Clean Energy Transition (eBook)

Policies and Politics for a Zero-Carbon World

Daniel J. Fiorino (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022 | 1. Auflage
272 Seiten
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-1-5095-4488-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Is the goal of a transition to clean energy at all realistic? If so, how could it be accomplished? Climate change poses a formidable challenge for twenty-first-century governments. Unless they can move to a clean energy system built on efficiency, renewables, electrification, and possibly complementary technologies like nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage, it will be all but impossible to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. In this book, Daniel Fiorino provides a comprehensive introduction to the politics and policies of a clean energy transition and how it may unfold nationally and globally. Across its nine chapters, he explores the current energy landscape and the different pathways and pitfalls on the road to decarbonization. All scenarios for decarbonizing, he argues, rely on aggressive efficiency, the rapid scale-up of renewables, and the electrification of most of what is left. Yet this transition has to be accelerated and done effectively. There is little time left for second chances if we are to decarbonize later this century. The Clean Energy Transition will be an indispensable resource for students of energy politics, environmental studies, and public policy, as well as anyone interested in the energy issues of the day.

Autor

Daniel J. Fiorino is the Director of the Center for Environmental Policy and Distinguished Executive in Residence in the School of Public Affairs at American University.

Inhalt

:List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes

Preface

Chapter 1: The Energy Landscape

Chapter 2: Why Clean Energy Matters

Chapter 3: Getting the Carbon Out: Pathways to Decarbonization

Chapter 4: The Invisible Resource: Energy Efficiency

Chapter 5: Endless Flows: Renewable Energy

Chapter 6: Electrify Everything

Chapter 7: Hard Choices and an Opportunity: Nuclear, Carbon Capture, and Green Hydrogen

Chapter 8: Accelerating the Energy Transition

Chapter 9: The Clean Energy Future

Glossary

Notes

Index

Rezensionen

"No book better captures both the challenges of dealing with climate change and the promising opportunities for action. Fiorino offers a highly readable, empirically grounded, and comprehensive assessment of actions taken to date and viable paths toward a carbon-neutral energy future."
Michael Kraft, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

"A sober assessment of both the promise of, and potential barriers to, clean energy as the solution to the climate crisis. The Clean Energy Transition is particularly strong in revealing the interplay of technical possibilities and political realities."
Stephen Harper, Intel Corporation

"The book provides the serious student in energy policy a fresh look at recent challenges--both from a technology perspective and a policy perspective."
Daniel S. Zachary, Johns Hopkins University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.9.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: Energie • Energie u. Umweltaspekte • Energiewirtschaft • Energiewirtschaft u. -politik • Energy • Energy & Environmental Impact • Energy Economics & Policy • Erneuerbare Energie • Erneuerbare Energien • renewable energy
• ISBN-10: 1-5095-4488-7 / 1509544887
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4488-2 / 9781509544882