Inside the Energiewende : twists and turns on Germany's soft energy path / Christine Sturm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sturm, Christine, author.

Series:

Lecture notes in energy ; 75.

Lecture notes in energy, 2195-1284 ; volume 75

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy--Germany.

Energy policy.

Renewable energy sources--Government policy.

Renewable energy sources.

Germany.

Renewable energy sources--Government policy--Germany.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 263 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]

Summary:

This book tells the story of one nations sustained efforts to steer its economy toward low carbon technologies and to define national and global pathways for mitigating climate change. Drawing on a long career in Germanys energy sector, and on subsequent academic research, the book reveals the weaknesses of and critical trade-offs in Germanys bold energy transition plan - the Energiewende - and explores their causes. Its goal is to provide insights to help policymakers and energy managers keep some of the problems that have plagued the Energiewende at bay, and to instead explore avenues that are more likely to succeed. While such insights cannot solve the problem of socio-technical change overnight, they do reveal alternative transition pathways that keep climate goals clearly in sight, even if they are pursued with a bit less exuberance and a bit more humility. The book is addressed to academic, professional, and political readers alike.

Contents:

Introduction

The Energiewende Framework

The Energiewende Arena

How the Energiewende Came to Be

Transition Governance and Barriers to Transition

Lessons from Germany's Energy Experiment.

ISBN:

9783030427290

3030427293

OCLC:

1139943416