Mainstreaming Renewable Energy in the 21st Century

Mainstreaming Renewable Energy in the 21st Century
Author: Janet Laughlin Sawin
Publisher: Worldwatch Institute
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1878071734

"Experience shows that renewable energy can advance dramatically worldwide if governments enact the right mix of policies." - summary.

Mainstreaming Solar Energy in Small, Tropical Islands

Mainstreaming Solar Energy in Small, Tropical Islands
Author: Kiron C Neale
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2021-12-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9781032172996

This book explores how cultural considerations can improve policy-making to achieve mainstream solar energy in small, tropical islands. It will be of great interest to scholars of energy policy, energy transitions, climate change, cultural studies and small states development, and industry professionals.

Mainstreaming Solar Energy in Small, Tropical Islands

Mainstreaming Solar Energy in Small, Tropical Islands
Author: Kiron C. Neale
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2020-03-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000049353

This book explores how cultural considerations can improve policymaking to achieve mainstream solar energy in small, tropical islands. Focusing on Trinidad, Barbados and Oʻahu, Kiron C. Neale looks at how culture can affect and be affected by the policies that support the household adoption of two key energy technologies: solar water heating and photovoltaics. Drawing on interviews with residents and energy officials, and an examination of the institutional, socio-economic and physical factors that affect energy systems such as governance structures and energy resource availability, the author explores themes including the impact of insularity on energy transitions and behavioural and cultural change. Overall, this book rebrands policies as instruments of cultural change and puts forward recommendations applicable to all small, tropical islands. Following the islands’ transition to renewable energy, this book will be of great interest to scholars of energy policy, energy transitions, climate change, cultural studies and small states development, as well as industry professionals working on energy policy implementation.

The Economics of Climate Change

The Economics of Climate Change
Author: Nicholas Stern
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2007-01-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1139936425

There is now clear scientific evidence that emissions from economic activity, particularly the burning of fossil fuels for energy, are causing changes to the Earth ́s climate. A sound understanding of the economics of climate change is needed in order to underpin an effective global response to this challenge. The Stern Review is an independent, rigourous and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of this crucial issue. It has been conducted by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the UK Government Economic Service, and a former Chief Economist of the World Bank. The Economics of Climate Change will be invaluable for all students of the economics and policy implications of climate change, and economists, scientists and policy makers involved in all aspects of climate change.

Fuel for Thought

Fuel for Thought
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821345993

Energy is basic to development. People in developing countries attach a high priority to energy services, spending nearly 12 per cent of income on energy, more than five times the average for people in OECD countries. Yet provision of those services can have adverse environmental effects, especially as developing countries are often forced to rely on the most inefficient and polluting sources of energy. This report sets out the challenge arising from growth in energy demand and its impact on the environment; analyses the World Bank's current policies and strategy; outlines a new strategy; and explains how it could be implemented.

Governing the Energy Transition

Governing the Energy Transition
Author: Geert Verbong
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2012-03-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136456627

The Energy Transition, the inevitable shift away from cheap, centralized, largely fossil-based energy systems, is one of the core challenges of our time. This book provides a coherent and novel insight into the nature of this challenge and possible strategies to accelerate and guide such transitions. It brings together prominent European scholars and practitioners from the fields of energy transition research and governance to draw attention to the current complex dynamics in the energy domain, and offer elegant and provocative explanations for current crises and lock-ins. They identify multiple energy transition pathways that emerge and increasingly compete, and emphasize the need and possibilities for novel governance. By analysing the complexity of energy transition processes and the difficulties in shifting to sustainable pathways, this text questions the extent to which actually governing energy transitions is already reality, just an illusion, or a bare necessity.

Building Energy Audits-Diagnosis and Retrofitting

Building Energy Audits-Diagnosis and Retrofitting
Author: Constantinos A. Balaras
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2021-01-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3039438298

The book “Building Energy Audits-Diagnosis and Retrofitting” is a collection of twelve papers that focus on the built environment in order to systematically collect and analyze relevant data for the energy use profile of buildings and extended for the sustainability assessment of the built environment. The contributions address historic buildings, baselines for non-residential buildings from energy performance audits, and from in-situ measurements, monitoring, and analysis of data, and verification of energy saving and model calibration for various building types. The works report on how to diagnose existing problems and identify priorities, assess, and quantify the opportunities and measures that improve the overall building performance and the environmental quality and well-being of occupants in non-residential buildings and houses. Several case studies and lessons learned from the field are presented to help the readers identify, quantify, and prioritize effective energy conservation and efficiency measures. Finally, a new urban sustainability audit and rating method of the built environment addresses the complexities of the various issues involved, providing practical tools that can be adapted to match local priorities in order to diagnose and evaluate the current state and future scenarios towards meeting specific sustainable development goals and local priorities.

Regional Workshop on Solar Power Generation Using Photovoltaic Technology

Regional Workshop on Solar Power Generation Using Photovoltaic Technology
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 415
Release: 1999-09
Genre:
ISBN: 0788182641

Proceedings of a workshop held by the Asian Development Bank in Manila, Philippines, Feb. 20-23, 1996 to assess the current state of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology and its feasibility for power generation in the next 10-15 years. The study also reviewed the role of bilateral agencies, multilateral institutions such as the Bank and the World Bank, national governments, public utilities, development finance institutions in DMCs, and manufacturing and trading firms in disseminating PV technology to consumers. Panel themes include: international solar initiatives; technology; institutions; and financing. Charts and tables.