The Politics Of Energy Research And Development

Author : John Byrne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351477062

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The Politics of Energy Research and Development examines and evaluates U.S. research and development policies to promote nuclear, solar, conservation, and other technology options. This volume is the third in the series Energy Policy Studies, which explores fundamental, long-term social, political, and economic dimensions of energy technology, resources, and use. Contributions represent a wide range of theoretical and policy perspectives, including sociology, economics, political science, urban and regional studies, environmental analysis, and history and philosophy of technology.Contents: Richard L. Ottinger, ""Introduction: The Tragedy of U.S. Energy R&D Policy""; Amor^ B. Lovins, ""The Origins of the Nuclear Power Fiasco""; Richard T. Sylves, ""Nuclear Exotica: Peaceful Use of Nuclear Explosives""; Eugene Frankel, ""Technology, Politics and Ideology: The Vicissitudes of Federal Solar Energy Policy, 1974-1983""; Maxine Savitz, ""The Federal Role in Conservation Research and Development""; J. David Roessner, ""Commercialization Issues in Energy Technology Policy""; John Byrne and Daniel Rich, ""In Search of the Abundant Energy Machine""; and Grant P. Thompson, ""Energy Policy in the Interim: Waiting for the Next Shoe to Drop.

Author : John Byrne,Daniel Rich
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1412831385

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The Politics of Energy Research and Development by John Byrne,Daniel Rich Pdf

The Politics of Energy Research and Development examines and evaluates U.S. research and development policies to promote nuclear, solar, conservation, and other technology options. This volume is the third in the series "Energy Policy Studies, "which explores fundamental, long-term social, political, and economic dimensions of energy technology, resources, and use. Contributions represent a wide range of theoretical and policy perspectives, including sociology, economics, political science, urban and regional studies, environmental analysis, and history and philosophy of technology. Contents: Richard L. Ottinger, "Introduction: The Tragedy of U.S. Energy R&D Policy"; Amor DEGREES B. Lovins, "The Origins of the Nuclear Power Fiasco"; Richard T. Sylves, "Nuclear Exotica: Peaceful Use of Nuclear Explosives"; Eugene Frankel, "Technology, Politics and Ideology: The Vicissitudes of Federal Solar Energy Policy, 1974-1983"; Maxine Savitz, "The Federal Role in Conservation Research and Development"; J. David Roessner, "Commercialization Issues in Energy Technology Policy"; John Byrne and Daniel Rich, "In Search of the Abundant Energy Machine"; and Grant P. Thompson, "Energy Policy in the Interim: Waiting for the Next Shoe to Drop."

Author : Slawomir Raszewski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319625577

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The International Political Economy of Oil and Gas by Slawomir Raszewski Pdf

This book addresses energy research from four distinct International Political Economy perspectives: energy security, governance, legal and developmental areas. Energy is too important to be neglected by political scientists. Yet, within the mainstream of the discipline energy research still remains a peripheral area of academic enquiry seeking to plug into the discipline’s theoretical debates. The purpose of this book is to assess how existing perspectives fit with our understanding of social science energy research by focusing on the oil and gas dimension.

Author : John-Andrew McNeish,Axel Borchgrevink,Owen Logan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783600946

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Contested Powers by John-Andrew McNeish,Axel Borchgrevink,Owen Logan Pdf

In the global North the commoditization of creativity and knowledge under the banner of a creative economy is being posed as the post-industrial answer to dependency on labour and natural resources. Not only does it promise a more stable and sustainable future, but an economy focused on intellectual property is more environmentally friendly, so it is suggested. Contested Powers argues that the fixes being offered by this model are bluffs; development as witnessed in Latin American energy politics and governance remains hindered by a global division of labour and nature that puts the capacity for technological advancement in private hands. The authors call for a multi-layered understanding of sovereignty, arguing that it holds the key to undermining rigid accounts of the relationship between carbon and democracy, energy and development, and energy and political expression. Furthermore, a critical focus on energy politics is crucial to wider debates on development and sustainability. Contested Powers is essential reading for those wondering how energy resources are converted into political power and why we still value the energy we take from our surroundings more than the means of its extraction.

Author : John E. Tilton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317398226

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U.S. Energy R & D Policy by John E. Tilton Pdf

During the past few decades there has been an advance in the research and development of solving the issue of declining energy resources. Funding by the U.S. government into energy research has risen steeply. Because of the growing importance of research and development in this field of research, in 1973 Resources for the Future undertook a study of energy-associated study, including an investigation of how research on energy R & D itself could be carried out. This title, first published in 1974, assesses a wide range of ways in which economics could contribute to decisions on where and in what amounts government R & D money should be spent. The report also evaluates the research and development approach in relation to other public energy policies or management tools. The book will be of interest to students of environmental studies and economics.

Author : United States. Energy Research and Development Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Energy policy
ISBN : MINN:30000010548802

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A National Plan for Energy Research, Development & Demonstration: The plan by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration Pdf

Author : Laura Watts
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262552653

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Energy at the End of the World by Laura Watts Pdf

Making local energy futures, from marine energy to hydrogen fuel, at the edge of the world. The islands of Orkney, off the northern coast of Scotland, are closer to the Arctic Circle than to London. Surrounded by fierce seas and shrouded by clouds and mist, the islands seem to mark the edge of the known world. And yet they are a center for energy technology innovation, from marine energy to hydrogen fuel networks, attracting the interest of venture capitalists and local communities. In this book, Laura Watts tells a story of making energy futures at the edge of the world. Orkney, Watts tells us, has been making technology for six thousand years, from arrowheads and stone circles to wave and tide energy prototypes. Artifacts and traces of all the ages—Stone, Bronze, Iron, Viking, Silicon—are visible everywhere. The islanders turned to energy innovation when forced to contend with an energy infrastructure they had outgrown. Today, Orkney is home to the European Marine Energy Centre, established in 2003. There are about forty open-sea marine energy test facilities in the world, many of which draw on Orkney expertise. The islands generate more renewable energy than they use, are growing hydrogen fuel and electric car networks, and have hundreds of locally owned micro wind turbines and a decade-old smart grid. Mixing storytelling and ethnography, empiricism and lyricism, Watts tells an Orkney energy saga—an account of how the islands are creating their own low-carbon future in the face of the seemingly impossible. The Orkney Islands, Watts shows, are playing a long game, making energy futures for another six thousand years.

Author : United States. Energy Research and Development Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Power resources
ISBN : MINN:30000010548794

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A national plan for energy research, development & demonstration by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration Pdf

Author : Aspen Institute
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Energy industries
ISBN : PSU:000065651872

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The Global Politics of Energy by Aspen Institute Pdf

Author : United States. Energy Research and Development Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Energy policy
ISBN : UCSD:31822030842603

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A National Plan for Energy Research, Development and Demonstration by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration Pdf

Author : Gabriela Inchauste,David G. Victor
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464810084

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The Political Economy of Energy Subsidy Reform by Gabriela Inchauste,David G. Victor Pdf

This book proposes a simple framework for understanding the political economy of subsidy reform and applies it to four in-depth country studies covering more than 30 distinct episodes of reform. Five key lessons emerge. First, energy subsidies often follow a life cycle, beginning as a way to stabilize prices and reduce exposure to price volatility for low-income consumers. However, as they grow in size and political power, they become entrenched. Second, subsidy reform strategies vary because the underlying political economy problems vary. When benefits are concentrated, satisfying (or isolating) interest groups with alternative policies is an important condition for effective reform. When benefits are diffuse, it can be much harder to identify and manage the political coalition needed for reform. Third, governments vary in their administrative and political capacities to implement difficult energy subsidy reforms. Fourth, improvements in social protection systems are often critical to the success of reforms because they make it possible to target assistance to those most in need. Finally, the most interesting cases involve governments that take a strategic approach to the challenges of political economy. In these settings, fixing energy subsidies is central to the governments’ missions of retaining political power and reorganizing how the government delivers benefits to the population. These cases are examples of “reform engineering,†? where governments actively seek to create the capacity to implement alternative policies, depoliticize tariffs, and build credibility around alternative policies. The most successful reforms involve active efforts by policy leaders to identify the political forces supporting energy subsidies and redirect or inoculate them.

Author : United States. Energy Research and Development Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Energy policy
ISBN : UCSD:31822024250169

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Energy Research and Development Administration by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration Pdf

Author : United States. Energy Research and Development Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000090306360

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Synopsis of proceedings, second public meeting on a national plan for energy research, development, and demonstration by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration Pdf

Author : United States. Energy Research Advisory Board. Federal Role Panel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Energy development
ISBN : UCSD:31822019290568

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The Federal Role in Energy Research and Development by United States. Energy Research Advisory Board. Federal Role Panel Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Energy Engineering Board,Committee on Alternative Energy Research and Development Strategies
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1990-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309043472

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Confronting Climate Change by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Energy Engineering Board,Committee on Alternative Energy Research and Development Strategies Pdf