Titlebook: Germany‘s Energy Transition; A Comparative Perspe Carol Hager,Christoph H. Stefes Book 2016 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)

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The Grassroots Origins of the German Energy Transition,’s “Solar Region” well in advance of federal policy for promoting renewables. Anti-nuclear activists themselves were an important source of technological and political innovation, and they still form the core of the regional renewables network.

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The German , in a European Context,tions and engineering solutions, but also an appropriate policy framework and public understanding and acceptance. The challenge is complicated by the different energy endowments, economic levels, industrial interests, and political coalitions in the different member states.

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,Exercising Power: China’s Transition to Efficient, Renewable Energy,low-carbon energy supply to deliver economic development and social stability. The chapter also examines challenges of local-level implementation and the need for significant reforms in the electric power sector.

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Conclusion: Lessons from the German ,,ransport and heating sectors—in contrast to the electricity sector—has been slow. The chapter ends with a comparison of the German case with the other three countries analyzed in this book, assessing to what extent energy transitions are possible in the USA, China, and Japan.

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hina, and Japan. These chapters highlight the multifaceted challenges, and the enormous potential, in different paths to a sustainable energy future. Taken together, they tell the story of one of the most important political, economic, and social undertakings of our time. 978-1-137-44288-8

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Statement and PreparedStatement, case study of the Freiburg area in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The grassroots opposition to nuclear power, and the informed desire to find alternatives to it, inspired the bottom-up development of renewable energy in a region whose political leadership was tied particularly strongly to the conv