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The future of modern societies depends on their ability to deal
with the challenge of climate change in the coming decades. One
essential component is a better understanding of innovation
processes in the energy sector. This book focuses on sustainability
innovations in renewable energies, combined heat and power, and
energy service contracting, and analyses the institutions, actors
and functions within the innovation system. Of particular interest
is the question of whether the joint effect of EU-driven market
liberalization and climate policies will succeed in establishing
market forces that will drive actors towards more climate-friendly
energy production. A special focus is on the role of local
utilities in the electricity sector as opposed to large
transmission net operators or regional net operators. The countries
covered in the contributions include Germany, Denmark, the UK,
Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
The climate change debate has stimulated a controversy on the existence and size of potentials to reduce energy consumption at an economic benefit, so-called no-regret potentials. This book develops a theoretical evaluation framework with particular focus on transaction costs and real option theory. The resulting typology of no-regret potentials serves to re-evaluate the no-regret potential inherent in highly efficient electric motors and in energy service contracting. Both case studies confirm the existence of no-regret potentials, even if they indicate a certain spread of results around the original estimates. The book concludes with perspectives for deriving more aggregated model-based results.
The future of modern societies depends on their ability to deal
with the challenge of climate change in the coming decades. One
essential component is a better understanding of innovation
processes in the energy sector. This book focuses on sustainability
innovations in renewable energies, combined heat and power, and
energy service contracting, and analyses the institutions, actors
and functions within the innovation system. Of particular interest
is the question of whether the joint effect of EU-driven market
liberalization and climate policies will succeed in establishing
market forces that will drive actors towards more climate-friendly
energy production. A special focus is on the role of local
utilities in the electricity sector as opposed to large
transmission net operators or regional net operators. The countries
covered in the contributions include Germany, Denmark, the UK,
Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
Die Einschatzungen zur wirtschaftlichen Bewertung von
Klimaschutzmassnahmen, insbesondere zur Steigerung der
Energieeffizienz, sind sehr widerspruchlich. Dieses Buch erlautert
anhand von Zahlenmaterial die analytischen Hintergrunde und ist
auch fur Nicht-Okonomen verstandlich geschrieben. Die Autoren
kommen zu dem Schluss, dass in vielen Bereichen rentable
Energiesparpotentiale nicht erkannt und umgesetzt werden. Sie
zeigen, dass bei der Verfolgung von Klimaschutzzielen und der
Vorbeugung gegen Klimaschaden uber erheblichen Gestaltungspielraum
verfugt. Mit der Entflechtung verschiedener Diskussionsebenen und
dem Aufzeigen der Quellen fur Fehlinterpretationen von
Studienergebnissen leistet das Buch einen wichtigen Beitrag zur
Versachlichung der Klimaschutzdiskussion."
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