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Renewable Energy |
A Global Review of Technologies, Policies and Markets:
*"Diversifying the energy mix is an economic and environmental imperative. To this end we need new technologies and the right policy frameworks to trigger and deploy them. This book offers knowledge and inspiration to promote renewable energy in developing and industrialised countries." -- Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of UNEP
* A comprehensive review on renewable energy from world authorities in the field
*Detailed, thematic coverage, including policy recommendations and best practice examples
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 on 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, thereby presenting extensive information on social, environmental, political, economic, and technological aspects. Contributors: Jos? Goldemberg, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil, Janet Sawin and Christopher Flavin, WorldWatch Institute, USA, Jonathan Pershing and Jim Mackenzie, World Resources Institute, USA, Virginia Sonntag O’Brien, Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy, Switzerland, Eric Usher, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Axel Michaelowa, Mathias Krey and Sonja Butzengeiger, Hamburg Institute of International Economics, (HWWA), Germany, Joachim Luther, ISE Freiburg / Global Research Alliance (GRA), John Christensen, Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD), Achim Steiner, The World Conservation Union (IUCN), Thomas W?lde, University of Dundee, Scotland, Adrian Bradbrook, University of Adelaide, Australia, Thomas B. Johansson, Kes McCormick and Lena Neij, Lund University, Sweden, Wim Turkenburg, Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Stephen Karekezi, African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN), Kenya Kusum Lata, Tata Energy Research Institute, India, Suani Teixeira Coelho, University of S?o Paulo, Brazil, Joy Clancy, Technology and Development Group, University of Twente, Sheila Oparaocha, Energia and Ulrike Roehr, LIFE e.V.
Dirk Assmann is affiliated with Deutsche Gesellschaft f?r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Germany.
Ulrich Laumanns is affiliated with Deutsche Gesellschaft f?r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Germany.
Dieter Uh is affiliated with Deutsche Gesellschaft f?r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Germany.
Contents
Foreword * Introduction * Part I: Basics * The Case for Renewable Energies * The Potential of Renewable Energy * Renewable Energy in Transport * Part II: Policies * National Policy Instruments * Renewable Energy and Regulation of Energy Markets * International Institutional Arrangements * Part III: Finance and Markets * Mobilizing Finance for Renewable Energies * Renewable Energy Businesses and Markets * Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation * Part IV: Developing Countries * Renewable Energy in Developing Countries * Traditional Biomass Energy * Gender Equity and Renewable Energies * Part V: Capacities * Research and Development * Capacity Development, Education and Training * Bibliography, Index
Published by Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Edited by Dirk Assmann , Ulrich Laumanns , Dieter Uh
November 2006
224 pp., 6" x 9 1/4"
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