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Explores how these conflicting scenarios could be reconciled; how can we shape a more sustainable energy system from the existing one; and possible technological progress and innovations to enable a brighter future. §Addresses the reality that there exists no consensus on the extent to which innovations can really contribute to reconciling ever-growing energy consumption, availability of resources and the environment, and the structural demands on any energy system.§Offers and explains a four-point strategy:§Energy should according to its importance regain a top priority in the political arena; higly targeted subsidies should be given for a limited amount of time to speed up the market introduction of energy-efficient and regenerative techniques in analogy to the Dutch model ; Negotiated agreements and unilateral self-commitments can subsequently ensure further market diffusion of sustainable energy innovations.; the basic research in energy should not be diminished but intensified instead

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• Full title: Sustainable Development and Innovation in the Energy Sector
• Author: Ulrich Steger, Wouter Achterberg, Kornelis Blok, Henning Bode
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 267
• EAN: 9783642062049
• ISBN: 3642062040
• ID: 01651480
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 428 g
• Dimensions: 237 × 164 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 14. October 2010

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