Benjamin Zycher

Renewable Electricity Generation (eBook, ePUB)

Economic Analysis and Outlook

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines the outlook for renewable energy in electricity generation-particularly wind and solar power-as a substitute for conventional fuels such as coal and natural gas. Economist Benjamin Zycher evaluates the central arguments in favor of policies that would make way for broader use of renewables and concludes that all are deeply problematic. "Renewable" energy sources are not superior in cost to conventional fuels; nor are they less taxing on the environment. The popular argument that increased use of renewables will create "green jobs" is likewise a fallacy-because wind and solar power are costly and inefficient, the net economic impact is a negative one. Zycher concludes that resource-use behaviors emerging from market competition are the best guides to effective, sustainable energy policies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AEI Press
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780844772233
• Artikelnr.: 39150589

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Zycher is a senior fellow in economic studies at the Pacific Research Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations Acknowledgments Executive Summary Introduction
Chapter 1: A Summary of Public Policy Support for Renewable Energy in
Electricity Generation Appendix to Chapter 1 Chapter 2: Problems Afflicting
Renewable Energy in Electricity Generation Unconcentrated Energy Content
Siting Limitations and Transmission Costs Low Availability and
Intermittency Chapter 3: Central Rationales for Policy Support for
Renewables: A Review The Infant-Industry Argument Leveling the Playing
Field Adverse External Effects of Conventional Generation The Resource
Depletion or "Sustainability" Argument "Green Jobs": Renewable Power as a
Source of Expanded Employment Chapter 4: Some Implications of the Outlook
for the Natural Gas Market Conclusion Index About the Author