Sustainability Innovations in the Electricity Sector

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jansen, Dorothea (Editor), Ostertag, Katrin (Editor), Walz, Rainer (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2012.
• Series: Sustainability and Innovation,
• Subjects: Business.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Management.; Industrial management.; Political science.; Environmental economics.; Sociology.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Environmental Economics.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Sociology, general.; Political Science.

The future of modern societies depends on their ability to deal with the challenge of climate change in the coming decades. One essential component is a better understanding of innovation processes in the energy sector. This book focuses on sustainability innovations in renewable energies, combined...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1 Local Utilities in the German Electricity Market and their Role in the Diffusion of Innovations in Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Mitigation
• 2 Contracting and Mikro-KWK - the Role of Municipal Utilities in Germany
• 3 Governance variety in the energy service contracting market
• 4 Cooperation and Shareholding Among Local Utilities - Driving Factors and Effects
• 5 Local Utilities Under the EU Emission Trading Scheme: Innovation Impacts on Electricity Generation Portfolios
• 6 Exploring the Linkages Between Carbon Markets and Sustainable Innovations in the Energy Sector - Lessons from the EU Emissions Trading Schemes
• 7 Microgeneration in the UK and Germany from a Technological Innovation Systems Perspective
• 8 Innovation and Diffusion of Renewables and CHP in the UK: Regulation and Liberalisation
• 9 The Context of Innovation: How Established Actors Affect the Prospects of Bio-SNG Technology in Switzerland
• 10 Identifying Typical (Dys-) functional Interaction Patterns in the Dutch Biomass Innovation System.