energy sustainability policy & the three i s nova scotia r&d forum may 2006 dr michael raymont ceo energyinet inc sustainabilty taken as a given that new technologies must increasingly demonstrate and reduced environmental footprint not just ghg but also land use water collateral resources social community issues drivers innovation international integration greatest of these is an impact non holistic thinking market expansion supply chain government programs policies private sector investment basic applied demonstration pre commercial niche supported fully product technology push pull idea valley death cost per unit engagement strategic deployment barrier removal imperatives challengesimperatives challenges integrated flow activities from all way to different players involved in stages universities labs ngo associations capital sources number diversity inputs has big on outputs optimized balance necessary create desired current don t take approach
