Steger / Achterberg / Blok Sustainable Development and Innovation in the Energy Sector

2005
ISBN: 978-3-540-26882-6
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 267 Seiten, eBook

Explores how these conflicting scenarios could be reconciled; how can we shape a more sustainable energy system from the existing one; and possible technological progress and innovations to enable a brighter future. Addresses the reality that there exists no consensus on the extent to which innovations can really contribute to reconciling ever-growing energy consumption, availability of resources and the environment, and the structural demands on any energy system.Offers and explains a four-point strategy:Energy should according to its importance regain a top priority in the political arena; higly targeted subsidies should be given for a limited amount of time to speed up the market introduction of energy-efficient and regenerative techniques in analogy to the ‚Dutch model‘; Negotiated agreements and unilateral self-commitments can subsequently ensure further market diffusion of sustainable energy innovations.; the basic research in energy should not be diminished but intensified instead

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steger, Ulrich

Achterberg, Wouter

Blok, Kornelis

Bode, Henning

Frenz, Walter

Gather, Corinna

Hanekamp, Gerd

Ha, Gerd

Imboden, Dieter

Jahnke, Matthias

Kost, Michael

Kurz, Rudi

Nutzinger, Hans Gottfried

Ziesemer, Thomas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.