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Alternative energy : political, economic, and social feasibility / Christopher A. Simon

Author
Simon, Christopher A., 1968-
Published
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Description
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Contents
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- About the Author -- 1 Why Alternative Energy and Fuels? -- Climate Change and Carbon -- Energy and Water -- Carbon- Based Fuels: Current and Future Availability -- Common Fossil Energy Sources: U.S. Supply and Use -- Culture Shifts and the Rise of Green Politics -- Green Politics and Environmental Public Interest Groups -- New Environmental Paradigm and Alternative Energy -- Institutional Change and Influence -- Global Demands and Conflict -- Chapter Summary -- References -- Court Cases, 2 Studying Public Policy and Alternative Energy/ Fuels -- Roles for Public Policy in Alternative Energy/ Fuel Development -- Policy Process -- Agenda Setting -- Policy Formation -- Policy Implementation -- Policy Evaluation -- Policy Termination/ Change -- Policy Types -- Bottom- Up Policy Making/ Top- Down Policy Making -- Collaborative Policy Making -- Federalism and Energy Policy -- Policy Frameworks/ Models -- Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) -- Multiple Streams (MS) -- Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) -- Punctuated Equilibrium (PE) -- Policy Diffusion, Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) -- Intergovernmentalism -- Native Americans, Tribal Lands, and Renewable Energy -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 3 Alternative Energy/ Fuels as a Public Policy Innovation -- Defining Alternative Energy and Alternative Fuels -- What Are Alternative Fuels? -- Policy Innovation and Alternative Energy -- The Waves of Policy Innovation -- Oil Shock I/ Pre- PURPA 1970s (1973- 1978) -- Secondary Oil Shock Period (1979- 1982) -- Resurgence of Cheap(er) Petroleum and Growth of Deregulation (1983- 1999) -- Bush I: EPAct Reauthorization (1992), Clinton and Post- EPAct 1992 Reauthorization (1992- 2005) -- Bush II: EPAct 2005 Reauthorization, ESIA 2007, FERC Order Innovations, and Electricity Markets (2001- 2009) -- Obama: ARRA 2009, Coal Rules, and Paris Agreement (2009- 2017) -- Trump: Resurgence of Coal and Reversal of Climate Policy (2017- present) -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 4 Solar Energy -- What Is Solar Energy? How Does It Work? -- Silicon- Based Photovoltaic Cells -- Technical Feasibility of Solar Photovoltaics -- Technical Feasibility of Solar Thermal -- Economics of Solar Power, and Current Solar PV Energy Economic Infrastructure and Levelized Cost of Electricity -- Economics of Solar Thermal- Concentrated Solar Power -- Economic Development Impacts -- Power Municipal Water and Sewer Systems -- Federal Solar Energy Technologies Program -- Major Federal Solar Incentives -- Commercial Incentives -- Personal Tax Incentives for Solar PV and Solar Thermal -- State and Local Efforts -- California -- Honolulu, Hawai'i -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 5 Wind Energy -- What Is Wind Power? How Does It Work? -- Technical Feasibility of Wind Power Systems
Summary
"Discusses the basic technical aspects of major renewable energy systems and technological developments and the impact of politics on energy policy using contemporary theories of public policy, as well as discussing the evolution of the social feasibility of renewable energy"--
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ISBN
9781538116388 electronic book
1538116383 electronic book
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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