1. Sustainable Energy - an Introduction to the Topic Klaus D. John and Dirk T.G. Rübbelke 2. Low Cost but Totally Renewable Electricity Supply for a Huge Supply Area - a European/Trans-European Example Gregor Czisch 3. Market Based or Command and Control? What Sort of Policy Instruments Do We Need to Deliver Clean Energy? David Toke 4. More Heat Than Light? On the Economics of Decarbonisation Ottmar Edenhofer, Brigitte Knopf, Gunnar Luderer, Jan Steckel and Thomas Bruckner 5. Combining Insights from Economics and Social Psychology to Explain Environmentally Significant Consumption Steffen Kallbekken, Jostein Rise and Hege Westskog 6. Germany in the Way to a Full Supply on the Basis of Renewable Energy Harry Lehman 7. Discussions Kristin Peschel
Biography
Klaus John is Professor of Economic Policy at Chemnitz
University of Technology.
Dirk Rübbelke is Ikerbasque Research Professor at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) and IKERBASQUE, the Basque Foundation for Science
"In this volume based on the 7th Chemnitz Symposium: "Europe and Environment," John (economic policy Chemnitz U. of Technology, Germany) and Rübbelke (Basque Centre for Climate Change, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain) introduce the challenges that renewable sources of energy and energy efficiency can address: climate change, highly volatile energy prices on the global market, dependency on non-renewable fuels from political unstable countries, and the transfer of wealth to these countries. International, multidisciplinary contributors to seven illustrated chapters treat aspects and examples of a low-cost, large-scale renewable electricity supply; policy issues; a model for predicting consumption based on insights from economics and social psychology; and Germany's pioneering efforts. Discussions following the papers presented conclude the volume." -- ©2011 Book News Inc.
