December 2012
Intermediate to advanced
280 pages
7h 44m
English
3.1. Drivers of Renewable Energy
3.2. Barriers to Renewable Energy
3.3. Addressing Perception and Inertia
3.4. Evolving World Stage: the Current Context
3.5. Addressing Adverse and Unsustainable Impacts
3.6. Biomass Energy and Sustainability
3.7. Sustainability Issues Related to Other Renewable Technologies
Perspectives on renewable energy and its potentials and benefits have changed along with changing landscapes within and outside of the energy sector, including growing environmental awareness, economic crises, short-term or longer term concerns about energy security, and other issues. This chapter describes the benefits associated with renewable energy and drivers ...