About Resources for the Future and RFF Press; Contents; About the Contributors; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Foreword; Chapter 1 Toward a Low-Carbon Future in Electricity?; References; Part I: Technology; Chapter 2 Renewable Energy Technologies for Electricity Generation; Part II: Renewables, Climate Change, and Energy Policy; Chapter 3 Renewables Forecasts in a Low-Carbon World: A Brief Overview; Chapter 4 Renewable Generation and Security of Supply; Chapter 5 Market Failure and the Structure of Externalities.
Chapter 14 Experience with Renewable Energy Policy in GermanyChapter 15 Renewable Electricity Support: The Spanish Experience; Conclusions: Whither Renewable Generation?; The Case for Promoting Renewable Power; Renewable Generation and Power Systems in Practice; Conclusion; Notes; Reference; Index.
Chapter 6 Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Emissions TradingPart III: Renewable Generation and Electric Power Markets; Chapter 7 Electricity Wholesale Market Design in a Low-Carbon Future; Chapter 8 Energy Regulation in a Low-Carbon World; Chapter 9 Building Blocks: Investment in Renewable and Nonrenewable Technologies; Chapter 10 Developing a Supergrid; Part IV: National Experiences; Chapter 11 Renewable Electricity Generation in the United States; Chapter 12 The European Union's Policy on the Development of Renewable Energy; Chapter 13 UK Renewable Energy Policy since Privatization.
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Reflecting its reliance on fossil fuels, the electric power industry produces the majority of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. The need for a revolution in the industry becomes further apparent given that 'decarbonization' means an increasing electrification of other sectors of the economy--in particular, through a switch from gasoline to electric vehicles. Of the options for producing electric power without significant greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy is most attractive to policymakers, as it promises increased national self-reliance on energy supplies and the creation of new in.
Harnessing renewable energy in electric power systems.
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Electric power production-- Economic aspects.
Electric power production-- Environmental aspects.
Electric power production.
Renewable energy sources.
Electric power production-- Economic aspects.
Electric power production-- Environmental aspects.
Electric power production.
Renewable energy sources.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Power Resources-- Electrical.