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UNINA9910453396403321 |
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Autore |
Vaze Prashant |
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Titolo |
Repowering communities : small-scale solutions for large-scale energy problems / / Prashant Vaze and Stephen Tindale |
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London ; ; New York : , : Earthscan, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-84971-267-0 |
1-315-87065-7 |
1-317-97333-X |
1-317-97334-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Energy policy |
Energy development |
Power resources |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Repowering Communities; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures, boxes and tables; Foreword by David Miller; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms and abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Need for Transformation; 3 Why Existing Energy Companies Aren't Delivering - Can a Shark Go Vegan?; 4 Why Governments Aren't Delivering; 5 Delivering Low-Carbon Communities; 6 Financing Community Energy Initiatives; 7 Increasing the Price of Energy and Helping Renewables Without Punishing the Poor; 8 Nudging and Shoving People and Business into Changing their Behaviour |
9 Bringing This Together - A New Ecology of Energy MarketsGlossary; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Energy policy is at a crossroads. Attempts to meet targets for carbon emissions, energy security and affordable energy for vulnerable households are all on a trajectory to failure. Aggressive ambitions to roll out huge off-shore wind, nuclear and clean coal plants are proposed, but without any clear plans on how funds will be mobilized, or transmission and distribution infrastructure developed. In this book |
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