Renewable Energy In The Uk

Author : David Elliott
Publisher : Springer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030047658

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Renewable Energy in the UK by David Elliott Pdf

​This book offers a detailed account of how renewable energy has moved from the margins to the mainstream in the UK, and of the battles that have been fought to achieve this, trawling through the often troubled history of government involvement. The book examines how renewables became what now seem likely to be the dominant energy sources of the future. Renewable energy technologies, using solar and wind power and other natural energy sources, are now supplying around 30% of UK electricity and appear set to continue expanding to supply around 50% within the next decade. Although the emphasis of the book is on the UK, developments there are compared with those in other countries to provide an overall assessment of the relevance of the UK experience. Chapters explore why the UK still lags behind many other countries in deploying renewables, in part, it is argued, due to its continued reliance on nuclear power. The book ends with a discussion on what sort of changes may be expected over the coming years. The author does not assume a single answer, but invites readers to consider the possibilities.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Select Committee on Economic Affairs
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0104013753

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The Economics of Renewable Energy by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Select Committee on Economic Affairs Pdf

economics of renewable Energy : Recent developments, 4th report of session 2007-08, Vol. 2: Evidence

Author : Peter A. B. Prag
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415523974

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Renewable Energy in the Countryside by Peter A. B. Prag Pdf

Climate change has become a major international issue and the British Government is committed to meeting ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the present decade and beyond. Much of this will rely on an increasing use of renewable energy. Within current technology this will depend almost exclusively upon the use of rural land, whether for wind turbines, for growing biomass and biofuels or for the production of biogas. Renewable energy is therefore of immediate interest to farmers and landowners and to their advisers, such as surveyors, lawyers, accountants and bankers, as well as to planners and conservationists. This is one of very few books which addresses the issue of renewable energy from the point of view of landowners, farmers and rural land managers - those people who must make important decisions about how, where and when to install renewable energy sources on their land and the business implications of the decisions they make. The third edition of Renewable Energy in the Countryside contains a new chapter on biogas, up-to-date discussions on the implications of the Renewable Heat Initiative and new opportunities for solar energy and ground source heat in the context of farms and country houses as well as the implications of changes in UK planning policies.

Author : Great Britain. Department of Energy and Climate Change
Publisher : Stationery Office/Tso
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0101768621

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The UK Renewable Energy Strategy by Great Britain. Department of Energy and Climate Change Pdf

This document sets out the Government's plans for a radical increase in the UK's use of renewable electricity, heat and transport, which will meet the legally-binding target of 15 per cent of energy coming from renewable sources by 2020. This Strategy will help tackle climate change, reducing the UK's emissions of carbon dioxide by over 750 million tonnes between now and 2030. It will also promote the security of UK energy supply, reducing our overall fossil fuel demand by around 10 per cent and gas imports by 20-30 per cent against what they would have been in 2020. And it will provide opportunities for the UK economy with the potential to create up to half a million more jobs in the UK renewable energy sector resulting from around £100 billion of new investment. In parallel with energy saving, nuclear and carbon capture and storage, this is a key element for setting the UK on the path to achieve a low-carbon, sustainable future that helps address dangerous climate change. This strategy could result in: more than 30 per cent of electricity and 12 per cent of heat generated from renewables; and 10 per cent of transport energy from renewables. The Government will: provide financial support for renewable electricity and heat worth around £30 billion between now and 2020; drive delivery and clear away barriers, through the Office for Renewable Energy Deployment; increase investment in emerging technologies and pursue new sources of supply: create new opportunities for individuals, communities and business to harness renewable energy. The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan is published alongside this document (ISBN 9780108508394).

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electric power production
ISBN : 0215521099

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Renewable Electricity - Generation Technologies by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Pdf

The European Union's (EU) common Energy Policy commits the EU to generating 20 per cent of total energy consumption from renewables by 2020. The European Commission proposed national renewable energy targets for each Member State and it was suggested that 15 per cent of UK energy be derived from renewables by 2020.

Author : Patrick Devine-Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136530265

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Renewable Energy and the Public by Patrick Devine-Wright Pdf

Throughout the world, the threat of climate change is pressing governments to accelerate the deployment of technologies to generate low carbon electricity or heat. But this is frequently leading to controversy, as energy and planning policies are revised to support new energy sources or technologies (e.g. offshore wind, tidal, bioenergy or hydrogen energy) and communities face the prospect of unfamiliar, often large-scale energy technologies being sited near to their homes. Policy makers in many countries face tensions between 'streamlining' planning procedures, engaging with diverse publics to address what is commonly conceived as 'NIMBY' (not in my back yard) opposition, and the need to maintain democratic, participatory values in planning systems. This volume provides a timely, international review of research on public engagement, in contexts of diverse, innovative energy technologies. Public engagement is conceived broadly - as the interaction between how developers and other key actors engage with publics about energy technologies (including assumptions held about the methods used, such as the provision of financial benefits or the holding of deliberative events), and how individuals and groups engage with energy policies and projects (including indirectly through the media and directly through emotional and behavioural responses). The book's contributors are leading experts in the UK, Europe, North and South America and Australia drawn from a variety of relevant social science disciplinary perspectives. The book makes a significant contribution to our existing knowledge, as well as providing interested professionals, policymakers and members of the public with a timely overview of the critical issues involved in public engagement with low carbon energy technologies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Renewable energy sources
ISBN : OCLC:17339472

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Renewable Energy UK by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charles W Donovan
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781786348616

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Renewable Energy Finance: Funding The Future Of Energy (Second Edition) by Charles W Donovan Pdf

Foreword by Lord Browne of MadingleyReviews of the First Edition:'The entire text is quite readable and can be moved through with relative ease. This reviewer heartily recommends that, regardless of your background, you read this book to really get a grasp of the cutting-edge of climate finance.'LSE Review of BooksRenewable Energy Finance (Second Edition) describes in rich detail current best practices and evolving trends in clean energy investing. With contributions by some of the world's leading experts in energy finance, the book documents how investors are spending over $300 billion each year on financing renewable energy and positioning themselves in a growing global investment market. This second edition documents, with practical examples, the ways in which investors have funded over $2.6 trillion in solar, wind, and other renewable energy projects over the past decade. The book will be a go-to reference manual for understanding the factors that shape risk and return in renewable energy, the world's fastest growing industrial sector. The book is suitable for executives new to the field, as well as advanced business students.Edited by Dr Charles Donovan, Principal Teaching Fellow at Imperial College Business School and formerly Head of Structuring and Valuation for Global Power at BP, the book will give readers a unique insiders' perspective on how renewable energy deals actually get done.

Author : John Twidell,Tony Weir
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135834845

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Renewable Energy Resources by John Twidell,Tony Weir Pdf

In the years between the first and this second edition, renewable energy has come of age; it makes good sense, good government and good business. This book considers the unchanging principles of renewable energy technologies alongside modern application and case studies. In this second edition, the presentation of the fundamentals has been improved throughout, and chapters on economics and institutional factors have been added. Likewise, sections on environmental impact have been added to each technology chapter. Renewable Energy Resources supports multi-disciplinary.

Author : Oliver Probst,Sergio Castellanos,Rodrigo Palacios
Publisher : Energy Engineering
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1839530219

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Transforming the Grid Towards Fully Renewable Energy by Oliver Probst,Sergio Castellanos,Rodrigo Palacios Pdf

The transformation of the electricity sector is highly complex, including integration of large shares of renewables, storage, forecasting and modelling, biofuels, and electricity markets. This book provides clarity on the interlinked processes of the transformation towards 100 percent renewable power.

Author : Vaughn C. Nelson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781439891209

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Introduction to Renewable Energy by Vaughn C. Nelson Pdf

As the world population grows and places more demand on limited fossil fuels, renewable energy becomes more relevant as part of the solution to the impending energy dilemma. Renewable energy is now included in national policies, with goals for it to be a significant percentage of generated energy within the coming decades. A comprehensive overview, Introduction to Renewable Energy explores how we can use the sun, wind, biomass, geothermal resources, and water to generate more sustainable energy. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the book integrates economic, social, environmental, policy, and engineering issues related to renewable energy. It explains the fundamentals of energy, including the transfer of energy, as well as the limitations of natural resources. Starting with solar power, the text illustrates how energy from the sun is transferred and stored; used for heating, cooling, and lighting; collected and concentrated; and converted into electricity. A chapter describes residential power usage—including underground and off-grid homes—and houses that are designed to use energy more efficiently or to be completely self-sufficient. Other chapters cover wind power; bioenergy, including biofuel; and geothermal heat pumps; as well as hydro, tidal, and ocean energy. Describing storage as a billion-dollar idea, the book discusses the challenges of storing energy and gives an overview of technologies from flywheels to batteries. It also examines institutional issues such as environmental regulations, incentives, infrastructure, and social costs and benefits. Emphasizing the concept of life-cycle cost, the book analyzes the costs associated with different sources of energy. With recommendations for further reading, formulas, case studies, and extensive use of figures and diagrams, this textbook is suitable for undergraduates in Renewable Energy courses as well as for non-specialists seeking an introduction to renewable energy. Pedagogical Features: End-of-chapter problems Numerous case studies More than 150 figures and illustrations A solutions manual is available upon qualifying course adoption

Author : Louise Smail,Mike Appleby,Charlotte Waters
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781526515131

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The Law of Renewable Energy by Louise Smail,Mike Appleby,Charlotte Waters Pdf

The renewable energy sector is changing rapidly, from funding and legislation through to technology and supply chain. People have relied on many sources for energy in both industry and everyday life, including oil, gas, coal and wood. Renewable energy is now overtaking fossil fuels and as solar energy and wind power become cheaper and more competitive, it is important to understand how the renewable energy market and relevant law is developing. The Law of Renewable Energy examines the current and future renewable energy options and the legal challenges that surround them. Does renewable mean climate friendly and what about growing crops for energy? If you want to have an understanding of how renewable energy is being used, not just in the UK and Europe but throughout the world, then this is the book for you. This brand new title includes: an overall view on the move to renewables analysis of renewable energy cases industry trends environmental impact a section on future thinking a global view of renewables This book is essential reading for practitioners and anyone with a commercial interest in renewable energy.

Author : Mark Z. Jacobson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108479806

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100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything by Mark Z. Jacobson Pdf

Textbook on the science and methods behind a global transition to 100% clean, renewable energy for science, engineering, and social science students.

Author : Dmitry Kurochkin,Elena V. Shabliy,Ekundayo Shittu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030142070

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Renewable Energy by Dmitry Kurochkin,Elena V. Shabliy,Ekundayo Shittu Pdf

This book bringing together leading researchers in the field of renewable energy to discuss sustainability on a broad scale and to examine the status quo of renewable energy industry development in a global context. The volume starts with the European Union, then reviews current trends in the United States as well as the Middle East, Central Asia, and Latin America. It moves on to analyze the German transition to one hundred percent renewable energy economy and energy systems (Energiewende) with a climate protection plan and sustainable economic development; and continues on to examine the determinants of the adoption of sustainable solutions in Finland and discuss the renewable energy agenda in the European Union with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals at its core. Climate change has become one of the main global drivers for policy and this book discusses both it’s over all global development as well as spotlighting localized progress across multiple continents. Over one hundred and fifty countries have developing sustainable energy policies, tax incentives, and laws. China remains the leader in renewable energy generation; and countries including the United States, the UK, India, Spain, and Turkey, compete in the Renewable Energy Sector to attract investments. In 2018, global investments in renewables exceeded $200 billion. The state of Bahia in Brazil has been experiencing a surge in wind energy production; and public policy has had a positive effect on that expansion. Kazakhstan is a country with great renewable energy prospects, particularly in wind, hydropower plants, and solar energy. This book is a comprehensive overview and invaluable reference for all those in the renewable energy sector.

Author : Great Britain. Department of Energy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034133673

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Renewable Energy in the UK by Great Britain. Department of Energy Pdf