Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-264) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: References. Energy and Water -- Carbon-Based Fuels: Current and Future Availability -- Common Fossil Energy Sources: U.S. Supply and Use -- Culture Shifts and the Rise of Green Politics -- Green Politics and Environmental Public Interest Groups -- New Environmental Paradigm and Alternative Energy -- Institutional Change and Influence -- Global Demands and Conflict -- Summary -- References -- Court Cases -- Roles for Public Policy in Alternative Energy/Fuel Development -- Policy Process -- Agenda Setting -- Policy Formation -- Policy Implementation -- Policy Evaluation -- Policy Termination/Change -- Policy Types -- Bottom-Up Policy Making,/Top-Down Policy Making -- Collaborative Policy Making -- Federalism and Energy Policy -- Policy Frameworks/Models -- Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) -- Multiple Streams (MS) -- Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) -- Punctuated Equilibrium (PE) -- Policy Diffusion -- Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) -- Intergovernmentalism -- Native Americans, Tribal Lands, and Renewable Energy -- Summary -- References -- Defining Alternative Energy and Alternative Fuels -- What Are Alternative Fuels? -- Policy Innovation and Alternative Energy -- The Waves of Policy Innovation -- Oil Shock I/Pre-PURPA 1970s (1973-1978) -- Secondary Oil Shock Period (1979-1982) -- Resurgence of Cheap(er) Petroleum and Growth of Deregulation (1983-1999) -- Bush I: EPAct Reauthorization (1992) -- Clinton and Post-EPAct 1992 Reauthorization (1992-2005) -- Bush II: EPAct 2005 Reauthorization, ESIA 2007, FERC Order Innovations, and Electricity Markets (2001-2009) -- Obama: ARRA 2009, Coal Rules, and Paris Agreement (2009-2017) -- Trump: Resurgence of Coal and Reversal of Climate Policy (2017-present) -- Summary -- References -- What Is Solar Energy? How Does It Work? -- Silicon-Based Photovoltaic Cells -- Technical Feasibility of Solar Photovoltaics -- Technical Feasibility of Solar Thermal -- Economics of Solar Power -- Current Solar PV Energy Economic Infrastructure and Levelized Cost of Electricity -- Economics of Solar Thermal-Concentrated Solar Power -- Economic Development Impacts -- Case Study-Rifle, Colorado: Using Solar Energy to Power Municipal Water and Sewer Systems -- Federal Solar Energy Technologies Program -- Major Federal Solar Incentives -- Commercial Incentives -- Personal Tax Incentives for Solar PV and Solar Thermal -- State and Local Efforts -- California -- Honolulu, Hawai'i -- Summary -- References -- What Is Wind Power? How Does It Work? -- Technical Feasibility of Wind Power Systems -- Economic Feasibility of Wind Power Systems -- Political and Social Feasibility of Wind Energy -- Summary -- References -- What Is Geothermal Energy? How Does It Work? -- Case Study-California Job Growth and Geothermal Development -- Safety, Environmental Damage, and Emission-Related Issues: Geothermal Energy -- Technical Feasibility of Geothermal Energy -- Heat Pumps -- Other Forms of Direct Use -- Flash Steam Power -- Binary Systems -- Economics of Geothermal Energy -- Federal Geothermal Energy Programming -- State and Local Efforts -- Summary -- References -- Fuel as a Concept -- Natural Gas -- Other Alternative Fuels -- Clean Diesel -- Biodiesel -- Ethanol -- The Hydrogen Initiative -- Hydrogen and Fuel Cells -- Technical Feasibility Issues -- Economic Feasibility Issues -- Other Types of Fuel Cells Currently in Use and/or Development -- Alkaline Fuel Cells (AFC) -- Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFC) -- Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells (MCFC) -- Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells (PAFC) -- Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) -- Applications for Next-Generation Alternative Fuels, Fuel Cells -- Transportation -- Military Applications -- Residential -- Commercial -- Summary -- References -- Risk and Culture: Alternative Energy and Hidden Costs -- Hydroelectric Dams -- Nuclear Energy -- The Rebirth of Nuclear Energy? -- Summary -- References -- Future Directions -- The Movement of Public Opinion -- Concluding Remarks -- References.
Summary:
"Discusses the basic technical aspects of major renewable energy systems and technological developments and the impact of politics on energy policy using contemporary theories of public policy, as well as discussing the evolution of the social feasibility of renewable energy"-- Provided by publisher.
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