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"Bringing together renewable energy and energy security, the authors cover both the politics and political economy of renewables and energy security and analyzes renewable technologies in some of the most relevant and topical parts of the world. Japan isenergy-scarce and still experiencing the aftermath of Fukushima. China is expanding its renewable energy capacity faster than any other country. Northern Europe has long been among the most progressive regions with respect to renewables--boasting Denmarkand Germany, front-runners in wind and solar energy solutions--but also home to petroleum-based economies like Norway. By comparing and contrasting the experiences of such a diverse range of countries, this book identifies both barriers and success factors and explains why some countries have been so much more successful than others when it comes to renewable energy"--
List of contents
1. Introduction; Espen Moe PART I: ENERGY SECURITY 2. What is Strategic about Energy? De-simplifying Energy Security; Gunnar Fermann 3. The Energy Security of Japan after Fukushima 3/11; Frank Umbach 4. The Impact of 3-11 on Japanese Public Opinion and Policy toward Energy Security; Paul Midford 5. China's Energy Security; Øystein Tunsjø 6. The Norwegian Energy Security Debate: Domestic and International Dimensions; Jakub M. Godzimirski PART II: RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND POLITICS 7. Technologies for Electricity Generation in Wind Turbines; Bogi Bech Jensen and Tore Undeland 8. Early Promoter of Solar Photovoltaics: Forty Years of Development of Policy and Technology in Japan; Kenji Asano 9. Smart, but is it Sustainable? The Importance of Reconciling Non-technical Concerns in Grid Development Policies; Audun Ruud PART III: ENERGY AND POLITICS: SOLUTIONS AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS 10. A Review of Renewable Energy Legislation and Policy in China; Yu Wang 11. From 'worn' to 'green' China-model? Energy in the 12th Five-year Plan in an Environmental and Climate Change Perspective; Jørgen Delman and Ole Odgaard 12. Enabling China's Low-carbon Transition: The 12th Five-year Plan and the Future Climate Regime; Jiangwen Guo, Eric Zusman and Espen Moe 13. The German Policy Support Mechanism for Photovoltaics: The Road to Grid Parity; Karolina Jankowska 14. Vested Interests, Energy Policy and Renewables in Japan, China, Norway and Denmark; Espen Moe 15. Conclusions; Paul Midford
About the author
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
