Energy, Climate and the Environment: Vested Interests in the Political Economy

Moe, Espen

Renewable energy is rising within an energy system dominated by powerful vested energy interests in fossil fuels, nuclear and electric utilities. Analyzing renewables in six very different countries, the author argues that it is the extent to which states have controlled these vested interests that determines the success or failure of renewables.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-09-07

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137298782

DOI: 10.1057/9781137298799

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 291