Making Renewable Electricity Policy in Spain

The Politics of Power
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-75643-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 189 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 286 g

Reihe: Environmental Politics and Theory

This book examines the politics of renewable electricity policy in democratic Spain. It provides the first comprehensive political analysis of how and why successive Spanish governments have increased or reduced support for renewable power, especially wind and solar. In particular, it identifies the key influences that have been brought to bear on decision making by the core executive as it has sought to determine the appropriate role of renewable sources in the country’s electricity mix. Following the introduction, four chapters chart the dramatic rise, fall, and, most recently, renewed rise in support for utility-scale renewable power, from the early 1980s to the present. Another chapter details the decade-long political struggle over the regulation of small-scale distributed renewable electricity generation. The penultimate chapter explores the future prospects for renewable power in Spain, and the final chapter offers an overarching explanation of the patterns of policy outcomes observed.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Duffield, John S.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Laying the Groundwork: Early Efforts to Promote Renewable Power in Spain.- Chapter 3. The Classical Period: Renewable Power Takes Off.- Chapter 4. The Dark Ages: Responses to the Renewables Boom.- Chapter 5. The Renaissance of Renewable Power.- Chapter 6. The Battle over Self-Consumption.- Chapter 7. Future Prospects for Renewable Power in Spain.- Chapter 8. The Politics of Renewable Power in Spain.

Über Autor(innen)

John S. Duffield is Professor of Political Science and Director of Assessment and Review at Georgia State University, USA. His research focuses on the politics of energy and climate change in the United States and other developed countries. He is the author of four books and has co-edited two others.