Overview
- Analyzes incentive structures for project implementation involving renewable sources
- Includes full details of sources of further information
- Addresses the issues preventing widespread dissemination of RE technologies
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Rational Exuberance for Renewable Energy is a beyond-the-hype account of the underlying issues that encourage or plague widespread dissemination of renewable energy (RE) technologies. Renewable energy operates in the real world, and it cannot be assumed that the conventional theories and incentive structures of economics and business do not apply. The author argues that grants and subsidies could be provided to support research, development and technology improvement efforts, but should not be employed as an instrument of state policy to intervene in specific markets. It is important to recognize that although investors often demonstrate an appetite for market risk, they find technology risks and policy uncertainty much less appealing.
Rational Exuberance for Renewable Energy blends classical economic theory with the everyday realities of the RE industry to identify incentive structures contributing to the success – or otherwise – of project implementation involving renewable sources and appropriate technologies. The book is a compilation of articles that analyze individual RE technologies, and offer multiple perspectives of the RE industry and markets.
Rational Exuberance for Renewable Energy is intended for policy makers, advanced students of energy economics and sustainable development, and for potential mainstream investors.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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Dr. Sunderasan has been awarded a doctoral degree in Business Economics by the University of Vienna, Austria, for his work on Mainstreaming Renewable Energy. He has also undertaken graduate course work in Economics at the University of Vienna. His first degree in Civil Engineering was followed by a masters degree in Business Administration from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He has pursued graduate course work in architecture and has acquired a graduate qualification in Environmental Law at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rational Exuberance for Renewable Energy
Book Subtitle: An Economic Analysis
Authors: Srinivasan Sunderasan
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-212-4
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-85729-211-7Published: 09 February 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-2630-0Published: 11 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-0-85729-212-4Published: 02 February 2011
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 113
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Environmental Economics, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Renewable and Green Energy