LEADER 03020oam 2200625I 450 001 9910790985003321 005 20230725062120.0 010 $a1-84971-267-0 010 $a1-315-87065-7 010 $a1-317-97333-X 010 $a1-317-97334-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315870656 035 $a(CKB)2550000001186405 035 $a(EBL)1596752 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001113090 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12487659 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001113090 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11166482 035 $a(PQKB)11468296 035 $a(OCoLC)874149593 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1596752 035 $a(OCoLC)868580296 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001186405 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRepowering communities $esmall-scale solutions for large-scale energy problems /$fPrashant Vaze and Stephen Tindale 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cEarthscan,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (223 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84971-266-2 311 $a1-306-34525-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a9 Bringing This Together - A New Ecology of Energy MarketsGlossary; Index 330 $aEnergy 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 Prashant Vaze and Stephen Tindale ask politicians and regulators to consider a different path. Using abundant examples of small scale local solutions Repowering Communities