- Provides an accessible account of the problems encountered when implementing sustainable energy in countries where there is little or no experience with renewables
- Discusses potential conflicts between countries, agencies and what resources are available for a sustainable future
- Explores the potential for environmentally and socially sustainable energy systems to be developed
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- About this book
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Significant progress has been made by industrial countries to reduce emissions from the use of fossil fuels, but as the economies of the less-developed regions of the world begin to expand, they too will face similar challenges. This book looks at energy transitions being made in developing countries, focusing on the adoption of renewable energy systems in Africa, for example under the UN Sustainable Energy for All programme, but also by the EU in the Former Soviet countries of Eastern and Central Europe. It draws on experience from involvement with programmes in the EU and Africa and will be of great interest to academics, policy makers and practitioners in the development aid and renewable energy policy fields.
- About the authors
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David Elliott is Emeritus Professor of Technology Policy at the Open University UK. Elliott’s expertise is in renewable energy policy, on which he has written extensively. He has worked on a range of projects, including an OU-led New Europe-New Energy programme (2003-2011), together with co-author Terence Cook.
Terence Cook is a Research Fellow at the Open University, UK. He has extensive field work experience of projects and practices in developing countries, most recently working for the EU’s Technical Assistance Facility in Eastern and Southern Africa, in support of the UN Sustainable Energy for All programme.
- Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Introduction: Energy Changes
Pages 1-8
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Spreading Renewables: The EU and Beyond
Pages 9-38
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Spreading Renewables South: Into Africa
Pages 39-78
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Supporting and Promoting Renewables in Africa
Pages 79-124
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Conclusions: The Future
Pages 125-136
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Renewable Energy
- Book Subtitle
- From Europe to Africa
- Authors
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- David Elliott
- Terence Cook
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-74787-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-74787-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-74786-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-09076-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 139
- Number of Illustrations
- 10 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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