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  • Decentralized Solutions for Developing Economies

    Addressing Energy Poverty Through Innovation

    Edited by Sebastian Groh, Jonas van der Straeten, Brian Edlefsen Lasch, Dimitry Gershenson, Walter Leal Filho, Daniel M. Kammen ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The volume presents innovative approaches to improving energy access in underprivileged communities. A core theme is the use of previously underutilized or unrecognized resources that can be found through synergies in supply and value innovation, novel financing methods, and the use of leapfrog technologies. The contributors illustrate how decentralized approaches and small-scale localized ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

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    Germany’s Energiewende to Renewables

    by Craig Morris, Arne Jungjohann ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book outlines how Germans convinced their politicians to pass laws allowing citizens to make their own energy, even when it hurt utility companies to do so. It traces the origins of the Energiewende movement in Germany from the Power Rebels of Schönau to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s shutdown of eight nuclear power plants following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. The authors explore ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Investing in Low-Carbon Energy Systems

    Implications for Regional Economic Cooperation

    Edited by Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Kaliappa Kalirajan, Fukunari Kimura, Xianbin Yao ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book focuses on multi-level actions that have attracted considerable interest and discussion within academia, decision makers and the public as a tool to assess anthropogenic effects of low-carbon energy development. The book begins with an overview of the state of the art policies in emerging economies, which provides a starting point for understanding the concept of low-carbon green growth. ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Energy in Australia

    Peak Oil, Solar Power, and Asia’s Economic Growth

    by Graham Palmer ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    With rapidly declining costs and seemingly unlimited sunshine, the choice of solar in Australia seems obvious. Yet despite its many advantages, homes with solar remain completely dependent on the electricity grid for reliable supply, which in Australia implies mostly coal-fired generation. Indeed, even countries that have invested heavily in solar, such as Spain and Germany, have been unable to ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Enabling Environment

    A Worm's Eye View of Environmental Finance

    by Srinivasan Sunderasan ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Enabling Environment is as real as it gets. The global commons are jointly owned and their inhabitants are jointly obligated to ensure their preservation. In the face of protracted negotiations, convoluted documentation, discord, and incessant bickering among scientists, activists, pressure groups of various hues, politicians and negotiators, very often the people on the ground are ignored or ... Read more

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  • Application of Geographical Information Systems and Soft Computation Techniques in Water and Water Based Renewable Energy Problems

    Edited by Mrinmoy Majumder ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book highlights the application of Geographical Information System (GIS) and nature based algorithms to solve the problems of water and water based renewable energy resources. The irregularity in availability of resources and inefficiency in utilization of the available resources has reduced the potentiality of water and water based renewable energy resources. In recent years various soft ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Handbook of Sustainability Science and Research

    Edited by Walter Leal Filho ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This multidisciplinary handbook explores concrete case studies which illustrate how sustainability science and research can contribute to the realization of the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It contains contributions from sustainability researchers from across the world. ... Read more

    $395.09 USD

  • Renewable Energies

    Business Outlook 2050

    Edited by Fausto Pedro García Márquez, Mayorkinos Papaelias, Alexander Karyotakis ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of current renewable energy technologies and their basic principles. It also addresses the financial aspects of renewable energy projects and analyzes their profitability, covering the most relevant topics for engineers, economists, managers and scientists who are actively involved in renewable energy research and management. The authors are ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Building the Impact Economy

    Our Future, Yea or Nay

    by Maximilian Martin ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book develops a comprehensive framework for creating sustainable new business approaches on a massive scale. It relates the power of entrepreneurship, investment and technology to four areas in which progress is urgently needed to get out of the world’s current impasse. These are: game-changing innovations in companies; a way forward for the global fashion industry that reconciles ... Read more

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  • Energy Efficiency

    Benefits for Environment and Society

    by Ming Yang, Xin Yu ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book discusses how energy efficiency benefits the global environment, national energy security, local pollution mitigation, natural resource conservation, and utility bill reduction. In addition, this book provides many hands-on skills and knowledge to identify and develop energy efficiency projects. The literature review shows that energy efficiency has become the first fuel in the world ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Climate-Smart Technologies

    Integrating Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Mitigation and Adaptation Responses

    Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Franziska Mannke, Romeela Mohee, Veronika Schulte, Dinesh Surroop ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The book addresses the perceived need for a publication with looks at both, climate smart technologies and the integration of renewable energy and energy efficiency in mitigation and adaptation responses. Based on a set of papers submitted as part of the fifth on-line climate conference (CLIMATE 2012) and a major conference on renewable energy on island States held in Mauritius in 2012, the book ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Global Energy Demand and 2-degree Target, Report 2014

    by Valentin Crastan ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This report takes a neutral and independent point of view in attempting to show concrete ways to achieve the goal of reducing CO2 emissions and limiting global warming to the 2-degree target. It presents an overall picture spanning all key countries. In the report, the temporal evolution of the main parameters is given from 1970 to 2011 for all regions of the world and all G-20 countries, starting ... Read more

    $89.09 USD