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The Climate Web 10/5/2026
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E - Business Sectors Top Level
E - Energy Sectors
E - Electric Sector Extracts
E - Technology Disruption
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E - Electric Sector Extracts
E - Technology Innovation
Electric Sector
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2004 Kostoff_Disruptive technology roadmaps
2016 An example of technology disruption LEDs
Combining literature-based discovery and roadmapping enhances likelihood of success
Current strategic planning processes promoting current rather than new disruptive technologies
Disruptive Technology
Disruptive vs. discontinuous innovations
Identifying disruptive technologies
It should be possible to identify disruptive technologies
Large firms tend to prefer sustaining technologies
New Year’s Resolution: Commercialize Free Energy Technology
Step 1 - define the problem or opportunity to be addressed
Step 2 - retrieve the full literature that addresses the problem
Step 3 - Identify the high priority technology alternatives
Step 4 - Identify experts for workshops and roadmapping
Step 5 - Construct roadmap
Successful organizations fail because they don't recognize distinction of sustaining and disruptive technologies
Sustaining technology
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I - DisruptiveTechnology