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. .

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Contents -- 1 Renewable Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainability -- 2 Electricity Supply Systems: The Current and Future Role of Renewable Sources of Energy -- 3 Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Technologies -- 4 Capacity...

Climate change is an issue that requires global attention and co-operation. As climate science develops an understanding of changes to the future climate state, policy makers and engineering project planners beg to know what claims can be made on the subject with a reasonable level of...

Preface -- Chapter 1. China's wind and solar sectors: trends in deployment, manufacturing, and energy policy / Iacob Koch-Weser and Ethan Meick -- Chapter 2. Statement of Leocadia I. Zak, Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Hearing on "U.S.-China Clean Energy Cooperation: Status,...

We track US imports of advanced technology wind and solar power-generation equipment from a panel of countries during 1989-2010, and examine the determining factors including sector-specific US FDI outflow, country size, and domestic wind and solar power generation. Differentiating between the...