Sustainable Development and Innovation in the Energy Sector

• Main Authors: Steger, Ulrich (Author), Achterberg (†), Wouter (Author), Blok, Kornelis (Author), Bode, Henning (Author), Frenz, Walter (Author), Gather, Corinna (Author), Hanekamp, Gerd (Author), Imboden, Dieter (Author), Jahnke, Matthias (Author), Kost, Michael (Author), Kurz, Rudi (Author), Nutzinger, Hans G. (Author), Ziesemer, Thomas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wütscher, Friederike (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Renewable energy resources.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Economic policy.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Economic Policy.

Almost every energy scenario assumes an enormous growth in the demand for energy in the coming decades. Meanwhile, at international conferences and other venues, the primary concern is massive reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, especially of the CO2 produced by fossil-fuel energy consumption. Ex...

Table of Contents:

• Summary
• Problem Definition, Tasks, Procedure and Derivation of Recommendations for Action
• Terminological and Conceptional Foundations
• Normative Criteria for Evaluation and Decision-Making
• Towards a Sustainable Energy System — Legal Basis, Deficits and Points of Reference
• Potentials for the Sustainable Development of Energy Systems
• The Reality of Sustainability: Conflicts of Aims in the Choice of Instruments
• Strategies for Accelerating Sustainable Energy Innovations
• Implementation Problems of a Sustainable Innovation Strategy
• Responsibility for the “Energy Hunger” of the Developing Countries — How Sustainable Energy Innovations Can Help.