates decide to make the market their own.
Look at solar. In the wake of the Arab oil crisis, the Japanese government devised its 'Project Sunshine' policy to help grow a solar industry. Sharp (TVs, pencils) and Kyocera (material science) became two of solar's early giants. In Denmark, a decades-old conglomerate called Vestas moved into wind in conjunction with a national efficiency and renewables policy and all the existing manufacturers converged around a three-blade design. Tidal and wave manufacturers have yet to coalesce around standards, but national markers have already been set. Scotland and Ireland have carved out programs to ensure the industry, if it takes off, will occur there.
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