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The Political Economy of Renewable Energy and Energy Security

Common Challenges and National Responses in Japan, China and Northern Europe

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Espen Moe

    1. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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  2. Paul Midford

    1. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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Part of the book series: Energy, Climate and the Environment (ECE)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Espen Moe
      Pages 1-18

  4. Renewable Technologies and Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Technologies for Electricity Generation in Wind Turbines

      • Bogi Bech Jensen, Tore Undeland
      Pages 139-156

    3. Early Promoter of Solar Photovoltaics: Forty Years of Development of Policy and Technology in Japan

      • Kenji Asano
      Pages 157-174

    4. Smart, but is It Sustainable? The Importance of Reconciling Non-Technical Concerns in Grid-Development Policies

      • Ole Andreas Brekke, Hogne Leroy Sataoen
      Pages 175-193

  6. Conclusions

    1. Conclusions

      • Paul Midford
      Pages 318-324

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 325-333
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Bringing together renewable energy and energy security, this book covers both the politics and political economy of renewables and energy security and analyzes renewable technologies in diverse and highly topical countries: Japan, China and Northern Europe.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Espen Moe, Paul Midford

About the editors

Kenji Asano, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan Jørgen Delman, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Gunnar Fermann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway Jakub M. Godzimirski, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway Jiangwen Guo, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan Karolina Jankowska, Fraunhofer Centre for Central and Eastern Europe MOEZ, Germany Bogi Bech Jensen, University of the Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands Ole Odgaard, Danish Energy Agency, Denmark Audun Ruud, SINTEF Energy Research Øystein Tunsjø, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Norway Frank Umbach, King's College London, UK Tore Undeland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway Yu Wang Tsinghua University, China Eric Zusman, Institute for Global Environmental Studies, Japan

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