Long-Term Integration of Renewable Energy Sources into the European Energy System

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-3-642-59015-3
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 270 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Environmental and Resource Economics

A sustainable European energy system, mitigating climate change and solving a number of other key environmental problems, will require massive reliance on renewable energy sources combined with a sharp increase in energy productivity. Considering that most of the technologies necessary for such a development are already available, today's most important questions are: How can these technologies be integrated into the European energy system? What are the costs and benefits of such a strategy? What are the major bottlenecks and obstacles to such a development? What measures are necessary to support this development? In the book a "sustainable scenario" and a "fair-market scenario" are developed as a means to demonstrate that concepts for a sustainable future European energy supply are feasible.

Zielgruppe

Research

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Executive Summary.- 1 Introduction.- 1.1 Tackling the Energy Problem.- 1.2 The Current European Energy Demand and Supply.- 1.3 Environmental Impacts of the Current Energy Use.- 2 Scenario for a Sustainable Future Energy System.- 2.1 Technical Description.- 2.2 Economic and Environmental Impacts.- 3 A Fair-Market Scenario for the European Energy System.- 3.1 Technical Description.- 3.2 Economic and Environmental Impacts Sigurd Weinreich.- 4 Bottlenecks and Obstacles - Success Stories and Measures.- 4.1 Bottlenecks and Obstacles.- 4.2 The Success Story of Wind Energy in Denmark, Germany and Wales.- 4.3 Measures to Overcome the Most Important Obstacles and Bottlenecks.- 5 Appendix I: Bottlenecks and Obstacles — Elements of a Methodology for National Diagnosis.- 5.1 General Typology for a Study on Bottlenecks.- 5.2 Identifying Bottlenecks According to Categories of NRE Projects.- 5.3 Reducing Distortions of an Institutional Nature Unfavourable to NRE.- 5.4 Beyond the Reform of Incentive Systems — Organising the Co-ordination of Actors in Europe.- 5.5 Conclusions.- 6 Appendix II: Additional Data and Figures.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- References.