Sustainable Development and Innovation in the Energy SectorSpringer Science & Business Media, 2005 - 267 pages Almost every energy scenario assumes an enormous growth in the demand for energy in the coming decades. Meanwhile, at international conferences and other venues, the primary concern is massive reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, especially of the CO2 produced by fossil-fuel energy consumption. Experts also point out the political risk of depending on petroleum and remind us of the fact that resources are not inexhaustible. This timely book explores: how these conflicting scenarios could be reconciled; how can we shape a more sustainable energy system from the existing one; and possible technological progress and innovations to enable a brighter future. It also addresses the reality that there exists no consensus on the extent to which innovations can really contribute to reconciling ever-growing energy consumption, availability of resources and the environment, and the structural demands on any energy system. |
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... renewable energy resources , which must not give rise , however , to an inappropriate consumption of other resources . The core question addressed by the interdisciplinary project group , " Sustainable development and innovation in the ...
... Energy Systems 105 101 5 5.1 Introduction 105 5.2 Technical energy efficiency improvement 106 5.3 Renewable energy sources 112 5.4 Future images : possible developments and effects 117 5.5 Conclusions : What can be learned from history ...
... excludes a sustainable use of limited resources , a dynamic con- cept of flows ( current use ) is introduced , which is based on the substitution of non- renewable resources by renewable ones and on the continuous creation I.
Ulrich Steger. renewable resources by renewable ones and on the continuous creation of new , more efficient ways of using resources . In this way , the need for innovations in this area is , at least implicitly , addressed . If , by ...
... energy efficiency and decarbonization . The first aims at decou- pling the gross domestic product ( GDP ) from the energy demand , the latter at the substitution of fossil resources by renewable or carbon - free energy sources . The ...
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