Carbon Free
About this book
It’s now or never. The goal of achieving global climate neutrality is essential for ecological, economic and social reasons and requires immediate and decisive action from politicians and society. Carbon Free summarizes the building blocks we need to successfully manage the energy transition.
Replete with international examples, the book’s first part explores the transformation of the energy markets, necessary accompanying redistributions, the often neglected issue of global population development, but also the ethical and political framework conditions under which the energy transition should take place. Part II deals with sector-specific topics including renewable energies, heat pumps, geothermal energy and solar thermal energy. Levelized costs of energy in the context of innovation promotion and the financing method of project financing are presented. The chapters in this part discuss implementation of strategic energy partnerships and how to shape future regulatory steps. The book’s third part then goes on to discuss the available toolbox, with contributions on the technical and economic perspectives of green hydrogen, grid infrastructures, digitalization as well as the circular economy.
This book will benefit both scholars and practitioners with its unique overview of the elements that need to be taken into account in order for the energy transition to succeed.
- Multidisciplinary approach to show the different elements towards carbon neutrality
Author / Editor information
Jörg Böttcher has three decades of experience in structuring renewable energy projects. Since 2021, he has been working at IB.SH, the promotional bank of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, and advises municipalities on all aspects of the energy and heating transition. He has published a number of books on the intersection of project financing and renewable energies.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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1 Introduction
1 - Part 1: Overview
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2 Investments and Regulation – What Needs to be Done Now: A Systemic Investment Policy for the Further Expansion of Renewable Energies
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3 Socio-Economic Framework Conditions – The Macroeconomic Effects of the Energy Transition and the Resulting Political Challenges
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4 Population – The Emissions Multiplier
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5 A Road to Sustainability for Economy and Society
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6 The Political Will – The European Path to a Sustainable Future
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7 Social and Economic Co-Benefits on Our Way to Carbon-Free Societies and Economies
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8 CO2 Reduction Measures in Colombia: Seizing Economic Reactivation Opportunities to Overcome Climate Change Challenges
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9 Ghana’s Example of De-Carbonization
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10 Status of Renewable Energies and the Way Forward
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11 Heat Pumps
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12 Use of Geothermal Energy
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13 Indonesia’s Deep Geothermal Drilling Program: Background and Experiences
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14 Solar Thermal Systems Within a District Heating Concept
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15 Levelized Cost of Electricity – Understanding the Concept and Setting the Right Priorities
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16 Project Finance – The Finance Method for Established Technologies
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17 The Strategic Role of Green Hydrogen in Germany’s International Energy Policy: A South African Case Study
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18 Supportive Systems in a Decarbonized World With Fluctuating Renewable Resources: What Has to be Done?
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19 The Role of Hydrogen – Technology, Integration and Economics
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20 Pricing and Trading CO2: Concepts, Assessment and Impacts on Competition
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21 The Concept of Sector Coupling: Where is the Business Model?
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22 Improvement of Grid Infrastructure
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23 Digitalization and Climate Change – Business Models and Services
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24 Towards a Circular Economy – Business Rationale and Steps Forward
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25 Nuclear Power
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26 Market Failure and Consequences for the Financing of the Energy Transition
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27 Markets and Markets Behaviour – Some Practical Aspects
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List of Tables
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List of Contributors
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Index
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