This report addresses the increasingly important interactions of variable renewables and dispatchable energy technologies, such as nuclear power, in terms of their effects on electricity systems. These effects add costs to the production of electricity, which are not usually transparent. The...

Die Energiewende, der industrieübergreifende Rohstoffwandel von fossilen zu nachwachsenden Rohstoffen und die aktuellen Entwicklungen an den Rohstoffmärkten geben Anlass, Rohstoffpreise als marktbasierte Einflussfaktoren auf die Diffusion Erneuerbarer Energietechnologien zu untersuchen. Im...

Introduction: civilization is about energy -- Waiting for the windshield -- Joules are a society's best friend -- Sustainable, shustainable -- Renewables reality check -- The trials and travails of taming the atom -- Inviting back the toilet-trained genie -- Innovation: steve austin or gray goo?...

The major purpose of this book is to lay out the broad landscape of global energy issues and how they might develop in coming decades. While there are considerable uncertainties in respect of some of these issues, many of the defining characteristics of the landscape are clear, and the energy...