Sustainable Energy Policies for Europe

Hinrichs-Rahlwes

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS – VOLUME 6 ISSN 2164-0645

The book series addresses novel techniques and measures related to sustainable energy

developments with an interdisciplinary focus that cuts across all fi elds of science, engineering

and technology linking renewable energy and other sustainable materials with human society. It

addresses renewable energy sources and sustainable policy options, including energy effi ciency

and energy conservation to provide long-term solutions for key-problems of industrialized,

developing and transition countries by fostering clean and domestically available energy and,

concurrently, decreasing dependence on fossil fuel imports and reducing greenhouse gas

emissions. Possible applications will be addressed not only from a technical point of view, but

also from economic, fi nancial, social, political, legislative and regulatory viewpoints. The book

series aims to become a state-of-the-art source for a large group of readers comprising different

stakeholders and professionals, including government and non-governmental organizations and

institutions, international funding agencies, universities, public health and energy institutions,

and other relevant institutions.

SERIES EDITOR: Jochen Bundschuh

This book provides the connection between the growing body of literature on sustainability and

the topics of energy and ICT. It aims to show how stakeholders active in this area need to play

their part ensuring that the ICT-sector evolves towards a sector that can lead through “greening

by IT” and also shows that it can “green its own IT” as well. This is the fi rst book that integrates

two seemingly incompatible approaches to sustainability: effi ciency and effectiveness. The

book builds on the effi ciency initiatives already taken by industry, but it is not a “how-to-do-it

manuall”. Itoffers insight in state of the art approaches to green IT and greening by IT. Attention

to important stakeholders outside the sector, e.g. policy makers and the fi eld of education,

makes this book comprehensive. A more encompassing view on ICT and sustainability is offered

to the reader and, as such, managers in higher education, educators, CIO’s, policymakers and

regulators are inspired to integrate their efforts and to contribute to a transition of one of the

most important and prominent sectors in our global economy.

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Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes

with contributions from Christine Lins, Jan Geiss, Thorsten Müller & Markus Kahles

Sustainable Energy Policies for Europe Towards 100% Renewable Energy

Series: Sustainable Energy Developments

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Sustainable Energy Policies

for Europe

Towards 100% Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy Policies

for Europe