Renewable Energy

Anca-Diana Barbu

Investing in Renewable Energy Sources

An Assessment of Non-Technological Issues in Central and Eastern Europe

Wirtschaftspolitik in Forschung und Praxis

On May 1st 2004, the European Union has seen the most ambitious enlargement in its history in terms of expansion scale as well as political and economic challenges. With the accession process, the new Member States (NMS) assumed a double responsibility. On one hand, these countries will have to continue making efforts to catch up with Western […]

Andrzej Ancygier

Misfit of Interests instead of the “Goodness of Fit”?

Implementation of European Directives 2001/77/EC and 2009/28/EC in Poland

Schriften zur Europapolitik

This book analyzes the implementation of the European renewable energy directives 2001/77/EC and 2009/28/EC in Poland. By providing a thorough analysis of the process of adoption of each of these directives in Brussels and its subsequent implementation in Poland, it explains the reasons for the lacking or delayed implementation of the European […]

Robert Celec (Ed.)

Development of Ecological Responsibility

EUB. Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung

Sustainable development is defined as development that satisfies the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to satisfy theirs. The book starts from the aim of sustainable development which is to define viable schemes combining the economic, social, and environmental aspects of human activity. These three […]

Lefteris Topaloglou / Eike Albrecht / Steven Kramm / Niyanta Shetye (Ed.)

Pursuing Societal Transformation in Coal Mining Regions through Education and Knowledge Transfer

Umweltrecht in Forschung und Praxis

This volume is the outcome of a scientific workshop on Pursuing Societal Transformation through Education and Knowledge Transfer in Kozani. The workshop was carried out in December 2022 in the framework of a cooperation project financed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The project brought together Brandenburg University of […]

Mario Alberto Rios Fraustro

Biomass residues in Mexico

Available potentials for electricity provision

Schriftenreihe technische Forschungsergebnisse

Among the various renewable energy sources currently available, the use of biomass residues for energy generation has proven to be an excellent sustainable alternative, since it can solve two problems at once

1) Treating non-recyclable and non-reusable waste streams,

2) Providing non-intermittent energy in a sustainable way. […]

Honorat Satoguina

Contribution of the Clean Development Mechanism to Sustainable Energy Production

The Energy Sector in the West African Economic and Monetary Union - Case Study: Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger and Togo

Wirtschaftspolitik in Forschung und Praxis

The Kyoto Protocol encompasses flexible mechanisms, which allow the use of the world’s cheapest possibilities for emission reductions. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which allows for the generation of emissions credits through emission reduction projects, is the only mechanism that involves developing countries in the global climate […]

Maria Luisa Aranda Sales

The Role of Intellectual Property for Clean Technology Innovation in the Context of EU Environmental Policies

Studien zum Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und zum Urheberrecht

This book revises the role of IP law, in the context of EU environmental protection, with a view to promote clean energy technologies. Specifically, the project carries out three main lines of analysis. First, from the perspective of EU primary law, it analyses the implications, if any, of the principle of environmental integration for IP law […]