The Economics and Politics of Renewable Energy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 12438
Special Issue Editor
Interests: environment; sustainability; renewable energy technologies; biotechnology; applied economics; energy; agricultural biotechnology; policy; international marketing; biomass conversion; biofuel production; biomass; biofuels; bioenergy carbon capture use and storage; petroleum; pyrolysis; environmental economics; biodiesel production; green technology; trade; energy economics; welfare; mergers; biomass energy; ethanol; technology adoption; gasoline; empirical research
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy is a ubiquitous resource that is at the forefront of the political-economy discourse. Currently, energy is heavily dependent on the use of fossil fuels, wreaking havoc on the global climate through the emissions of greenhouse gases. In light of these mounting concerns, national and international stakeholders are calling for a transition towards renewable and cleaner energy sources. However, the adoption of and investments in renewable energy technologies are inadequate. Although policy and legislative instruments in support of the development of renewable technologies exist, the share of renewable energy in the global energy generation mix is small. The share of renewables in transportation is only a few percent points and is barely 10% in heat, globally.
Given the importance of transitioning away from fossil fuels, the Special Issue’s overarching goal is to better understand the economics and politics of renewable energy. Through the shedding of new light on the deficiencies of existing policy strategies, we hope to better understand the complexity as well as the alignments of interests of stakeholders. By means of the economics of renewable energy technologies, we hope to gain new insight into the process leading to the diffusion of these technologies and to the barriers that hinder their wide deployment.
Dr. Gal Hochman
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Renewable energy
- Political economy
- Investment
- Adoption
- Diffusion
- Technologies
- Biomass
- Wind
- Solar
- Hydroelectric
- Geothermal
- Bioenergy
- Electricity
- Transportation
- Industrial
- Commercial
- Residential
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