Mainstreaming Solar Energy in Small, Tropical Islands: Cultural and Policy Implications

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-36456-4
Verlag: ROUTLEDGE

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Energy Policy

This book explores how cultural considerations can improve policy-making to achieve mainstream solar energy in small, tropical islands. It will be of great interest to scholars of energy policy, energy transitions, climate change, cultural studies and small states development, and industry professionals.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neale, Kiron C.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Energie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Small Islands, Energy Transitions and ‘Mainstream Culture’ 1. ‘Sun, Sea and Sand’ and Solar Energy 2. Energy Transitions and The Mainstream 3. Energy Transitions and Mainstream Energy Cultures Part 2: Beginning the Household Solar Energy Transition 4. Agriculture, Fossil Fuels and Electricity 5. Electricity and Mainstream Energy Cultures Part 3: Transitioning to and through Household Solar Energy Technologies 6. Electricity, Solar Hot Water and Mainstream Cultural Change 7. Solar Water Heating, PV and Policy Implementation Part 4: Mainstreaming Solar Energy in Small, Tropical Islands 8. Conclusions on Mainstreaming Solar Energy

Über Autor(innen)

Kiron C. Neale completed his postgraduate studies at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute in 2018, and is currently involved in coordinating energy efficiency projects for small to medium-sized enterprises in Oxfordshire as the EiE Environmental Officer at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean and grew up in Southern Trinidad (San Fernando and Princes Town).