1st Edition
Switching to Renewable Power A Framework for the 21st Century
Edited By Volkmar Lauber
Copyright 2005
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
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Renewable energy has enjoyed relatively good - and sometimes extraordinary - growth in recent years, in particular photovoltaics and wind; but it will be difficult to sustain such rates of diffusion on a global basis. A more complete transition to renewable energy is required on a demanding timescale set by climate change and fossil fuel depletion. This book analyses strategies for promoting... Read more
Introduction: The Promise of Renewable Power * Part I: Context * Oil Depletion * Global Climate Change and Renewable Energy: Exploring the Links * Renewable Energy for Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities * Part II: Policies to Develop Renewable Electricity and its Generation Technologies * Danish Wind Power Policies from 1976 to 2004: A Survey of Policy Making and Techno-Economic Innovation * Germany: From a Modest Feed-in Law to a Framework for Transition * The UK Renewables Obligation * The Design and Impacts of the Texas Renewables Portfolio Standard * European Union Policy towards Renewable Power * Part III: Evaluation of Policies and Approaches * Comparing Support for Renewable Power * Renewable Energy: Political Prices or Political Quantities * Tradeable Certificate Systems and Feed-in Tariffs: Expectation Versus Performance * Index
Biography
Volkmar Lauber, editor, is professor of political science at the University of Salzburg, Austria.
