This book explains how income growth and better environmental qualities go hand in hand, and reviews the drivers and barriers to sustainable innovation on the basis of real-life cases. It discusses why innovation-based income growth reduces environmental impacts and how the huge global markets...

This volume explores: how conflicting scenarios involving energy use/conservation could be reconciled; how we can shape a more sustainable energy system from the existing one; and the possible technological progress and innovations to enable a brighter future

Innovation is key to achieving a sustainable electricity system. New technologies and organizational changes can bring about more sustainable, climate-friendly electricity structures. This book sets out to explore the dynamics, the drivers and the setting of innovation processes. It is also...

Introduction and Theoretical Framework -- Analysis of Existing Data: Determinants for the Adoption of Energy-Efficient Household Appliances in Germany -- Results of the SECO@Home Household Survey and Discrete Choice Analysis -- Firm Strategies and Political Instruments -- Impacts of the...

1. Market Solutions for Climate Change -- 2. Energy Security in the Asia-Pacific Region -- 3. Asia’s Role in the Global Economic Architecture -- 4. Energy Economics in China’s Policy-Making Plan -- 5. The Economics of The Green Industrial Revolution -- 6. The Logic of Qualitative Business...

Preface -- Ch 1 Review of Policies Towards the Acceleration of the Adoption of Renewable Energy Technologies -- Ch 2 Renewable Energy Technology Adoption in the Pacific Northwest -- Ch 3 Evaluating Polices Towards the Adoption of Renewable Energy Technologies -- Ch 4 Assessment of Wind Potential...

The book addresses the perceived need for a publication with looks at both, climate smart technologies and the integration of renewable energy and energy efficiency in mitigation and adaptation responses. Based on a set of papers submitted as part of the fifth on-line climate conference (CLIMATE...

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...