Switching to renewable power : a framework for the 21st century
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 renewable energy within the context of a rapid energy transition using case studies from different countries over the past 30 years. Having described the global context in detail covering oil and gas deplet
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Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Promise of Renewable Power; The problems plaguing the current energy system; The promise of renewable power; Needed: a regulatory framework for transition; Rationale of current renewable power policies; Notes; References; Part 1 Context; Chapter 2 Oil Depletion; Chapter 3 Global Climate Change and Renewable Energy: Exploring the Links; Chapter 4 Renewable Energy for Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities. Part 2 Policies to Deveop Renewable Electricity and its Generation TechnologiesChapter 5 Danish Wind Power Policies from 1976 to 2004: A Survey of Policy Making and Techno-economic Innovation; Chapter 6 Germany: From a Modest Feed-in Law to a Framework for Transition; Chapter 7 The UK Renewables Obligation; Chapter 8 The Design and Impacts of the Texas Renewables Portfolio Standard; Chapter 9 European Union Policy towards Renewable Power; Part 3 Evalua
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