108 research outputs found
Renewable Energy
This chapter presents an in-depth examination of major renewable energy technologies, including their installed capacity and energy supply in 2009 , the current state of market and technology development, their economic and financial feasibility in 2009 and in the near future,
as well as major issues they may face relative to their sustainability
or implementation. Renewable energy sources have been important for humankind since the beginning of civilization. For centuries, biomass has been used for heating, cooking, steam generation, and power production;
solar energy has been used for heating and drying; geothermal energy has been used for hot water supplies; hydropower, for movement;
and wind energy, for pumping and irrigation. For many decades renewable energy sources have also been used to produce electricity or
other modern energy carriers
Global energy efficiency improvement in the long term: a demand- and supply-side perspective
A framework for integrated environmental health impact assessment of systemic risks
Traditional methods of risk assessment have provided good service in support of policy, mainly in relation to standard setting and regulation of hazardous chemicals or practices. In recent years, however, it has become apparent that many of the risks facing society are systemic in nature – complex risks, set within wider social, economic and environmental contexts. Reflecting this, policy-making too has become more wide-ranging in scope, more collaborative and more precautionary in approach. In order to inform such policies, more integrated methods of assessment are needed. Based on work undertaken in two large EU-funded projects (INTARESE and HEIMTSA), this paper reviews the range of approaches to assessment now in used, proposes a framework for integrated environmental health impact assessment (both as a basis for bringing together and choosing between different methods of assessment, and extending these to more complex problems), and discusses some of the challenges involved in conducting integrated assessments to support policy
The Internalization of Externalities in the Production of Electricity: Willingness to Pay for the Attributes of a Policy for Renewable Energy
When does a square meter equal a square meter? Land use impacts in LCA - the case of wind turbines
External costs of energy - do the answers match the questions? Looking back at 10 years of ExternE
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