Delivering a Low-Carbon Electricity System

Technologies, Economics and Policy
Herausgeber: Grubb, Michael; Pollitt, Michael G.; Jamasb, Tooraj

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Produktbeschreibung

A systematic analysis of the issues surrounding the creation of a low-carbon electricity sector.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1012g
• ISBN-13: 9780521888844
• ISBN-10: 0521888840
• Artikelnr.: 23426514

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword;
Acknowledgments; 1. A low-carbon electricity sector for the UK: issues and
options Michael Grubb, Tooraj Jamasb and Michael Pollitt; Part I. The
Fundamentals: 2. Calculating the social cost of carbon Chris Hope and David
Newbery; 3. Technologies for a low-carbon electricity system: an assessment
of the UK's issues and options Tooraj Jamasb, William J. Nuttall, Michael
Pollitt and Alexandra Maratou; 4. The benefits of fuel mix diversity Fabien
A. Roques; 5. Variability and renewables Graham Sinden; 6. Implications of
intermittency and transmission constraints for renewables deployment
Karsten Neuhoff, Jim Cust and Kim Keats; Part II. Incentives and the Demand
Side: Demand Side Management and System Requirements: 7. Electricity
network investment and regulation for a low-carbon future Michael Pollitt
and Janusz Bialek; 8. Domestic electricity consumption and demand side
participation: opportunities and challenges for the UK power system Mark
Bilton, Charlotte Ramsay, Matthew Leach, Hannah Devine-Wright, Patrick
Devine-Wright and Daniel Kirschen; 9. Enhancing efficient use of
electricity in the business and public sectors Michael Grubb, James Wilde
and Steven Sorrell; Part III. Investment, Price and Innovation: 10. Will
the market choose the right technologies? Karsten Neuhoff and Paul Twomey;
11. Pricing carbon for electricity generation: national and international
dimensions Michael Grubb and David Newbery; 12. Learning curves for energy
technology: a critical assessment Tooraj Jamasb and Jonathan Köhler; 13.
Accelerating innovation and strategic deployment in UK electricity -
applications to renewable energy Michael Grubb, Nadine Haj-Hasan and David
Newbery; Part IV. Scenarios, Options and Public Attitudes: 14. Scenarios of
the electricity industry in Great Britain in 2020: networks, generation and
decarbonisation Ian Elders, Graham Ault, Graeme Burt, Ryan Tumilty, Jim
McDonald and Jonathan Köhler; 15. Modelling the economic impact of
low-carbon electricity Milton Yago, Jonathan P. Atkins, Keshab Bhattarai,
Richard Green and Stephen Trotter; 16. Bridging technologies: can clean
fossil offer a bridge to a sustainable energy future in the UK? David M.
Reiner, Jon Gibbins and Sam Holloway; 17. Reconsidering public acceptance
of Renewable Energy Technologies: a critical review Patrick Devine-Wright;
18. Concluding chapter Michael Grubb, Tooraj Jamasb and Michael Pollitt;
Index.