Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy

Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 688

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Renewable Energy - Market and Policy Trends in IEA Countries reviews the experience of IEA countries after the oil crisis in the 1970s initiated a surge of investments in renewables research and development. While use of renewables has grown rapidly, they still account for only a small portion of the IEA energy mix. Hydropower, bioenergy and geothermal energy are mature technologies that contribute about 5 - 6% to primary energy supply. Solar, wind, and other new renewables have experienced rapid technology development, but as yet they represent only a small share.This work examines policies and measures that have been introduced in IEA countries to increase the cost effective deployment of renewables, reviews the objectives behind these policies, and evaluates the results. The aim is to identify best practices in order to assist governments in making future policy decisions.

Energy Policies of IEA Countries
Energy Policies of IEA Countries

Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9789264014800

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This annual review analyses energy policy and market trends of the member countries of the International Energy Agency (IEA). It provides an overview of trends in energy markets, including an analysis of recent trends in energy demand, supply and fuel prices. It highlights key issues related to energy security, which remains a major government preoccupation. It examines member countries' progress in energy market reform, their actions to meet the Kyoto greenhouse gas emissions targets, and their policies on energy efficiency and energy R&D. The publication presents summaries of the in-depth country reviews of Austria, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan and Switzerland carried out from October 2002 to June 2003. Shorter reviews of Australia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, New Zealand, Norway, Spain and Turkey are also included, as well as an overview of developments in non-member countries including China, India, south-east Asia, Latin America, Russia, central and south-eastern Europe and Saudi Arabia. Energy balances and key energy statistics for all IEA countries are given.

Energy Policies of IEA Countries
Energy Policies of IEA Countries

Author: International Energy Agency

Publisher: OECD/IEA

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9789264109797

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This compilation by the International Energy Agencycontains a broad analysis of recent trends and an easily accessible overview of energy policy during the last 12 months.The broader overview section of the 2006 edition examines trends in energy markets, including an analysis of energy demand and supply, energy prices and energy related CO2 emissions. It highlights key policy trends across member and non-member countries on energy security, energy market reform, climate change mitigation, energy efficiency, renewables and energy R&D. The book contains a special chapter on energy efficiency, which compares the most successful efficiency policies of member countries on the basis of In-Depth Review findings of the past three years. It also presents the major findings of the "World Energy Outlook 2006, "key statistical information and brief summaries of major IEA publications released during the past year.

Energy Security and Climate Policy
Energy Security and Climate Policy

Author: International Energy Agency

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 160

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World energy demand is surging. Oil, coal and natural gas still meet most global energy needs, creating serious implications for the environment. One result is that CO 2 emissions, the principal cause of global warming, are rising. This study underlines the close link between efforts to ensure energy security and those to mitigate climate change. Decisions on one side affect the other. The book presents a framework to assess interactions between energy security and climate change policies, combining qualitative and quantitative analyses. The quantitative analysis is based on the development of energy security indicators, tracking the evolution of policy concerns linked to energy resource concentration. The indicators are applied to a reference scenario and CO 2 policy cases for five case-study countries: The Czech Republic, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.. -->

Energy Security in Japan
Energy Security in Japan

Author: Vlado Vivoda

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1317143655

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For a country already uneasy about energy security, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which caused a nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, turned pre-existing Japanese concern about the availability of energy into outright anxiety. The subsequent closure of many nuclear reactors meant Japan needed to replace lost power quickly and so had no choice but to secure additional fossil fuels, undermining Japanese diversification policy and increasing global and regional competition for energy. This switch has been at a cost to the already weak Japanese economy whilst the increase in fossil fuel consumption has caused a significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions. In this book Vlado Vivoda examines the drastically changed environment following the disaster in order to analyse Japan’s energy security challenges and evaluate Tokyo’s energy policy options. Looking at how the disaster exacerbated Japan’s existing energy security challenges, Vivoda considers the best policy options for Japan to enhance national energy security in the future, exploring the main impediments to change and how they might be overcome.

Environmental ScienceBites
Environmental ScienceBites

Author: Kylienne A. Clark

Publisher: The Ohio State University

Published: 2015-09-15

Total Pages: 594

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This book was written by undergraduate students at The Ohio State University (OSU) who were enrolled in the class Introduction to Environmental Science. The chapters describe some of Earth's major environmental challenges and discuss ways that humans are using cutting-edge science and engineering to provide sustainable solutions to these problems. Topics are as diverse as the students, who represent virtually every department, school and college at OSU. The environmental issue that is described in each chapter is particularly important to the author, who hopes that their story will serve as inspiration to protect Earth for all life.