Delivering a low carbon electricity system
Subtitle: technologies, economics, and policy
By: Michael Grubb, Tooraj Jamasb, Michael G. Pollitt.
Contributors: Jamasb, Tooraj.; Pollitt, Michael G.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 513
ISBN-13: 9780521888844
Subjects: Electric power production -- Environmental aspects; Air -- Pollution -- Prevention; Carbon dioxide mitigation; Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects; Energy conservation; Energy policy; Electric utilities
Description: "Meeting targets aimed at tackling the climate change challenge requires moving towards a low-carbon economy. These targets can only be met with major reductions in carbon emissions from the electricity sector. Written by a team of leading academics and industry experts, Delivering a Low Carbon Electricity System analyses the social, technological, economic and political issues that affect the attempt to create a low-carbon electricity sector and assesses the main instruments for achieving this aim. The book begins by looking at how low-carbon generation technologies might be added in sufficient quantity to the electricity system. Next, it examines how networks and the demand side can help to decarbonise the sector. It then highlights the role of innovation and discusses instruments for promoting technological progress. Finally, given the economic framework and technological possibilities, it presents a number of general and specific policy instruments and options for the future."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.