Intellectual property rights and transfer of environmentally sound technologies

Abstract

Intellectual Property Rights is an upcoming field in its own right. This grant of exclusivity to an intangible asset has been the subject of several international conferences and debates. The understanding of the subject as well as the literature and knowledge base available for it is very limited, especially in developing countries like India. Alongside, climate change and renewable energy is also an upcoming topic. With global warming and depletion of non-renewable sources of energy taking their toll on the world at large, technology for tapping of renewable sources of energy has become a quintessential part of the discussion. Seeing the current global scenario, we feel that a combination of these two emerging debates will not only lead to generation of more awareness about IPRs but also have a strong focus on climate change, renewable energy technology and how the process should be taken forward. In the above context this report tries to evaluate two technologies which are Solar PV and Carbon capture and storage (CCS) from an Indian context. A brief description of the technologies is presented and the implementation costs for both have been studied. Finally recommendations are provided.