Narratives of Low-Carbon Transitions : : understanding risks and uncertainties / / Edited by Susanne Hanger-Kopp, Jenny Lieu, Alexandros Nikas.

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Superior document:Routledge studies in energy transitions
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Place / Publishing House:Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : : Taylor & Francis,, 2019.
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in energy transitions.
Physical Description:1 online resource (276 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Notes on contributors
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • Part I: Setting the Introduction / Susanne Hanger-Kopp, Jenny Lieu, and Alexandros Nikas
  • 2. Framing risks and uncertainties associated with low-carbon pathways / Susanne Hanger-Kopp, Alexandros Nikas, Jenny Lieu;
  • Part II: Pathways for incumbent large-scale technology systems
  • 3. Austria: co-designing a low-carbon transition pathway focusing on energy supply for the iron and steel sector / Brigitte Wolkinger, Jakob Mayer, Andreas Tuerk, Gabriel Bachner, and Karl Steininger
  • 4. Canada: finding common ground the need for plural voices in lower-carbon futures of the Alberta oil sands / Luis D. Virla, Jenny Lieu, and Cecilia Fitzpatrick
  • 5. United Kingdom: pathways towards a low-carbon electricity system nuclear expansion versus nuclear phase out / Rocío Alvarez-Tinoco, Michele Stua, and Gordon MacKerron;
  • Part III: Pathways towards renewable electricity systems
  • 6. Chile: promoting renewable energy and the risk of energy poverty in Chile / Luis E. Gonzales Carrasco and Rodrigo Cerda
  • 7. The Netherlands: expanding solar PV risk and uncertainties associated with small- and large-scale options / Krisztina de Bruyn-Szendrei, Wytze van der Gaast, and Eise Spijker
  • 8. Spain: on a rollercoaster of regulatory change risks and uncertainties associated with a renewable energy transition / Alevgul H. Sorman, Cristina Pizarro-Irizar, Xaquín García-Muros, Mikel González-Eguino, and Iñaki Arto 9. Switzerland: risks associated with implementing a national energy strategy / Oscar van Vliet
  • Part IV: Pathways towards energy-efficient building sectors
  • 10. China: risks and uncertainties in low-carbon pathways for the urban building sector / Lei Song, Jenny Lieu, and Ying Chen
  • 11. Greece: from near-term actions to long-term pathways - risks and uncertainties associated with the national energy efficiency framework / Alexandros Nikas, Nikolaos Gkonis, Aikaterini Forouli, Eleftherios Siskos, Apostolos Arsenopoulos, Aikaterini Papapostolou, Eleni Kanellou, Charikleia Karakosta, and Haris Doukas
  • Part V: Pathways focusing on renewable energy technologies at household and community levels:
  • 12. Indonesia: risks and uncertainties associated with biogas for cooking and electricity / Mariana Silaen, Yudiandra Yuwono, Richard Taylor, Tahia Devisscher, Syamsidar Thamrin, Cynthia Ismail, and Takeshi Takama
  • 13. Kenya: risks and uncertainties around low-carbon energy pathways / Oliver W. Johnson, Hannah Wanjiru, Mbeo Ogeya, and Francis X. Johnson
  • Part VI: Synthesis.
  • 14. Transition pathways, risks, and uncertainties / Jenny Lieu, Susanne Hanger-Kopp, Wytze van der Gaast, Richard Taylor and Ed Dearnley; Afterword: key insights on averarching risks across transition pathways
  • Index.