This book investigates the current status and future prospects of energy relationships for European Mediterranean countries. By adopting a political economy perspective, this book provides insight into regional cooperation in the fields of natural gas and renewable energy. The author posits that...

Review of the Porter Hypothesis and the related literature -- Measurement of environmental regulation -- Environmental regulation and renewable energy innovation -- Environmental regulation and renewable energy exports. .

This addition to the ISOR series addresses the analytics of the operations of electric energy systems with increasing penetration of stochastic renewable production facilities, such as wind- and solar-based generation units. As stochastic renewable production units become ubiquitous throughout...

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...

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the energy transformation process ongoing in Germany, now commonly referred to as energiewende, in the European context, with a focus on the electricity sector. It presents an expert look at the origins of the German energiewende, its concrete...

The book provides an overview of the policy frameworks that have been employed to support offshore wind power, and their efficacy in nurturing sustainable cost reductions across the industry.A growing number of countries are increasingly receptive to the prospect of implementing policies to...

Aktuelle Herausforderungen der Wirtschaftsförderer in Deutschland.-Wirtschaftsförderung und Hochschule: Kooperationsformen-Theorie.- Wirtschaftsförderung und Hochschule: Kooperationsformen-Praxis -- Fachkräftemangel: Theorie -- Fachkräftemangel: Praxis -- Infrastruktur im ländlichen Raum:...

Durch staatliche Förderung (EEG) und stetige Verbesserungen im Wirkungsgrad von Solaranlagen wird diese Form der Energiegewinnung immer attraktiver. Neben der Förderung gilt es, die steuerrechtlichen Vorteile optimal zu nutzen. Das Werk gibt dazu einen praxisnahen Leitfaden. Die 2. Auflage...

Länderprofile -- Stand der Forschung -- Entwicklung des theoretischen Bezugsrahmens -- Grundlagen der Datenerhebung -- Windenergie in Argentinien -- Windenergie in Brasilien -- Windenergie in Chile -- Länderübergreifende Ergebnisdiskussion -- Fazit.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY uses an applied scientific methodology and case studies to demonstrate and support: The need for the U.S. and the world to commit to energy and resource efficiency as the central goal in investing in electric, heat, and cooling infrastructure, the huge economic opportunity for...