Klimaschutz schaffe Unabhängigkeit, konstante Energiepreise, eine Stabilisierung der Weltwirtschaft und 6 Mio. neue Arbeitsplätze für Europa. Voraussetzung dafür seien der vollständige Umstieg auf Energieeffizienz und erneuerbare Energien. (Helga Lüdtke)

What are the recent trends and prospects for investment in power generation? What are the main drivers and barriers? This book assesses these issues and gives special emphasis to the question of how uncertainties may affect investment decisions. Uncertainties on CO2 constraints, on power plant...

Escalating energy demand may be the most important issue facing the United States and the world today. There is little disagreement that research and development (R&D) is needed to develop new energy technologies for the future; however, there is less agreement over the specific research agenda...