Routledge Studies in Energy Policy
Constitutional Discussions on Nuclear Energy in Germany
1st Edition
By Robert Rybski
November 28, 2025
This book analyses the German constitutional system's responses towards nuclear energy. Robert Rybski begins with a presentation of energy security as a constitutional value and explores how it connects with nuclear energy. He also examines constitutional standards derived from the German ...
Russia’s Foreign Energy Policy: Resources, Actors, Conflicts
1st Edition
By Kenan Aslanli
December 18, 2024
This book examines Russia’s multidimensional foreign energy policy and the emerging and ongoing conflicts with energy-consuming and transit countries. Russia’s Foreign Energy Policy examines whether the interdependence patterns shaped through various channels (such as foreign trade, investment, ...
Energy Capitol: The Waning of Regulatory Form
1st Edition
By Arthur Mason
November 04, 2024
Energy Capitol explores the waning of regulatory politics surrounding large-scale energy systems in the United States at the turn of the millennium. Throughout the twentieth century, large-scale energy systems in North America and Europe were highly regulated by a national political community whose...
Nuclear Power in Stagnation: A Cultural Approach to Failed Expansion
1st Edition
By David Toke, Geoffrey Chun-Fung Chen, Antony Froggatt, Richard Connolly
September 26, 2022
This book studies the extent to which nuclear safety issues have contributed towards the stagnation of nuclear power development around the world, and accounts for differences in safety regulations in different countries. In order to understand why nuclear development has not met widespread ...
Social Movements against Wind Power in Canada and Germany: Energy Policy and Contention
1st Edition
By Andrea Bues
May 06, 2022
Taking a comparative case study approach between Canada and Germany, this book investigates the contrasting response of governments to anti-wind movements. Environmental social movements have been critical players for encouraging the shift towards increased use of renewable energy. However, social...
Wind Power and Public Engagement: Co-operatives and Community Ownership
1st Edition
By Giuseppe Pellegrini-Masini
April 29, 2022
Adopting an interdisciplinary social science approach, this book examines community reactions to wind farms to form a new understanding of what facilitates social acceptance. Based on empirical research, Wind Power and Public Engagement investigates opposition to wind energy and considers the ...
Ethics in Danish Energy Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Finn Arler, Mogens Rüdiger, Karl Sperling, Kristian Høyer Toft, Bo Poulsen
December 13, 2021
This book deepens our understanding of ethical drivers in energy policy and contributes to future decision-making on transitions towards a sustainable energy system. During the latest fifty years Western energy politics have been faced with a series of ethical challenges including rapid growth, oil...
Mainstreaming Solar Energy in Small, Tropical Islands: Cultural and Policy Implications
1st Edition
By Kiron C. Neale
December 13, 2021
This book explores how cultural considerations can improve policymaking to achieve mainstream solar energy in small, tropical islands. Focusing on Trinidad, Barbados and Oʻahu, Kiron C. Neale looks at how culture can affect and be affected by the policies that support the household adoption of...
Appraising the Economics of Smart Meters: Costs and Benefits
1st Edition
By Jacopo Torriti
September 30, 2021
This book focuses on the economics of smart meters and is one of the first to present comprehensive evidence on the impacts, cost-benefits and risks associated with smart metering. Throughout this volume, Jacopo Torriti integrates his findings from institutional cost-benefit analyses and smart ...
Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries: Policies and Programmes
1st Edition
Edited
By Suzana Tavares da Silva, Gabriela Prata Dias
September 30, 2021
This book presents a comparative analysis of energy efficiency policies in developing countries. Although there is a vast amount of literature available about renewable energy policy and implementation in the developing world, energy efficiency tends to lack attention. This book fills this lacuna ...
Energy Policies and Climate Change in China: Actors, Implementation, and Future Prospects
1st Edition
By Han Lin
March 31, 2021
In the face of growing environmental challenges, including climate change and energy security, countries across the globe are developing new policies and programs to address these challenges, and China is no exception. This book analyses China’s two most significant climate-related energy policies,...
Business Battles in the US Energy Sector: Lessons for a Clean Energy Transition
1st Edition
By Christian Downie
September 30, 2020
This book is ground breaking in its study of business actors in climate and energy politics. While various studies have demonstrated the influence of business actors across multiple policy domains, this is the first to examine the behaviour of business actors in energy centric industries in ...