(Ebook) 100 Per Cent Renewable Energy Autonomy in Action 1st Edition by Peter Droege ISBN 9781844077182 1844077187

1 100% Renewable Energy: The Essential Target

Renewable power – foundation for human evolution

Notes to a renewable future

Raising a phoenix from the planet of waste

From an age of fossil-fuelled mechanization to a responsive era of renewable autonomy

Facing a conversion investment challenge

What is the effect of the 100% renewable target?

100%: A target to end all targets

Yes, we can – and we must

Reduced demand and greater efficiency aims are important but not sufficient

Pursuing ‘100% cent renewable' as a practical goal

The right policy matters

Feed-in tariffs

The 100% target faces no technological barrier

Geothermopolis

Summary: What are the challenges to be overcome?

Reforming institutional arrangements

Understanding vested interests and different interests

Going beyond carbon trade

Nested supply: A new geography of power and a new social contract emerge

Cities and their renewable future

The world is bound to become renewable

The local case for aiming at the source of emissions

Communities are able to act: Five strategies

Municipal utilities

Building virtual utilities

Building virtual utilities by developing renewable assets

Setting 100% as a near-term target

Assembling and mobilizing energy city regions

Community-internal systems supporting a 100% path

Renewable networks: Heat, cooling, power

Distributed generation

The built environment as energy construct

National and international infrastructures

Supergrids

First step to a supergrid: Australia's renewable energy backbone

Smart grids

Not ‘super' but smart: The arrival of the virtual power plant

Repowering America: A call for a renewable national power grid

Postscripts

A prospect: What future for air traffic?

Conclusions

References

2 Institutions for a 100% Renewable World

Recognize the limits in order to overcome them

Institutionalizing energy innovation after World War II

The quest for an energy agency of the future

IRENA rising

References

3 The Renewable Imperative: Providing Climate Protection and Energy Security

4 100% is Possible Now

Europe

Germany

Japan

Catalonia

Renewable Energies World Outlook 2030

Conclusion

References

5 Paths to a Fossil CO2-freeMunich

Munich 2058: Blueprint for cities leading the way to sustainable energy

Why cities should be almost carbon free by 2058

Scenarios for Munich

Seven key strategies for carbon freedom

The role of renewable energies

Conclusions

Acknowledgements

References

6 100% Renewable Champions: International Case Studies

El Hierro, Canary Islands

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

The Pacific Islands

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

Samsø, Denmark

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

Güssing, Austria

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

Jämtland, Sweden

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

Jühnde, Germany

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

Mureck, Austria

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

Navarre, Spain

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

Shaanxi Province, China

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

Thisted, Denmark

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

Varese Ligure, Italy

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

Eco-Viikki, Helsinki, Finland

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

Woking, UK

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

Reykjavik, Iceland

Basic facts

How it evolved and what drove it

Lessons learnt

Acknowledgements

References

7 Feed-in Tariffs: The Policy Path to 100%

How do FiTs work?

FiTs in the developing world

Transport and heat sectors

Closing thoughts

References

8 How to Achieve Renewable Energy Regions and Advance Sustainable Development:: Integrated Models and Processes in Germany

Regions as space for players and the implementations of 100% renewable energies

100% renewable energies in electricity, heat and mobility

Electricity

Heat

Mobility

Mission statement ‘ideal region': What are the most important milestones?

Dimensions of an integrated overall model of 100% renewable energies

Guideline: How to achieve 100% renewable energy regions

Examples of 100% renewable energy regions

Model region Harz, Druiberg (2008)

Energy turnaround in the Oberland region, Oberland (2009)

County Alzey-Worms: 100% renewable energy in 13 years

References

9 Renewable Regions: Life After Fossil Fuel in Spain

The current situation of renewable energy in Spain

The case of Catalonia

The case of Navarra

The results

The Solar Catalonia proposal

General policy measures for going 100% renewable

General political measures

Energy and democracy

References

10 100% Renewable Transport

Hybrid technology: Green and gold

Batteries

Plug-in hybrids: The next big step for cars

Renewables and the electricity supply industry: Finding a dancing partner

Working with variability

Smart grids: The clever link

V2G: The missing link

Pathways to development: Taking the first steps with renewable transport

Policy implications of renewable transport

Renewable transport will not solve everything in the urban sustainability agenda

Renewable transport will require new policy partnerships

Renewable transport will require common good regulation

References

11 Better Place

References

12 How to Grow Food in the 100% Renewable City: Building-Integrated Agriculture

Background

Building integrated agriculture

Horizontal rooftop greenhouses

The vertically integrated greenhouse

Constraints and next steps

Conclusion

References

13 Masdar City Master Plan: The Design and Engineering Strategies

Big Oil to Big Solar: A city for the Masdar Initiative

Introduction

Climate and culture: Reflecting the local conditions

A sustainable approach

Developing guidelines on energy and comfort

Fresh air without heat

Light without shade

Building loads in the city

Planning changes

Limits: 80% reduction in demand

Ambition

Credits

14 Urban Energy Potentials: A Step Towards the Use of 100% Renewable Energies

Renewable energy in cities

Assessing the potential of renewable energy production

Approach

Results

Future research goals

Conclusion

References

15 Closing the Planning Gap: Moving to Renewable Communities

100% renewable community: A working definition

Accounting for embodied energy

The planning gap: Goal setting to reduce energy and emissions on the rise

The planning gap: Goals not being reached

100% renewable communities require an understanding of decision-making trade-offs including human behaviour

Closing the planning gap: Community planning examples

Target incremental savings

Smart grid initiative in Boulder

Visionary approaches: Phased and pragmatic

Visionary and paradigm shifting

A recipe for moving to 100% renewable communities

Research and other action needed to move forward

Notes

References

16 Community Life at 100% and Beyond:: How to Raise a Renewable Family Without Even Trying

100% renewable – a big step?

Cover the first base, the choice of neighbourhood: Communal support and sustainable urban development are critical

Also helpful: Choose a cooperative living arrangement

What do we mean by 100%?

Steps to 100% renewable electricity

Surplus renewable electricity generation for off-setting fossil transport energy

Citizen-owned photovoltaic installations set up with our neighbours

The SOLNA: ‘Solar Neighbours Riem' private company

The SOLKIZ: Solares Kirchenzentrum Messestadt Riem GbR

The most important contribution: Bringing heat demand down to zero

We take showers as frequently as everybody does!

Sustainable transport mix

Difficult to calculate but very important: Embodied energy

Finally: Quality of life!

Websites

17 100% Renewable Life: One Man's Journey for a Solar World

Crossing the Atlantic with 100% solar energy

Towards 100% renewable energy: Step by step

The joy of walking

100% renewable energy and energy efficiency: Number 1 priority

From centralized energy production to a global energy democracy

Index