Sustainable development and innovation in the energy sector /
Contributor(s): Steger, Ulrich.
Publisher: Berlin : Springer, 2005Description: xii, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 354023103X (cased); 9783540231035:; 9783540231035 (cased).Subject(s): Energy facilities -- Technological innovations | Power resources -- Environmental aspects | Renewable energy sourcesDDC classification: 333.79Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 333.79 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0068137 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-261).
Problem definition, tasks, procedure and derivation of recommendations for action -- Terminological and conceptual 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: conflict of aims in the choice of instruments -- Strategies for accelerating sustainable energy innovations -- On the political enforceability of a sustainable innovation strategy -- Responsibility for the "energy hunger: of the developing countries - how sustainable energy innovations can help.
At international conferences and other venues, the primary concern is massive reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Experts also point out the political risk of depending on petroleum. This book explores, among other things, how these conflicting scenarios could be reconciled, and how can we shape a more sustainable energy system.