Routledge Studies in Energy Policy
Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reforms: A Guide to Economic and Political Complexity
1st Edition
By Jun Rentschler
March 04, 2020
Countries around the world are spending up to $500 billion per year on subsidising fossil fuel consumption. By some estimates, the G20 countries alone are spending around another $450 billion on subsidising fossil fuel production. In addition, the indirect social welfare costs of these subsidies ...
Governing Shale Gas: Development, Citizen Participation and Decision Making in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By John Whitton, Matthew Cotton, Ioan M. Charnley-Parry, Kathy Brasier
March 04, 2020
Shale energy development is an issue of global importance. The number of reserves globally, and their potential economic return, have increased dramatically in the past decade. Questions abound, however, about the appropriate governance systems to manage the risks of unconventional oil and gas ...
Low Carbon Politics: A Cultural Approach Focusing on Low Carbon Electricity
1st Edition
By David Toke
December 12, 2019
Low Carbon Politics focuses on how policies and institutions have influenced the deployment of renewable energy and nuclear power in the electricity sector. Cultural theory is used to analyse this. Egalitarian pressures have had a profound influence on technological outcomes, not merely in securing...
Energy Security and Cooperation in Eurasia: Power, profits and politics
1st Edition
By Ekaterina Svyatets
April 15, 2019
Why are bilateral relations, especially in the area of energy security, so different in the cases of U.S.-Russia, U.S.-Azerbaijan, and Russia-Germany energy deals? Why do some states find common ground despite differences, while others, with all the seemingly favourable conditions, are sinking into...
Making Electricity Resilient: Risk and Security in a Liberalized Infrastructure
1st Edition
By Antti Silvast
January 03, 2019
Energy risk and security have become topical matters in Western and international policy discussions; ranging from international climate change mitigation to investment in energy infrastructures to support economic growth and more sustainable energy provisions. As such, ensuring the resilience of ...
Energy Policy in China
1st Edition
By Chi-Jen Yang
October 25, 2018
Energy policy has always been an important part of China’s national policy agenda. Although the overall Chinese economy has become largely market-driven, its energy sectors are still subject to varying degrees of government control. Authoritarian governance allows China to move very quickly in some...
Energy, Cities and Sustainability: An historical approach
1st Edition
By Harry Margalit
December 21, 2017
This book examines changing energy use across history, analysing the origin and significance of the industrial revolution to reveal how the modern city came into being. It is useful for researchers, academics and policymakers in the areas of planning, energy policy, environment and sustainability....
Energy Security and Natural Gas Markets in Europe: Lessons from the EU and the United States
1st Edition
By Tim Boersma
October 12, 2017
Moving beyond most conventional thinking about energy security in Europe which revolves around stability of supplies and the reliability of suppliers, this book presents the history of European policy-making regarding energy resources, including recent controversies about shale gas and ...
Climate Policy Integration into EU Energy Policy: Progress and prospects
1st Edition
By Claire Dupont
April 27, 2017
Climate change is a cross-cutting, long-term, global problem that presents policymakers with many challenges in their efforts to respond to the issue. Integrating climate policy objectives into the elaboration and agreement of policy measures in other sectors represents one promising method for ...
International Energy and Poverty: The emerging contours
1st Edition
Edited
By Lakshman Guruswamy
April 13, 2017
Around 2.8 billion people globally, also known as the "Other Third" or "energy poor", have little or no access to beneficial energy that meets their needs for cooking, heating, water, sanitation, illumination, transportation, or basic mechanical power. This book uniquely integrates the hitherto ...
Our Energy Future: Socioeconomic Implications and Policy Options for Rural America
1st Edition
Edited
By Don E. Albrecht
November 10, 2016
Rapid changes in energy production and consumption are having major socioeconomic implications for the communities of rural America. Technological developments in horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) nuclear energy, biofuels, wind and solar energy have significantly increased ...
Sustainable Urban Energy Policy: Heat and the city
1st Edition
By David Hawkey, Janette Webb, Heather Lovell, David McCrone, Margaret Tingey, Mark Winskel
December 08, 2015
Minimising the most severe risks of climate change means ending societal dependence on fossil fuels, and radically improving the efficiency with which we use all energy sources. Such deliberate transformative change is, however, without precedent. Sustainable Urban Energy Policy debates the major ...