Renewable Electricity Generation

Economic Analysis and Outlook

Benjamin Zycher (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

80 Seiten

2011
AEI Press (Verlag)
978-0-8447-7222-6 (ISBN)

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This volume examines the outlook for renewable energy in electricity generation-particularly wind and solar power-as a substitute for conventional fuels such as coal and natural gas. Economist Benjamin Zycher evaluates the central arguments in favor of policies that would make way for broader use of renewables and concludes that all are deeply problematic. "Renewable" energy sources are not superior in cost to conventional fuels; nor are they less taxing on the environment. The popular argument that increased use of renewables will create "green jobs" is likewise a fallacy-because wind and solar power are costly and inefficient, the net economic impact is a negative one. Zycher concludes that resource-use behaviors emerging from market competition are the best guides to effective, sustainable energy policies.

Benjamin Zycher is a senior fellow in economic studies at the Pacific Research Institute.

List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Summary of Public Policy Support for Renewable Energy in Electricity Generation
Appendix to Chapter 1
Chapter 2: Problems Afflicting Renewable Energy in Electricity Generation
Unconcentrated Energy Content
Siting Limitations and Transmission Costs
Low Availability and Intermittency
Chapter 3: Central Rationales for Policy Support for Renewables: A Review
The Infant-Industry Argument
Leveling the Playing Field
Adverse External Effects of Conventional Generation
The Resource Depletion or “Sustainability” Argument
“Green Jobs”: Renewable Power as a Source of Expanded Employment
Chapter 4: Some Implications of the Outlook for the Natural Gas Market
Conclusion
Index
About the Author

Verlagsort	Washington DC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 231 mm
Gewicht	132 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	0-8447-7222-4 / 0844772224
ISBN-13	978-0-8447-7222-6 / 9780844772226
Zustand	Neuware