Energy Policy : Economic Effects, Security Aspects and Environmental Issues

Intro -- ENERGY POLICY: ECONOMIC EFFECTS, SECURITY ASPECTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES -- ENERGY POLICY: ECONOMIC EFFECTS, SECURITY ASPECTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- RESEARCH AND REVIEW STUDIES -- Chapter 1 ENERGY POLICY IN RENEWABLES AND ITS ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES AT REGIONAL LEVEL: THE CASE OF NAVARRE (SPAIN) -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. What are the Renewable Energies? -- 1.2. The Primary and Final Energies Concepts -- 1.3. Defining the Scenario: The Main Energy Policy Tenets -- 1.4. Navarre in Spain and in Europe -- 2. THE ENERGY SECTOR IN NAVARRE. AN OVERVIEW FROM 1984 TO 2006 -- 2.1. Transforming Primary Energies into Final Energies -- 2.2. The Use of Final Energies -- 3. DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN NAVARRE IN THE PERIOD 1984-2006 -- 3.1. Initial Stage: 1984-1995 -- 3.2. The Renewable Energy Boom in Navarre: 1995-2006 -- 3.3. Consolidation of the Renewable Energy in Navarre -- 3.4. Driving Factors behind the Renewable Energy Boom in Navarre -- 4. IMPACT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ITS DEPLOYMENT ON SUSTAINABILITY -- 4.1. The Sustainability Problem -- 4.1.1. The Concept of Sustainability -- 4.1.2. The Energy Balances Use -- 4.2. The Use of Primary Energies and their Effects -- 4.2.1. The Primary Energies Calculation Procedure -- 4.2.2. The Evolution in the Use of Primary Energies -- 4.2.3. The Use of Primary Energies according to their Renewability -- 4.2.4. The CO2 Emissions Associated to the Energies Consumption and the Energy Self-sufficiency -- 4.3. The Method of Calculation in Factor Decomposition -- 4.4. Change Factors in the Energy Use in Navarre, 1984-2006 -- 4.5. Change Factors in the Renewability of the Primary Energy and in the CO2 Emissions in Navarre -- 5. IMPACT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY DEPLOYMENT ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.