The Political Economy of Renewable Energy and Energy Security [electronic resource] : Common Challenges and National Responses in Japan, China and Northern Europe /
Moe, E.editor.
Midford, P.editor.
Bringing together renewable energy and energy security, this book covers both the politics and political economy of renewables and energy security and analyzes renewable technologies in diverse and highly topical countries: Japan, China and Northern Europe.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures and Equations; Series Editor's Preface; Preface and Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I Energy Security; 2 What is Strategic about Energy? De-simplifying Energy Security; 3 The Energy Security of Japan after Fukushima 3/11; 4 The Impact of 3-11 on Japanese Public Opinion and Policy Toward Energy Security; 5 China's Energy Security; 6 The Norwegian Energy Security Debate: Domestic and International Dimensions; Part II Renewable Technologies and Politics
7 Technologies for Electricity Generation in Wind Turbines8 Early Promoter of Solar Photovoltaics: Forty Years of Development of Policy and Technology in Japan; 9 Smart, but is It Sustainable? The Importance of Reconciling Non-Technical Concerns in Grid-Development Policies; Part III Energy and Politics: Solutions and Policy Frameworks; 10 A Review of Renewable Energy Legislation and Policies in China; 11 From 'Worn' to 'Green' China Model? Energy in the 12th Five-Year Plan in an Environmental and Climate-Change Perspective
12 Enabling China's Low-Carbon Transition: The 12th Five-Year Plan and the Future Climate Regime13 The German Policy Support Mechanism for Photovoltaics: The Road to Grid Parity; 14 Vested Interests, Energy Policy and Renewables in Japan, China, Norway and Denmark; 15 Conclusions; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bringing together renewable energy and energy security, this book covers both the politics and political economy of renewables and energy security and analyzes renewable technologies in diverse and highly topical countries: Japan, China and Northern Europe.
Sustainable development.
Environmental policy.
Political economy.
Economic policy.
Environmental economics.
International relations.
Sustainable Development.
Environmental Politics.
International Political Economy.
Economic Policy.
Environmental Economics.
International Relations.