Energy Law and Policy Research

This volume orients readers to the concept of energy footprints and their implications for sustainability and offers several cases that illustrate this concept. A detailed review chapter presents models and methods for measuring energy footprints across different industrial sectors. Following this, case study chapters from India and the United States offer demonstrations of the application of the described principles. The metrics and indicators described here and means to assess them offer powerful tools for organizations to work toward sustainability and the achievement of the United Nations' seventeen Sustainable Development Goals.

This book provides a breadth and depth of innovative and impactful research led by women investigators in the field of renewable energy. This book showcases the diversity of renewable energy solutions being deployed commercially in the United States and internationally, including new research underway. The chapters collectively cover the entire spectrum of large, utility-scale to small, distributed-scale renewable energy technologies, as well as new operating practices in buildings necessary to fully capture the value of renewable energy. The chapters also discuss technical and market considerations of renewable energy resources, plus customer attitudes and acceptance. These topics touch on many of the challenges facing the world today, and these solutions by women researchers are valuable for their technical excellence and non-traditional perspective.

This title addresses the component parts of the energy fuel cycle, as well as the market and government policies that oversee it. This Nutshell describes in detail the country's traditional energy policy and also discusses the current challenges that confront it. Chapters cover the individual natural resources used to produce energy, and the book concludes with the development of a clean energy policy for the future.

This book presents a comprehensive account of the energy and environmental security perspectives of developing countries. To address the subject comprehensively, it covers four geographically diverse clusters of developing countries from across the world. The regions particularly focused on are South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. The book covers the interwoven subjects of energy security and environmental security in the context of developing countries for the first time. It discusses the latest dimensions, challenges, and solutions around taking into account technical, economic, social, and policy perspectives. It incorporates up-to-date data, case studies, and comparative assessment. This edited book has contributions from established and emerging scholars from around the world.

This book discusses the basic technical aspects of major renewable energy systems and technological developments and considers the impact of politics on energy policy using contemporary theories of public policy, such as Advocacy Coalition Framework, Punctuated Equilibrium, Narrative Policy Framework, and Policy Diffusion, as well as discussing the evolution of the social feasibility of renewable energy. The author expands his discussion of alternative energy solutions to consider nuclear power developments and feasibility in the post-Fukushima policy environment. International commitment to renewable energy is also addressed.