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Pilot society and the energy transition : the co-shaping of innovation, parti…
This open access book examines the role of pilot and demonstration projects as crucial devices for conducting innovation in the context of the energy transition. Bridging literature from sustainability transitions and Science and Technology Studies (STS), it argues that such projects play a crucial role, not only in shaping future energy and mobility systems, but in transforming societies more …
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- 9783030611842
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- vii, 130p. : ill.
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- 354.3 RYG p
The politics of fossil fuel subsidies and their reform
Fossil fuel subsidies strain public budgets, and contribute to climate change and local air pollution. Despite widespread agreement among experts about the benefits of reforming fossil fuel subsidies, repeated international commitments to eliminate them, and valiant efforts by some countries to reform them, they continue to persist. This book helps explain this conundrum, by exploring the polit…
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- 9781108241946
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- xxiii, 324p. : ill.
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- 338.23 POL p
The geopolitics of the global energy transition
The world is currently undergoing an historic energy transition, driven by increasingly stringent decarbonisation policies and rapid advances in low-carbon technologies. The large-scale shift to low-carbon energy is disrupting the global energy system, impacting whole economies, and changing the political dynamics within and between countries. This open access book, written by leading energy…
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- 9783030390662
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- xxv, 381p. : ill.
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- 327 GEO g
Understanding the bigger energy picture : DESERTEC and beyond
This book focuses on the global cycles of energy, water and carbon, which are not only the essentials of our main energy carriers, the fossil fuels, but are also the building blocks of life. The book offers an overview of the basic scientific facts and relationships that are needed to understand today’s energy generation and use, how they relate to global climate, the water cycle and other re…
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- 9783319579665
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- xv, 110p. : ill.
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- 333.79 DUR u
Energy in Africa : challenges and opportunities
This open access book presents a picture of the current energy challenges on the African continent (and the Sub-Saharan region in particular) and proposes pathways to an accelerated energy transition. Starting with an analysis of the status quo and the outlook for Africa’s energy demand and energy access, it provides an account of the available resources, including hydrocarbons and renewable …
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- 9783319922195
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- xx, 112p. : ill.
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- 333.7915 HAF e
Biofuels and sustainability : holistic perspectives for policy-making
This open access book presents a comprehensive analysis of biofuel use strategies from an interdisciplinary perspective using sustainability science. This interdisciplinary perspective (social science-natural science) means that the strategies and policy options proposed will have significant impacts on the economy and society alike. Biofuels are expected to contribute to reducing greenhouse ga…
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- 9784431548959
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- vi, 265p. : ill.
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- 338.927 BIO b
Advancing energy policy : lessons on the integration of social sciences and h…
This open access book advocates for the Social Sciences and Humanities to be more involved in energy policymaking. It forms part of the European platform for energy-related Social Sciences and Humanities’ activities, and works on the premise that crossing disciplines is essential. All of its contributions are highly interdisciplinary, with each chapter grounded in at least three different Soc…
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- 9783319990972
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- xxvii, 193p. : ill.
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- 333.79 ADV a
Energy poverty : (dis)assembling Europe's infrastructural divide
This open access book aims to consolidate and advance debates on European and global energy poverty by exploring the political and infrastructural drivers and implications of the condition across a variety of spatial scales. It highlights the need for a geographical conceptualization of the different ways in which household-level energy deprivation both influences and is contingent upon dispari…
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- 9783319692999
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- xiv, 117p. : ill.
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- 333.79 BOU e
Weather & climate services for the energy industry
This open access book showcases the burgeoning area of applied research at the intersection between weather and climate science and the energy industry. It illustrates how better communication between science and industry can help both sides. By opening a dialogue, scientists can understand the broader context for their work and the energy industry is able to keep track of and implement the lat…
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- 9783319684185
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- xxvii, 197p. : ill.
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- 333.7913 WEA w
Understanding risks and uncertainties in energy and climate policy : multidis…
This open access book analyzes and seeks to consolidate the use of robust quantitative tools and qualitative methods for the design and assessment of energy and climate policies. In particular, it examines energy and climate policy performance and associated risks, as well as public acceptance and portfolio analysis in climate policy, and presents methods for evaluating the costs and benefits o…
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- 9783030031527
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- xvi, 259p. : ill.
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- 333.79 UND u
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