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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on the Economics of Renewable Energy
Book SynopsisRenewable energy technologies produce many measurable benefits, such as a clear reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. However, it is also apparent that these methods of energy production come with costs. Discussing renewable energy developments within an economic context, this pertinent Handbook provides a comprehensive view of the present and future dimensions of renewable energy use.Divided into six authoritative parts, the Handbook employs economic evaluation to provide an analysis of the benefits and costs of renewable energy, allowing authors to extrapolate potential policy changes. Chapters address the conceptual, methodological and empirical dimensions of renewable energy, providing a broad coverage of key topics while maintaining a clear policy-oriented philosophy.With a structured application of energy economics to renewable energy issues, this enlightening Handbook will be beneficial for environmental and energy policy makers. It will also be an interesting read for academics within such fields as policy regulation, energy economics and environmental economics.Trade Review‘The global need for aggressive deployment of renewable energy is self-evident. This book, a fabulous compilation from the world’s leading thinkers, provides crucial insights to manage the clean energy transition.’ -- Ryan Wiser, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US‘Just as the energy and climate crisis trigger a burst of policy initiatives on renewables, 52 researchers that have shaped the economic and policy analysis for renewables over the last two decades review the methodological and empirical foundation. A valuable overview and timely reminder of relevant lessons, for example on framework conditions such as targets and policy stability.’ -- Karsten Neuhoff, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and Technische Universität Berlin, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on the Economics of Renewable Energy 1 Pablo del Río and Mario Ragwitz PART I SETTING THE SCENE: THEORETICAL/METHODOLOGICAL GUIDELINES ON THE ECONOMICS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY 2 Costs and benefits of the energy transition 11 Barbara Breitschopf, Julia Panny and Anne Held 3 Energy system modelling of renewable energy and related energy infrastructure needs 41 Gustav Resch, Franziska Schöniger, Florian Hasengst, Demet Suna, Gerhard Totschnig and Frank Sensfuß 4 Econometric modeling of renewable energy deployment 77 Consolación Quintana-Rojo, Miguel-Ángel Tarancón and Fernando Callejas-Albiñana PART II FOCUS ON SOCIOECONOMIC BENEFITS 5 Extended input-output tables to analyze the benefits of renewable energy deployment 101 Santacruz Banacloche, Ana Rosa Gamarra, Natàlia Caldés and Yolanda Lechón 6 The socioeconomic benefits of renewable energy projects 118 Ana Rosa Gamarra, Santacruz Banacloche, Natàlia Caldés and Yolanda Lechón 7 Green jobs in the Spanish renewable energy sector: an input-output approach 138 Manuel Tomás, Ignacio Cazcarro, Julen Montilla, Cristina Pizarro-Irizar and Iñaki Arto PART III FOCUS ON COSTS 8 The grid costs of renewable energy deployment 158 Joan Batalla-Bejerano, Daniel Davi-Arderius and Elisa Trujillo-Baute 9 Guiding the transition: design challenges in decarbonising electricity markets 179 Timo Gerres, José Pablo Chaves,Francisco Martín, Michel Rivier, Álvaro Sánchez and Tomás Gómez PART IV FOCUS ON THE BOTTOM-UP: SELF-GENERATION AND COLLECTIVE ENERGY ACTIONS 10 An economic approach to photovoltaic microgeneration 206 Pere Mir-Artigues 11 Enhancing energy democracy and tackling energy poverty by fostering the uptake of renewable energy: the case of Greece 231 Eleni Kanellou, Ifigenia Tsakalogianni, Haris Doukas and Yannis Maniatis PART V FUTURE-LOOKING PERSPECTIVES: GEOPOLITICAL, RISKS/FINANCIAL AND INNOVATION PERSPECTIVES 12 The economic benefits of renewable energies: a geopolitical perspective 251 Gonzalo Escribano and Lara Lázaro Touza 13 Drivers and barriers to renewable electricity technologies: lessons from the technological innovation system approach 284 Pablo del Río and Christoph P. Kiefer 14 Analyzing the suitability and role of modern portfolio theory for renewable energy planning 308 Fernando de Llano Paz, Javier Eduardo Afonso Arévalo and Guillermo Iglesias Gómez 15 A mixed-integer linear programming approach for an optimal-economic design of renewable district heating systems: a case study for a German grid 340 Maximilian Sporleder, Michael Rath, Markus Jansen and Robin Mann PART VI RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY 16 The economic analysis of renewable energy policies: a general overview and a historical perspective 365 Christoph P. Kiefer, Pablo del Río, Leticia García-Martínez 17 Renewable energy auctions: an overview 392 Vasilios Anatolitis, Jenny Winkler 18 The role of design elements in instrument mixes: the case of auctions and renewable portfolio standards in South Korea 420 Tae-Hyeong Kwon and Pablo del Río 19 Climate-related development aid for renewable energy projects: an analysis of its trends and role in fostering the low carbon transition in official development aid recipients 442 Cristina Peñasco 20 Conclusion to the Handbook on the Economics of Renewable Energy 471 Pablo del Río and Mario Ragwitz Index 475
£215.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of the Circular Economy
Book SynopsisThis crucial Handbook investigates an urgent area for policy-makers, academia and industries alike: the circular economy. International experts on the subject bring together the latest thinking on this critical global issue.Providing a comprehensive overview of the mechanisms and consequences of the circular economy, as well as its limitations, it raises important questions concerning how the world should proceed when non-renewable resources, such as fossil fuels and minerals, are being depleted and the environment is struggling to cope with the waste and emissions of unsustainable production and consumption systems. Contributors explore a broad range of themes, such as new sustainable production and consumption systems, new design requirements, recycling systems, new business models and the social impacts of the circular economy, while also consolidating the many ways in which the topic has been dealt with in research, business and policy-making.Shedding light on a concept that has become increasingly relevant during the last decade, the Handbook of the Circular Economy is essential reading for students, academics and policy-makers trying to make sense of the plethora of ways in which the term has been applied and interpreted.Trade Review'In the present tsunami of new publications on the circular economy, this book sticks out through the broad analysis with regard to topics and regions covered by case studies. Let us hope that the book will motivate managers, policy-makers, educators, material scientists and economists to look at the present slowdown as a facilitator to change course towards a more sustainable and resilient society, towards a circular economy.' -- Walter R. Stahel, Product-Life Institute Geneva, Switzerland and University of Surrey, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Janez Potocnik and Julia Okatz xv 1 Introduction and overview 1 Miguel Brandão, David Lazarevic and Göran Finnveden PART I FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY 2 The circular economy: a strategy to reconcile economic and environmental objectives? 8 David Lazarevic and Miguel Brandão 3 The circular economy as a complex adaptive system 28 Jouni Korhonen 4 The role of design as a barrier to and enabler of the circular economy 39 Deborah Andrews 5 Industrial symbiosis networks: application of the circular economy for resource efficiency 50 Michael Martin 6 Product service systems: business models towards a circular economy 61 Sofia Lingegård 7 Consumers in the circular economy 74 Juana Camacho-Otero, Vivian S.C. Tunn, Lucy Chamberlin and Casper Boks PART II ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY 8 Material flow analysis of recycling systems 89 Sarah Schmidt and David Laner 9 An element flow analysis approach to support the circular economy 99 Rajib Sinha, Rafael Laurenti, Jagdeep Singh and Björn M. Frostell 10 Modelling material recycling in life cycle assessment: how sensitive are results to the available methods? 116 Tomas Ekvall and Miguel Brandão 11 Environmental economic assessment of novel circular economy and bioeconomy technologies 137 Mikael Skou Andersen and Louise Martinsen 12 Integrated sustainability assessment of a circular economy 147 Kristian Skånberg, Anders Wijkman, Mårten Berglund, Göran Finnveden and Miguel Brandão 13 Sex, drugs and the circular economy: the social impacts of the circular economy and how to measure them 162 Kati Pitkänen, Tiina Kaisa Maria Karppinen, Petrus Kautto, Sara Turunen, Jachym Judl and Tuuli Myllymaa 14 Why and how actors and organizations need to be integrated into a systems-level monitoring for a sustainable circular economy 176 Dominik Wiedenhofer, Stefan Pauliuk, Andreas Mayer, Doris Virág and Willi Haas 15 Circular economy rebound 194 Jason Maier, Roland Geyer and Trevor Zink PART III GOVERNING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY 16 Between a policy mix and a policy mess: policy instruments and instrumentation for the circular economy 207 Petrus Kautto and David Lazarevic 17 The missing link: regulating waste-based materials in the circular economy 224 Topi Turunen 18 Building ecologies of circular intermediaries 235 Jack Barrie and Wisdom Kanda 19 Transforming business models: towards a sufficiency-based circular economy 250 Nancy M.P. Bocken and Samuel W. Short 20 Putting circular ambitions into action: the case of Accus, a small Swedish sign company 266 Hervé Corvellec, Maira Babri and Herman I. Stål 21 From waste management to natural capital management in the circular economy 278 Graham Aid and David Lazarevic 22 Refurbishing the ‘circular economy’ concept in Russia: from industrial policy towards innovation by co-creation 293 Darya Gerasimenko, Ekaterina Markelova and Raisa Momot 23 The circular economy at the heart of French sustainable public policies: what are the consequences? 307 Nicolas Buclet 24 How Portugal is applying the circular challenge 315 Carlos Borrego, Sandra Rafael, Sílvia Coelho, Bruno Augusto, Afonso Silva, Johnny Reis, Ana Isabel Miranda and Myriam Lopes PART IV SECTORAL AND BUSINESS CASE STUDIES 25 What circular economy measures fit what kind of product? 327 Anne-Marie Tillman, Siri Willskytt, Daniel Böckin, Hampus André and Maria Ljunggren Söderman 26 Circular manufacturing systems 343 Amir Rashid, Malvina Roci and Farazee M.A. Asif 27 The circular nutrient economy: needs and potentials of nutrient recycling 358 Helena Valve, Petri Ekholm and Sari Luostarinen 28 Understanding forest-based value creation in a regional context 369 Antje Klitkou 29 Bioenergy in the circular economy 382 Annette Cowie 30 Do bioenergy, bioeconomy and circular economy systems mitigate climate change? Insights from life cycle assessment 396 Miguel Brandão 31 Straw wars – a consequential saga: the life cycle climate change consequences of replacing plastic with paper 410 Simon Hoge and Miguel Brandão 32 Circularity in the built environment: a call for a paradigm shift 425 Tove Malmqvist, Alice Moncaster, Freja Rasmussen and Harpa Birgisdóttir 33 Implementation of a circular economy at universities 439 Joan Manuel F. Mendoza, Alejandro Gallego-Schmid and Adisa Azapagic 34 A life cycle perspective on the environmental aspects of complex, emerging resource recovery systems: the case of bauxite residue 452 P. James Joyce and Anna Björklund 35 Urban mining: on the potential and multifaceted challenges of facilitating recycling of wire-based city infrastructure 465 Joakim Krook, Björn Wallsten, Niclas Svensson and Stefan Anderberg PART V PROSPECTS 36 Beyond the consumer: enlarging the role of the citizen in the circular economy 479 Kersty Hobson 37 Managing the transition to the circular economy 491 Patrizia Ghisellini and Sergio Ulgiati 38 Prospects for the circular economy and conclusions 505 Miguel Brandão, David Lazarevic and Göran Finnveden Index 515
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Energy and Society
Book SynopsisThis incisive Research Handbook examines the relationship between energy and society, across both macro- and micro-scales, in the context of the climate crisis. Featuring an extensive examination of current research in the field from fifty expert international contributors, it offers important insights into the inter-connections between the globally organised fossil fuel energy system and the changing structures of society.Structured in four thematic parts, the Research Handbook begins with an analysis of the evolution of large-scale energy production and consumption using coal, oil and gas. Chapters then explore social divisions and inequalities in energy systems in different countries, before moving on to discuss energy governance, policy and politics, along with strategies to achieve transformation. In the final part, the Research Handbook investigates forms of knowledge, stories and public engagement being used to re-make energy futures, concluding that social sciences are identifying the inter-locking societal and technical changes needed to enable rapid systemic changes in energy.The Research Handbook on Energy and Society will be a crucial resource for social science scholars and students interested in the intersections of energy, climate change and society, including aspects of governance, policy and politics, social identity, social justice and inequalities.Trade Review‘At last, a serious review of the interactions between society and energy. The Handbook considers the impacts of decarbonisation options from many angles, but all through the lens of society and social science, and not just from the techno-economic perspectives which usually dominate such analysis. The authors provide valuable insights, not only into the potential changes to energy production and consumption but also to the governance needed to achieve them, as society is weaned off its dependence on fossil fuels.’ -- Keith MacLean OBE, Providence Policy, London, UK‘Too often seen as a technical issue, how we live with and can transform our energy systems is a societal challenge. This Handbook gathers international contributors to examine the profound social questions that underpin how energy is provided and used. Drawing on examples from a wide range of social contexts, it provides crucial insights into how energy is central not only to how we live but who we are and offers key findings pointing to how the transformations necessary for a more sustainable future can be realised.’ -- Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University, UKTable of ContentsContents: A few words on the creation of the cover image xviii 1 Introduction to Research Handbook on Energy and Society: why study energy and society? 1 Janette Webb, Faye Wade and Margaret Tingey PART I ENERGY SERVICES AND THE MAKING OF MARKETS 2 Socio-technical transitions from coal and gas: an unfinished story 14 Peter J.G. Pearson 3 This land is our land: understanding energy nationalism 31 David McCrone 4 The making of energy consumers: from mutual provisioning to mass markets and beyond 45 Hiroki Shin and Heather Chappells 5 Services revisited: what is energy for? 57 Janine Morley 6 Heating system transformation in Europe: accelerating sources of path dependence to escape carbon lock-in 69 Richard Hanna and Robert Gross 7 The redesign of electricity markets under EU influence: the capacity mechanism in Britain and France 83 Thomas Reverdy, Frédéric Marty and Ronan Bolton 8 Pivoting toward Energy Transition 2.0: learning from electricity 97 Gretchen Bakke PART II SOCIAL DIMENSIONS IN ENERGY AND SOCIETY 9 Why rationale matters in energy and climate policy 112 Niall Kerr 10 Access to energy: the contribution of the social sciences to delivering energy equity and justice 126 Julia Tomei and Long Seng To 11 Gender and solar energy in India’s low-carbon energy transition 141 Karina Standal and Mariëlle Feenstra 12 Contextualizing Nussbaumer via Nussbaum: unveiling a multi-disciplinary, human capabilities-centred approach to energy poverty from Mexico 154 Karla Ricalde, Karla G. Cedano, Harriet Thomson and Tiare Robles 13 Closing the gender gaps in energy sector recruitment, retention and advancement 168 Bipasha Baruah and Sandra Biskupski-Mujanovic 14 Social divisions in energy justice in the transport sector: personal car ownership and use 184 Karen Lucas, Noel Cass and Muhammed Adeel PART III ENERGY GOVERNANCE, POLICIES AND POLITICS 15 Will China deliver urban ‘ecological civilisation’? 201 David Tyfield 16 Energy transitions and multi-level governance: how has devolution in the United Kingdom affected renewable energy development? 215 Richard Cowell 17 Local heat and energy efficiency policy: ambiguity and ambivalence in England and Scotland 229 Faye Wade, Janette Webb and Margaret Tingey 18 Energy policy for buildings fit for the future 245 Tina Fawcett and Marina Topouzi 19 How non-energy policies shape demand for energy 259 Sarah Royston and Jan Selby 20 Debating energy futures on Lewis: energy transition, the politics of land use and law, and the question of the commons 272 Annabel Pinker PART IV CLIMATE CONSEQUENCES AND ENERGY FUTURES 21 Knowledge infrastructures for sustainable energy transitions: marine renewable energy in Scotland 287 Shana Lee Hirsch 22 ‘A little self-sufficient town close to the beach’: local energy system transformation through the lens of place and public things 299 Nick Pidgeon, Christopher Groves, Catherine Cherry, Gareth Thomas, Fiona Shirani and Karen Henwood 23 Disrupting markets with peer-to-peer energy trading 317 Alexandra Schneiders, Anna Gorbatcheva, Michael J. Fell and David Shipworth 24 Making energy futures at the edge of the grid: smart energy innovation in rural communities 328 Heather Lovell 25 Energy futures: understanding integrated energy systems modelling 340 Antti Silvast 26 How stories of the future impact energy and climate policy in the present 354 Noam Bergman and Kathryn B. Janda 27 Conclusions and new directions for energy and society research 367 Janette Webb and Faye Wade Index 375
£195.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Energy Justice
Book SynopsisOffering a unique and critical perspective on energy justice, this Handbook delves into an emerging field of inquiry encapsulating multiple strands of scholarship on energy systems. Covering key topics including generation, transmission, distribution and demand, it explores fundamental questions surrounding policy, climate change, security and social movements.The Handbook illuminates the rapidly expanding and diversifying scholarly domains where energy justice has developed to date. Chapters provide an overview on energy justice issues across a range of socio-technical and political contexts, including differences along lines of race, gender, age, geography, housing, socio-economic status and infrastructure. The Handbook further incorporates non-Western perspectives to expand the transitional vocabulary and frameworks of energy justice.Grounded in empirically rich case studies from across the world to support nuanced framings, situated methods and informed policy, this Handbook will be of interest to students of development, human geography, environmental policy and politics. It will also be useful to practitioners working in international organisations and agencies working in development and the environment.Trade Review'The Handbook on Energy Justice offers a rich collection that both consolidates the field and pushes its boundaries in new and interesting ways, drawing together multiple and divergent accounts of the possibilities and challenges of energy justice as a concept and call to action. A much-needed compass for our challenging times.’ -- Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Energy Justice 1 Sara Fuller and Stefan Bouzarovski 1 Whole-systems energy justice 13 Adolfo Mejía-Montero and Kirsten E. H. Jenkins 2 Transport and energy justice 25 Karen Lucas and Muhammed Adeel 3 Energy justice and flexibility 40 Michael Fell, Gareth Powells, Charlotte Johnson, Juan Pablo Cárdenas Álvarez, Juan Manuel España Forero and Santiago Ortega Arango 4 Energy justice and health 65 Kimberley O’Sullivan 5 Energy justice and development 79 Joshua Kirshner and Jessica Omukuti 6 Rural energy justice 94 Conor Harrison and Shelley Welton 7 Energy justice and housing 112 Sergio Tirado Herrero 8 Tracing the roots of energy justice in action: environmental justice, climate justice, and the New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act 131 Raya Salter 9 Combating power imbalance and arbitrariness through procedural energy justice 144 Roman Sidortsov and Corey Katz 10 Quantifying energy justice 158 Benjamin C. McLellan and Andrew J. Chapman 11 Policy barriers and the dynamics of energy justice 175 Iain Todd 12 Energy justice and gender 188 Caitlin Robinson, Neil Simcock and Saska Petrova 13 Energy justice across the life-course 201 Gordon Waitt 14 Energy justice, modernity and transitions: more-than-modern energy for all in the Global South 213 Paul Munro 15 The right to energy: Learning from struggles for food, water, and rights to nature 226 Tristan Partridge 16 Towards more pluralistic energy justice frameworks 240 Sandra Jazmin Barragán-Contreras 17 Energy justice as a new communal project? Community energy systems and the energy access gap 253 Vanesa Castán Broto and Enora Robin 18 Energy justice in Southwest Iran: mitigating the socio-economic and environmental impacts of the fossil fuel sector and building the principles of community-guided development 269 Farzaneh Khayat and Lemir Teron 19 Ensuring the just in just transition: making the case for a community-level perspective 290 Liv Yoon 20 Energy democracy and energy justice in conversation: interconnections, divergences and ways forward 303 Julie L. MacArthur, Cathrine Dyer and Derya Tarhan Afterword 319 Kieran Pradeep Index
£180.00
West Virginia University Press On Petrocultures: Globalization, Culture, and
Book SynopsisOn Petrocultures brings together key essays by Imre Szeman, a leading scholar in the field of energy humanities and a critical voice in debates about globalization and neoliberalism. Szeman’s most important and influential essays, in dialog with exciting new pieces written for the book, investigate ever-evolving circuits of power in the contemporary world, as manifested in struggles over space and belonging, redefinitions of work and individual autonomy, and the deep links between energy use and climate change.These essays explore life lived in the twenty-first century by examining critically the vocabulary through which capitalism makes sense of itself, focusing on concepts like the nation, globalization, neoliberalism, creativity, and entrepreneurship. At the heart of the volume is the concept of “petrocultures,” which demands that we understand a fundamental fact of modern life: we are shaped by and through fossil fuels. Szeman argues that we cannot take steps to address global warming without fundamentally changing social, cultural, and political norms and expectations developed in conjunction with the energy riches of the past century. On Petrocultures maps the significant challenge of our dependence on fossil fuels and probes ways that we might begin to leave petrocultures behind.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in
Book SynopsisThis book addresses challenges and opportunities in the Energy-Water-Environment (EWE) nexus, with a particular focus on research and technology development requirements in harsh desert climates. Its chapters include selected contributions presented during the 1st international conference on sustainable Energy-Water-Environment nexus in desert climates (ICSEWEN-19) held at the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) in Doha, Qatar in December 2019. This volume is comprised of three main chapters, each describing important case studies and progress on water, energy and environmental questions. A fourth chapter on policies and community outreach on these three areas is also included. This compilation aims to bridge the gap between research and industry to address the socioeconomic impacts of the nexus imbalance as perceived by scientists, industrial partners, and policymakers. The content of this book is of particular importance to graduate students, researchers and decision makers interested in understanding water, energy and environmental challenges in arid areas. Re searchers in environmental and civil engineering, chemistry, hydrology and environmental science can also find unique in-situ observations of the current nexus imbalance in deserts climate to validate their investigations. It is also an invaluable guide for industry professionals working in water, energy, environment and food sectors to understand the rapidly evolving landscape of the EWE nexus in arid areas. The analyses, observations and lessons-learned summarized herein are applicable to other arid areas outside North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as well, such as central Australia, the southwest of the United States and deserts in central Asia.Table of ContentsModelling the effect of the pumping variations’ on the groundwater quality in the semi-arid Aquifers.- Assessment of Groundwater Aquifer Impact from Artificial Lagoons and the Re-use of Wastewater in Qatar.- Temporal groundwater level prediction using multivariate geostatistics: a case study from Sfax superficial aquifer (Tunisia).- Integration of electromagnetic method and resistivity depth sounding in the evaluation of groundwater potentials of Araromi phases 1 and 2, Akungba-Akoko, southwestern Nigeria.- Contribution to the Study of Fluoride Ion Concentrations in Groundwater and its Impact on the Desert Areas of South-eastern Algeria.- Groundwater stability assessment with geospatial modeling using GIS: a case study of ILLIZI town, Algeria.- Efficiency assessment of AHP and fuzzy AHP in suitability mapping for artificial recharging (Case study: south of Kashan basin, Isfahan, Iran).- Statistical methods for the evaluation of water quality.- Research on innovative materials and technologies for water treatment and water desalination: A conceptual analysis from 1969 to 2019.- The Microbial and Physicochemical Analysis and Treatment of Groundwater of South Punjab, Pakistan.- Removal of cyanotoxins in drinking water using advanced oxidation processes.- Microplastic detection and analysis in water samples.- Column Adsorption Studies of phenolic compounds on nanoparticles synthesized from Moroccan phosphate rock.- Summary of Field Trial Results of the Treatment of Contaminated Water using Non-fouling Super Hydrophilic Functionalized Ceramic Membranes.- Preliminary study for phosphate recovery from starch factory wastewater using porous aluminum.- Removal of organic compounds from olive mill wastewater by flotation-anaerobic-aerobic processes and lime treatment.- Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Appropriate Agricultural use in Jordan.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Renewable Energy Communities and the Low Carbon Energy Transition in Europe
Book SynopsisThis volume addresses renewable energy communities, and in particular renewable energy cooperatives (REScoops), in the context of the revised EU Renewables Directive. It provides a comprehensive account of the history and development of the renewable energy community movement in over six different countries of continental Europe. It addresses their visions, strategy, organisation, agency, and more particularly the challenges they encounter. This is of particular importance to gain more understanding into how renewable energy communities fare in domestic energy markets where they are confronted with regime institutions, structures and incumbents’ agency that tend to favour maintaining of the status quo while blocking attempts to empower and institutionalise renewable energy communities as market entrants having a disruptive, radical green and localist agenda. This volume will be an invaluable reference for academics and practitioners with an interest in social innovation in sustainable transitions, the role of community energy in energy markets, their agency, as well as an outlook to the impact that the EU Renewables Directive may have to change national legislation and policy frameworks to create a level playing field that is essentially more fair and beneficial to renewable energy communities. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.Chapter 2: “What are Energy Communities Under the EU’s Clean Energy Package?”.Chapter 3: Community energy on the east side of the Baltic Sea Region: from standstill to first steps.Chapter 4: Clean energy transition in Southeast Europe: The paradigm of Greece from a fossil fuel mediator to a community energy hub.Chapter 5: The community energy sector in Italy; historical perspective and recent evolution.Chapter 6: Community Energy in Germany: From Technology Pioneers to Professionalisation under Uncertainty.Chapter 7: Support structures for renewable energy communities.Chapter 8: Energy Communities promoting Home Energy Savings: Interventions, Theory and Results.Chapter 9: Creating an enabling policy framework for inclusive energy communities: a gender perspective.Chapter 10: Housing communities as low-carbon energy pioneers Experiences from the Netherlands. Chapter 11: Conclusion.
£94.99
New India Publishing Agency Rural Livelihood and Food Security
Book SynopsisThe book, which is a collection of research conducted at both macro and micro levels by prominent scientists and educators from various fields, is particularly relevant in todays society due to the pressing issue of food security and livelihood. This volume includes a variety of articles that explore different aspects of food security and livelihood in different states and regions of the country, as well as on a national scale. The book employs quantitative techniques to analyze and estimate demand and supply gaps, making it particularly useful for understanding the scope of the problem. Additionally, it provides strategies for conserving food resources through proper processing and value-added techniques, which can help enhance livelihood options. The book also addresses the issue of nutritional demand-supply gaps, malnutrition, and related concerns comprehensively. Overall, this book is expected to serve as a valuable reference for researchers, planners, and public officials seeking to understand the conceptual framework of livelihood and food security and to develop practical policies for achieving food security through the attainment of livelihood security at both macro and micro levels.
£46.24
New India Publishing Agency Numericals and Short Questions in Farm
Book SynopsisThe book covers recent trends in Farm Machinery, Farm Power, Renewable energy and Engineering Mechanics. It will be beneficial to students of B.Tech Agriculture Engineering, M.Tech. Farm Machinery & Power as well as Renewable Energy.Table of Contents1. Farm Machinery. 2. Farm Power. 3. Renewable Energy. 4. Engineering Mechanics.
£69.62
Claeys & Casteels Publishers BV Energy Scenarios and Policy Volume II: Handbook
Book SynopsisThis book was originally published by Claeys and Casteels, now formally part of Edward Elgar Publishing. Sub-Saharan Africa is on the move. Since 2000, the region has seen rapid economic growth (with real GDP growth rates outperforming other major regional economic blocs), improving social conditions (with falling infant mortality rates and rising life expectancies) and progressive political liberalization (if in the 1990s only about 5% of African nations were considered to be democracies, today only a handful of the 55 African states do not have a multiparty constitutional system). Notwithstanding the fact that Africa’s energy sector is vital to its socio-economic development, this remains one of the most poorly understood parts of the global energy system. This book seeks to contribute to the understanding of such a topical issue, by providing an analysis of the current trends and future prospects of sub-Saharan energy markets. Issues covered include patterns of energy production, demand and trade; energy investments; energy infrastructure; energy access; energy and development; regional energy cooperation; the role of China in Africa’s energy.
£116.00
IAEA Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power Estimates
Book SynopsisThe 43rd edition of Reference Data Series No. 1 contains estimates of energy, electricity, and nuclear power trends up to the year 2050. The publication considers the prospects of new capacity additions, retirements and long term operation of existing units. The 2022 capacity and production data is taken from Nuclear Power Reactors in the World, Reference Data Series No. 2, IAEA, Vienna (2023). RDS-1 is organized into world and regional subsections, with global and regional nuclear power projections presented as low and high cases, encompassing the uncertainties inherent in projecting trends. The low case assumes a continuation of current market and technology trends leading to a modest increase in in global nuclear capacity to 458 GWe by 2050. The high case assumes a more favourable context and leads to a more than doubling of global nuclear power capacity to 890 GWe by 2050. Despite the increasing recognition of nuclear power's role in climate change mitigation and energy security improvement, the current pace of nuclear power development shows that urgent actions would be needed to maintain the existing role of nuclear power in the energy mix, involving a broad range of actors including policy makers, the nuclear industry, the financing community, and international organizations, along with active engagement with the public.
£19.90
United Nations Carbon neutrality in the UNECE region: technology
Book SynopsisThis publication calls for ambitious and bold action from governments, the private sector and regulators. Development of technologies will require new regulatory frameworks to support immediate commercialisation. Policy frameworks should also incorporate legally binding commitments for increased international technology transfer, harmonized standards, and definitions for 'green' hydrogen, energy efficiency, and conservation. All decisions should be assessed against existing and upcoming net-zero and climate neutrality targets, with all energy infrastructure built to be net-zero compliant. Integrating innovative energy technologies, alongside the transformation of energy markets and downstream industries, is a challenge and an opportunity
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New India Publishing Agency Pyrolysis of Biomass: Science and Technology
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New India Publishing Agency Biomass Management for Fodder and Energy
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New India Publishing Agency Rural Livelihood and Food Security
Book SynopsisThe book is the compilation of the research work conducted at macro/micro levels by eminent scientists and teachers of the country with diverse specializations. These scientists/teachers have willingly contributed their work in the form of the articles to this volume addressing various dimensions of the food security and livelihood scenario in various states of the country and the country as a whole. The book is most relevant in the present day owing to the fact that the food security and livelihood is the priority issue confronting the country, as also it demonstrates the use of quantitative techniques in estimating demand and supply gaps. The strategies for conservation of the food energies through proper processing and their value addition for enhancing livelihood options has been taken care of. The nutritional demand-supply gaps, malnutrition and other related issues are also addressed comprehensively. The book is expected to serve as a reference material for the researchers, planners and the public representatives for understanding the conceptual frame of livelihood and food security besides devising pragmatic policies in achieving the food security through attainment of livelihood security at macro and micro levels.Table of Contents1. Imagining and imaging India: Random reflections on Field notes on Democracy: listening to rasshoppers by C.R. Visweswara Rao. 2. Theme of Loneliness in Vikram Seth's The Golden Gate by S. Krishna Sarma. 3. Subaltern subjectivity and resistance: Dalit social history in post-colonial Indian fiction in English by Mittapalli Rajeshwar. 4. Fifty Turbulent Years of Independent India in Gita Mehta's Snames and Ladders by J. Yellaiah and K.V. Ramana Chjary. 5. Vijay Tendulkar's Silence! The Court is in Session: A conflict between innocence and Cruelty by P. Obula Reddy and Hussainvali Shaik. 6. Into the lap of eternity on the Ganga Ghat by B. Parvathi. 7. Social and sexual conflicts in Ismat Chughtai's The Crooked Line by C.L.L. Jayaprada and D. Suvarna Suni. 8. The period of renaissance in Telugu literature by Madhuranthakam Narendra. 9. Yogic realism: the Indian story tradition by K. Suma Kirana. 10. History as fiction in Chaman Nahal's The Triumph of the Tricolour by G. Chenna Reddy. 11. Mulkraj Anand's untouchable: a reflection of Dalit consciousness by T. Pratap Reddy. 12. Interculturation in Bhabani Bhattacharya's A Dream in Hawaii by R. Poli Reddy. 13. Race, class and gender as postcolonial constructs: the triple identity of African American women in Toni Morrison's Sula by Hari Prasanna. 14. Black feminist consciousness: Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place by T. Jeevan Kumar. 15. Thomas Pynchon: the post modern novelist by G.V. Sudhakar. 16. The Ironic mode as a textural principle in T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock and Sweeney among The Nightingales by V. Gopal Reddy. 17. Margaret Drabble and women's world by V.V.N. Rajendra Prasad and M. Durga Bhavani. 18. Othello: a feminist and post colonial reading by N. Ramadevi. 19. Antigone and Joan: individual versus institution by T. Viswanadha Rao. 20. The game of art and the game of life: a study of Luigi Pirandello by R. Saraswathi. 21. Identity, subjectivity and voice: a reading of Austin Clarke's The Polished Hoe by Vijayasree. 22. Reconciliation an equipment for living: a study of Flora Nwapa's fiction by K. Nirupa Rani and J. Lalitha Sridevi. 23. Post-colonial consciousness in V.S. Naipaul's the The Mimic Men by V.R. Badiger. 24. K.S. Maniam: finding a center and appropriating Language in Malaysian context by N. Usha. 25. Dilemmas of the double hyphenated: Arnold Harrichand/Harrichand Itwaru's Unreturning Indira. II. Literary theory and English Language Teaching: 26. Dreams and their relations by K. Narayana Chandran. 27. Gaps and leaps: literary translation as a mediating means of inter/cross cultural and linguistic communication: a case study by Ch. A. Rajendra Prasad. 28. New historicism: a Greenblattian model by P. Suneetha. 29. Using authentic materials for instruction at secondary level in Government schools by G. Damodar and T. Sarath Babu. 30. Soft skills through Indian narrative tradition for curricular development by Sumita Roy. 31. Teaching English at higher level: a paradigm shift by P. Padma. 32. Conversation: a social skill by Y. Somalatha. 33. Teaching English using technology by V. Swarnalatha.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Energy Transition and Energy Democracy in East
Book SynopsisThis is an open access book.The subject of this book is to provide down-to-earth information on what kind of actions are being taken by the Government, Local community, Businesses, Researchers, NGOs on the energy transition in this region. It gives an updated picture of the energy transition in the East Asian countries, where the economic growth, as well as CO2 emission growth, is significant.This book focuses not only on the technological perspective of the energy transition but also on the relationship between democracy and energy transition. Readers of this book can understand what kind of international support and pressure is needed to promote the energy transition in this region.Since energy transition is needed not only for combatting climate change but also for the Green Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, publishing this book is very helpful to promote the Green Recovery and the Green New Deal world-widely.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Challenging the Transition of Civilization – Theory and Practice of “Energy Democracy.- Chapter 2. Global Trend - How to overcome a combination of crises?.- Chapter 3. Energy Democracy for Energy Transition in South Korea?: Focusing on Politicization of Media.- Chapter 4. China’s Energy Transition: How to Overcome Financial, Societal, and Institutional Challenges in the Long Term.- Chapter 5. Energy Democracy and Energy Transition in Taiwan.- Chapter 6. Japanese Green New Deal to Bring Happiness and Prosperity.- Chapter 7. Transboundary cooperative governance toward energy transition in East Asia, A review of historical development and future perspective.
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Institute for Southeast Asian Studies Renewable Energy: Malaysia’s Climate Change
Book SynopsisMalaysia pledged to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 in relation to its 2005 GDP figure. The sectors listed as the main focus of this effort included: energy, industrial processes, waste, agriculture, land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF). Several initiatives under myriad governments have been launched to reduce Malaysia’s climate change impacts; among those has been the emphasis on renewable energy (RE). Malaysia’s current energy mix relies heavily on coal and natural gas. Long-entrenched subsidies on these energy sources, coupled with greatly depreciating prices make it difficult for new RE producers to enter the market and increase their market share. This is in spite of positive developments in RE infrastructure and reduced RE material costs. Solar, biogas, biomass and mini-hydro have been put forward as the RE sources with the most potential, but all have issues of consistency and reliability. Because small energy generators cannot guarantee infallible energy production, they may not be the most viable options for the long term. Their size also denies them the economies of scale that would reduce their costs. Instead, these higher costs may be transferred to the consumer. Other issues include the competition for land in the development of large-scale solar farms, including the possible loss of community farmlands and hence livelihoods, if not displacement. A push for biomass and biogas as a source of energy might also lead to increased oil palm production to meet the need for consistent supplies of oil palm waste. Biogas from municipal landfills is made even more challenging given that Malaysian municipal waste is not sorted at source. One possible solution is the use of hybrid RE in rural areas, comprising a mix of micro-hydro, solar and diesel-based energy generation as a back-up. However an immediate win is to ensure energy efficiency and public education to encourage emissions reduction and climate change impacts on the individual consumer.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore The Fukushima Catastrophe: To What End?
Book SynopsisBased on a variety of interviews with residents, farmers, scientists, journalists, and activists who have been affected by the Fukushima catastrophe, the authors underscore the personal, political, and humanitarian impacts in testimonies, science, and photos. The book engagingly addresses diverse issues that continue to haunt and persist and calls for collective responsibility to deal with the devastating environmental, economic, and social consequences of nuclear energy. The book offers a critique of the violent history of modernism and the supremacy of science that has been articulated into all forms of social injustice and ecological injustice.Table of ContentsForeword: Not Again, Please, Never Again - Rebecca Johnson.- Foreword: Charting Contested Contours Of Sustainaiblity, Development, Social And Ecological Justice - Anita Rampal.- Introduction: No Solutions In Sight, Making Possible The Impossible - Lau Kin Chi.- Introduction: Education For Ecological Justice And Social Justice – Cultivating The Capacity For Affect, Thinking, Autonomy And Action – Lau Kin Chi.- Introduction: When We Talk About Nuclear Energy, What Are We Talking About? - Huang Xiaomei.- Introduction: We Are In A Critical State - He Zhixiong.- Preface.- Part One.- I. What Happened In Fukushima?.- Ii. Natural Disasters Or Human-Caused Calamity.- Iii. Fairy Tale Of Astro Boy.- Iv. Three Questions On Nuclear Power.- V. The Long Road Home.- Vi.Revival? Clearing Evacuees To Zero?.- Vii. Glint Of Hope Ignited By The Olympic Torch?.- Viii. Where Did Contaminated Substances Go?.- Ix. Heart Of Darkness – The Molten Reactor Core.- X.Returning To The Scene: “Back Then, How Nice It Would Have Been, If Only….”.- Xi. Absent Supervision.- Xii. Radioactive Contamination Spread Worldwide – The Threat From Nuclear-Contaminated Water.- Xiii. Who Protects Decontamination Workers And Nuclear Energy Workers?.- Xiv. Mourning Of Nature.- Xv. From Nuclear Weapon To Nuclear Energy, From Nuclear Energy To Nuclear Weapon.- Xvi. The People’s Self Rescue.- Epilogue Resonance That Lit Up The Earth.- Part Two.- What I Saw After Shooting Fukushima For 10 Years – Toyoda Naomi.- Thoughts On Nuclear Power In Fukushima, Bangladesh, Rio, And Geneva - Ohashi Masaaki.- Eight Years From The Great East Japan Earthquake: Current Situation Of Fukushima And Its Challenges - Aihara Hiroko.- Double Challenges To Japanese Farmers: The Nuclear Disaster And Transpacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement - Ando Takemasa.- Buildup Of Nuclear Armament Capability And The Post-War Statehood Of Japan: Fukushima And The Genealogy Of Nuclear Bombs And Power Plants - Muto Ichiyo.- "Obsession With Normalcy" And The World Today - Sun Ge.- Light Of The Sun Or Fire Of Purgatory: Nuclear Power Is The Destiny Of Industrial Civilization - Tian Song.
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