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Renewable Energy

International Perspectives on Sustainability

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Editors:
  1. Dmitry Kurochkin

    1. Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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  2. Elena V. Shabliy

    1. Columbia University, New York, USA

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  3. Ekundayo Shittu

    1. George Washington University, Washington, USA

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  • Bringing together leading researchers in the field of renewable energy

  • Reviews the development of the renewable energy industry globally

  • Discusses current trends and changes in several key nations

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xl
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  3. Renewable Energy in North and South America

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Energy Transition and Social Movements: The Rise of a Community Choice Movement in California

      • Ida Dokk Smith
      Pages 91-129

    3. Wind Energy and Policy in Brazil: An Assessment of the State of Bahia

      • Lucigleide Nery Nascimento
      Pages 131-155

  4. Renewable Energy in the Middle East and Central Asia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. Regulatory Framework for Development of Renewable Energy Generation in Turkey

      • Özlem Döğerlioğlu Işıksungur
      Pages 159-179

    3. Turkey’s Renewable Energy Prospects Toward the 100th Anniversary of the Republic

      • Çiğdem Pekar
      Pages 181-210

    4. Renewable Energy in Kazakhstan: Potential and Challenges

      • Vakur Sumer, Zhengizkhan Zhanaltay, Lidiya Parkhomchik
      Pages 211-229

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 231-257
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About this book

This book bringing together leading researchers in the field of renewable energy to discuss sustainability on a broad scale and to examine the status quo of renewable energy industry development in a global context. The volume starts with the European Union, then reviews current trends in the United States as well as the Middle East, Central Asia, and Latin America. It moves on to analyze the German transition to one hundred percent renewable energy economy and energy systems (Energiewende) with a climate protection plan and sustainable economic development; and continues on to examine the determinants of the adoption of sustainable solutions in Finland and discuss the renewable energy agenda in the European Union with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals at its core. 


Climate change has become one of the main global drivers for policy and this book discusses both it’s over all global development as well as spotlighting localized progress across multiple continents. Over one hundred and fifty countries have developing sustainable energy policies, tax incentives, and laws. China remains the leader in renewable energy generation; and countries including the United States, the UK, India, Spain, and Turkey, compete in the Renewable Energy Sector to attract investments. In 2018, global investments in renewables exceeded $200 billion. The state of Bahia in Brazil has been experiencing a surge in wind energy production; and public policy has had a positive effect on that expansion. Kazakhstan is a country with great renewable energy prospects, particularly in wind, hydropower plants, and solar energy. This book is a comprehensive overview and invaluable reference for all those in the renewable energy sector.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Dmitry Kurochkin

  • Columbia University, New York, USA

    Elena V. Shabliy

  • George Washington University, Washington, USA

    Ekundayo Shittu

About the editors

Dmitry Kurochkin is a senior research analyst at Harvard University, USA.


Elena V. Shabliy is a visiting scholar at Columbia University, USA and a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, USA.


Ekundayo Shittu is Assistant Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at George Washington University, and a Research Affiliate at George Washington University Solar Institute, USA.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Renewable Energy

  • Book Subtitle: International Perspectives on Sustainability

  • Editors: Dmitry Kurochkin, Elena V. Shabliy, Ekundayo Shittu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14207-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14206-3Published: 28 June 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14209-4Published: 14 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-14207-0Published: 14 June 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XL, 257

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Environment Studies, Human Geography, Renewable and Green Energy, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Environmental Geography

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