Urban Energy Transition: Renewable Strategies For Cities And Regions

Urban Energy Transition, second edition is the definitive science and practice-based compendium of energy transformations in the global urban system. This volume is a timely and rich resource as citizens, companies and their communities, from remote villages to megacities and metropolitan regions, rapidly move away from fossil fuel and nuclear power, to renewable energy as civic infrastructure investment, source of revenue and prosperity, and existential resilience strategy. Covers technical, financial, systems, urban planning and design, landscape, mapping and modelling, and sociological issues related to urban renewable energy transformations Features foci on societal, community and user enabling aspects such as energy justice, prosperity and democracy, and urban renewable energy legislation, programs and incentives Contains innovations in both individual and mass transport systems in a context of urban mobility trends and related energy innovations Examines city-wide solar strategies and urban thermal performance planning, sector coupling systems, and opportunities of smart distributed renewable energy and storage systems Includes analytic case insights into successful practices from around the globe that provide local, regional and country-specific governance and organizational perspectives Presents successful practical innovations in solar bond finance, blockchain technology enabled peer-to-peer renewable energy trading systems, and the case for regional monetary systems and sustainable lifestyles.

• | Author: Peter Droege
• | Publisher: Elsevier
• | Publication Date: Aug 17, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 706 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Science
• | ISBN-10: 0081020740
• | ISBN-13: 9780081020746