The political economy of renewable energy and energy security : common challenges and national responses in Japan, China and Northern Europe / edited by Espen Moe and Paul Midford.

"Bringing together renewable energy and energy security, the authors cover both the politics and political economy of renewables and energy security and analyzes renewable technologies in some of the most relevant and topical parts of the world. Japan is energy-scarce and still experiencing the afte...

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Uniform Title:Energy, climate, and the environment series.
Other Authors: Moe, Espen (Editor)
Midford, Paul (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:Energy, climate, and the environment series.
Subjects:
Renewable energy sources > Japan.
Renewable energy sources > China.
Renewable energy sources > Europe, Northern.
Energy security > Japan.
Energy security > China.
Energy security > Europe, Northern.
Energy policy > Japan.
Energy policy > China.
Energy policy > Europe, Northern.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
SCIENCE / Environmental Science.
Physical Description:xxi, 333 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / Espen Moe
  • PART I: ENERGY SECURITY
  • 2. What is Strategic about Energy? De-simplifying Energy Security / Gunnar Fermann
  • 3. The Energy Security of Japan after Fukushima 3/11 / Frank Umbach
  • 4. The Impact of 3-11 on Japanese Public Opinion and Policy toward Energy Security / Paul Midford
  • 5. China's Energy Security / Øystein Tunsjø
  • 6. The Norwegian Energy Security Debate : Domestic and International Dimensions / Jakub M. Godzimirski
  • PART II: RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND POLITICS
  • 7. Technologies for Electricity Generation in Wind Turbines / Bogi Bech Jensen and Tore Undeland
  • 8. Early Promoter of Solar Photovoltaics : Forty Years of Development of Policy and Technology in Japan / Kenji Asano
  • 9. Smart, but is it Sustainable? The Importance of Reconciling Non-technical Concerns in Grid Development Policies / Audun Ruud
  • PART III: ENERGY AND POLITICS : SOLUTIONS AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS
  • 10. A Review of Renewable Energy Legislation and Policy in China / Yu Wang
  • 11. From "worn" to "green" China-model? Energy in the 12th Five-year Plan in an Environmental and Climate Change Perspective / Jørgen Delman and Ole Odgaard
  • 12. Enabling China's Low-carbon Transition : The 12th Five-year Plan and the Future Climate Regime / Jiangwen Guo, Eric Zusman and Espen Moe
  • 13. The German Policy Support Mechanism for Photovoltaics : The Road to Grid Parity / Karolina Jankowska
  • 14. Vested Interests, Energy Policy and Renewables in Japan, China, Norway and Denmark / Espen Moe
  • 15. Conclusions / Paul Midford.