Overview
- Provides the main theoretical tools needed to understand the costs of concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies
- Describes the current research on and future challenges for CSP
- Enhances our understanding of those industrial sectors whose products make up the solar field
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
The authors provide the main theoretical tools needed to comprehend the costs of CSP technologies compared to other competing technologies (both conventional and renewable) and discuss the conceptual rationale behind creating public support for these technologies and the costs of various promotional techniques. Further, the book examines the concepts from different disciplinary traditions in economics (including environmental, innovation, industrial and public), which are then combined and integrated for an analysis of the costs and policies of CSP electricity.
Addressing the main findings and the challenges for future CSP, the book is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners. It is also of use to industrial engineers, as it identifies the features of the sector’s supply chain value, rooted in and supported by an industrial economics approach.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Natàlia Caldés has been working as a senior researcher at the Energy System Analysis Unit of CIEMAT since 2004, where she leads the area of energy policies studies and socio-economic impact assessment at the Energy System Analysis Unit. Her main research activities focus on the area of energy and climate change policies and sustainability assessment of energy technologies. She has participated in more than 20 European Commission and national research projects and is the co-author of more than 33 papers and book chapters, most devoted to renewable energies and a number on CSP technology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Economics and Policy of Concentrating Solar Power Generation
Authors: Pere Mir-Artigues, Pablo del Río, Natàlia Caldés
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11938-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11937-9Published: 17 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11940-9Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11938-6Published: 31 May 2019
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 198
Topics: Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, R & D/Technology Policy, Renewable and Green Energy, Natural Resource and Energy Economics