Elements of Technological Foresight in Renewable Energy for Russian Industrial Policy

Starting in 2011, in the framework of Russia’s industrial policy there were established 34 technological platforms in key areas: medicine and biotechnologies, information and communication technologies, photonics, aerospace, nuclear technologies, energy, transport, new materials and metallurgy, natural resource extraction, manufacturing technologies and ecology. Although being initiated in difficult post-crisis time, they represent roadmaps for enhanced development in the context of Russia’s economy up to 2030. Here we discuss global technological foresight ideas in 6 areas: bioenergy, hydropower, geothermal, wind energy, solar energy and marine energy.