Alternative energy: political, economic, and social feasibility

Machine generated contents note: Climate Change and Carbon

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.

Why alternative energy and fuels?

Studying public policy and alternative energy/fuels

Overview of alternative energy and fuels and their uses

Alternative energy/fuels as a public policy innovation

Solar energy

Wind energy

Geothermal energy

New century fuels and their uses

Historical precedents: alternative energy/fuels and legitimacy issues

Public policy, institutional developments, and policy interests

Practical demonstration of the economics of alternative energy

The future of alternative energy.

Cover

Title page

Copyright

Dedication

Brief Contents

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

About the Author

1 Why Alternative Energy and Fuels?

Climate Change and Carbon

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

Chapter Summary

References

Court Cases

2 Studying Public Policy and Alternative Energy/ Fuels

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

Chapter Summary

References

3 Alternative Energy/ Fuels as a Public Policy Innovation

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)

Chapter Summary

References

4 Solar Energy

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

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

Chapter Summary

References

5 Wind Energy

What Is Wind Power? How Does It Work?

Technical Feasibility of Wind Power Systems