Renewables
The Politics of a Global Energy Transition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20031629 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michaël Aklin (0000-0003-3912-082X), Johannes Urpelainen |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 344 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-23 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Renewables (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | The MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7551/mitpress/11112.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4238662701 |
| Open Library | OL53299599M |
| ISBN | 9780262344609 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 38 |
A comprehensive political analysis of the rapid growth in renewable wind and solar power, mapping an energy transition through theory, case studies, and policy. Wind and solar are the most dynamic components of the global power sector. How did this happen? After the 1973 oil crisis, the limitations of an energy system based on fossil fuels created an urgent need to experiment with alternatives, and some pioneering governments reaped political gains by investing heavily in alternative energy such as wind or solar power. Public policy enabled growth over time, and economies of scale brought down costs dramatically. In this book, Michaël Aklin and Johannes Urpelainen offer a comprehensive political analysis of the rapid growth in renewable wind and solar power, mapping an energy transition through theory, case studies, and policy analysis. Aklin and Urpelainen argue that, because the fossil fuel energy system and political support for it are so entrenched, only an external shock—an abrupt rise in oil prices, or a nuclear power accident, for example—allows renewable energy to grow. They analyze the key factors that enable renewable energy to withstand political backlash, andt they draw on this analyisis to explain and predict the development of renewable energy in different countries over time. They examine the pioneering efforts in the United States, Germany, and Denmark after the 1973 oil crisis and other shocks; explain why the United States surrendered its leadership role in renewable energy; and trace the recent rapid growth of modern renewables in electricity generation, describing, among other things, the return of wind and solar to the United States. Finally, they apply the lessons of their analysis to contemporary energy policy issues
Business · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Clean energy · Energy industries · Energy policy · Globalization · Political aspects · Renewable energy sources
The political logics of clean energy transitions
Conditions for a successful latecomer development in green technologies
Legitimizing Energy Transition in China
When do petrostates diversify their exports? Urgency, interests, and policy design in Egypt, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia
Governing renewables
Transitions for whom? Political alignment and subsidies for solar energy projects in rural Colombian municipalities
Decarbonization and the Capitalist State
Does Distributive Conflict Explain Variation in Green Stimulus Spending? Evidence From 40 Major Economies During the Global Financial Crisis and the Covid‐19 Recession
The Comparative Political Economy of the Green Transition
Opposing Energy Transitions
A double paradox of plenty
The Fossil-Fueled Roots of Climate Inaction in Authoritarian Regimes
Green Industrial Policy and the Global Transformation of Climate Politics
The Challenges of Coal Phaseout
Big Oil and Climate Regulation
The Enemy Within? Green Industrial Policy and Stranded Assets in China’s Power Sector
Prisoners of the Wrong Dilemma
Economic recessions and decarbonisation
Challengers in energy transitions beyond renewable energy cooperatives
The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act
Political strategies for climate and environmental solutions
Green macrofinancial bargains
Secular stagnation and climate change
Policy feedback and institutional context in energy transitions
How foes become allies
A friction perspective for negotiating renewable energy targets
The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation
Egalitarian governance and the green energy transition
Understanding institutional layers and modes of change for energy transitions
Energy transition, financial markets and EU interventionism
International Energy Politics in an Age of Climate Change
Electoral Backlash or Positive Reinforcement? Wind Power and Congressional Elections in the United States
From a cultural to a distributive issue
The Decarbonization Bargain
Strategic State Capacity
Across the Boards
The Geopolitics of Renewables in Kazakhstan and Russia
Hard to say goodbye
| Unique citing works | 38 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 38 |