Information-Driven Innovation in Energy: Toward Sustainable Models for Energy Patent Start-Ups

In modern economies, especially in the EU, one of the main ways to finance and launch innovative businesses is through regulations regarding start-ups. This route seems problematic for some new patents, particularly in the energy sector when they require an experimental phase, being based on conceptual projects. Below we briefly reflect on some possible reasons for this problem and highlight aspects that could be useful for improving the regulation, so that it can facilitate the financing of the necessary experiments (or industrial prototype development) and therefore effectively promote innovation and sustainability possibly in a framework of ESG Management.