Renewable Energy (eBook, ePUB)

A Global Review of Technologies, Policies and Markets
Redaktion: Assmann, Dirk

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'offers knowledge and inspiration to promote renewable energy in developing and industrialized countries' Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of UNEP From technology to financing issues, Renewable Energy offers a comprehensive and authoritative review of the determining factors that drive worldwide dissemination of renewable energy technologies. With a clear emphasis on policy and action, contributions from internationally renowned experts combine to form a holistic picture of the current status, impacts and future potential of renewable energy. Addressing the situation in both developing and developed countries, each chapter reviews in detail a different issue, to present extensive information on social, environmental, political, economic and technological aspects. This will be essential reading for professionals in renewable energy, in particular policy-makers, researchers, NGOs and energy consultants, and a valuable resource for teachers and students of renewable energy, environmental studies, development studies, political science and international relations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136558672
• Artikelnr.: 38270433

Autorenporträt

Dirk Assmann, Ulrich Laumanns and Dieter Uh are affiliated with Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I - Basics
The Case for Renewable Energies
The Potentials of Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy for Transport
Part II - Policies
National Policy Instruments: Policy Lessons for the Advancement and Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technologies around the World
Renewable Energy and Regulation of Energy Markets
Removing Subsidies: Levelling the Playing Field for Renewable Energy Technologies
International Institutional Arrangements in Support of Renewable Energy
Part III - Financing
Mobilizing Finance for Renewable Energies
Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation: New Instruments for Financing Renewable Energy Technologies
Part IV - Developing Countries
Putting Development First: The Role of Renewable Energy in Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
Traditional Biomass Energy: Improving Its Use and Moving to Modern Energy Use
Gender Equity and Renewable Energies
Part V - Capacities
Research and Development: The Basis for Widespread Employment of Renewable Energies
Capacity Development for Renewable Energies: Know-how, Information, Awareness, Education and Training