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Improving Energy Decisions

Towards Better Scientific Policy Advice for a Safe and Secure Future Energy System

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Authors:
  1. Bert Droste-Franke

    1. Ea European Academy, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany

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  2. M. Carrier

    1. Abt. Philosophie, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

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  3. M. Kaiser

    1. Svt, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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  4. Miranda Schreurs

    1. Research Centre for Environmental Policy, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  5. Christoph Weber

    1. Chair for Energy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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  6. Thomas Ziesemer

    1. Department of Economics, Maastrich University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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  • Tackles ethical and social issues of the transition to a low-carbon energy system
  • Guides through the various challenges of scientific advisors to politics
  • Creates awareness for conflicting interests, interdisciplinary and multi-factorial issues and pitfalls
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment (ETHICSSCI, volume 42)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xliii
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  2. Introduction

    • Bert Droste-Franke, Martin Carrier, Matthias Kaiser, Miranda Schreurs, Christoph Weber, Thomas Ziesemer
    Pages 1-4

  3. Framework for the Development of a Long-Term Viable Energy System

    • Bert Droste-Franke, Martin Carrier, Matthias Kaiser, Miranda Schreurs, Christoph Weber, Thomas Ziesemer
    Pages 5-34

  4. Prospects and Limits of Scientific Policy Advice for Future Energy Systems

    • Bert Droste-Franke, Martin Carrier, Matthias Kaiser, Miranda Schreurs, Christoph Weber, Thomas Ziesemer
    Pages 35-67

  5. Characterisation of Recent Energy System Analyses

    • Bert Droste-Franke, Martin Carrier, Matthias Kaiser, Miranda Schreurs, Christoph Weber, Thomas Ziesemer
    Pages 69-140

  6. Specific Economic Problems and Uncertainties in the Context of Energy Systems

    • Bert Droste-Franke, Martin Carrier, Matthias Kaiser, Miranda Schreurs, Christoph Weber, Thomas Ziesemer
    Pages 141-174

  7. Energy System 2050: Impacts of Uncertainties on the Optimal Electricity Generation Mix

    • Bert Droste-Franke, Martin Carrier, Matthias Kaiser, Miranda Schreurs, Christoph Weber, Thomas Ziesemer
    Pages 175-186

  8. Political Challenges in Managing Transitions of Energy Systems Beyond Pure Energy-Economic Modelling

    • Bert Droste-Franke, Martin Carrier, Matthias Kaiser, Miranda Schreurs, Christoph Weber, Thomas Ziesemer
    Pages 187-206

  9. Conclusions and Recommendations

    • Bert Droste-Franke, Martin Carrier, Matthias Kaiser, Miranda Schreurs, Christoph Weber, Thomas Ziesemer
    Pages 207-216

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 217-257
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About this book

Managing a successful transition of the current energy supply system to less carbon emitting options, ensuring a safe and secure supply during the whole process and in the long term, is one of the largest challenges of our time. Various approaches and first implementations show that it is not only technological issue, but also a matter of societal acceptance and acceptability, considering basic ethic values of the society.
The main foci of the book are, thus, to develop an understanding about the specific challenges of the scientific policy advice in the area, to explore typical current approaches for the analysis of future energy systems and to develop criteria for the quality assessment and guidelines for the improvement of such studies.
The book provides assistance to the interpretation of existing studies and guidelines for setting up and carrying out new analyses as well as for communicating and applying the results. Thereby, it aims to support the involved actors such as the respective scientific experts and researchers as well as decision makers, energy suppliers, stakeholders and the interested public in designing procedures for a successful transition process. The study elaborates consistent interdisciplinary advice as contribution for realising a continuously safe and secure, long-term viable energy supply in spite of diverse interests, multi-level responsibilities, multi-dimensional processes, large uncertainties and lack of knowledge about future developments.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ea European Academy, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany

    Bert Droste-Franke

  • Abt. Philosophie, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

    M. Carrier

  • Svt, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    M. Kaiser

  • Research Centre for Environmental Policy, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Miranda Schreurs

  • Chair for Energy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Christoph Weber

  • Department of Economics, Maastrich University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Thomas Ziesemer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Improving Energy Decisions

  • Book Subtitle: Towards Better Scientific Policy Advice for a Safe and Secure Future Energy System

  • Authors: Bert Droste-Franke, M. Carrier, M. Kaiser, Miranda Schreurs, Christoph Weber, Thomas Ziesemer

  • Series Title: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11346-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-11345-6Published: 11 November 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38564-8Published: 22 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-11346-3Published: 01 November 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1860-4803

  • Series E-ISSN: 1860-4811

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XLIII, 257

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Energy Systems, Ethics, Energy Systems, Social Policy

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