An increase in the global demand for energy, combined with an increase in the price of energy and energy products, has advanced the growing interest in renewable energy technologies and the wide implementation of renewable energy sources (RES). Member States of the European Union have been global leaders in the use of renewable energy and in the transition to new technologies. Management of Civic Energy and the Green Transformation: A Case Study of Poland examines the current issues of transitioning from traditional energy sources to newer, renewable energy sources, while balancing supplies, and working synergistically with existing, conventional sources.
Features
Offers a balanced blend of theory and practice of development economics for renewable energy implementation
Presents a case study of how Poland is working towards their energy transition, and provides other examples and recent statistical data from other European Union countries
Analyses the legal and systemic conditions supporting the development of renewable energy systems and offers direction on the potential for the green development of the civic energy sector
Author(s): Anna Brzozowska, Piotr Maśloch, Grzegorz Maśloch
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 180
City: Boca Raton
Cover
Half Title
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Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Contributors
Introduction
Overview of the Book
Chapter 1 Energy in the Face of Socio-economic and Environmental Changes
1.1 Problems of the Development of Modern Energy
1.2 The Role of Energy in Socio-economic Development and Its Impact on the Natural Environment
1.3 Creative and Innovative Approaches to Energy in Modern Societies and Economies
1.3.1 Clean Coal Technologies
1.3.2 Smart Grids
1.3.3 Energy Storage
1.3.4 New Technologies for Renewable Energy Sources
1.3.5 Technologies Seeking to Eliminate Low Emissions
1.3.6 Prosumer Energy
1.3.7 E-Mobility
1.3.8 New Business Models (Organisational, Legal and Financial)
Chapter 2 Efficiency in Energy
2.1 The Concept and Essence of Efficiency
2.1.1 Traditional Approach
2.1.2 Resource-based Approach
2.1.3 Evaluation of Adopted Strategies
2.2 Measurement of Energy Efficiency
2.3 Energetics Efficiency and Energy Efficiency
Chapter 3 Costs in the Energy Sector
3.1 Characteristics of Costs in the Energy Industry and Their Classification
3.2 Factors Determining Costs in the Energy Industry
3.2.1 Energy Externalities
3.2.2 External Costs Versus Externalities
3.3 Internalisation of External Costs in the Energy Industry
3.3.1 Pigou Tax
3.3.2 The Coase Theorem
3.3.3 Methodology for Determination of External Costs
3.4 Instruments for Internalising Costs
3.4.1 Environmental Taxes and Charges
3.4.2 Voluntary Agreements
3.4.3 Ecological Compensation
3.4.4 Fiscal Reform
3.4.5 Deposit Fees
3.4.6 Financial Penalties
3.4.7 Direct Regulation
3.4.8 Instruments Based on Market Transactions
3.4.9 Subsidies
Chapter 4 Managing Transformation in the Area of Civic Energy
4.1 Energy Transition Historically and Now
4.2 Effects and Challenges of the Current Energy Transformation—Strategic Directions of Development
4.3 Change Management and the Role of Leaders
Chapter 5 Conditions for the Development of Renewable and Civic Energy
5.1 Definition, Division and Characteristics of Renewable Energy
5.1.1 Re a) Solar Energy
5.1.2 Ad b) Wind Energy
5.1.3 Ad c) Geothermal Energy
5.1.4 Re d) Hydropower Energy
5.1.5 Ad e) Biomass
5.2 The Importance of Renewable Energy for the Economy
5.3 The Impact of Renewable Energy on the Natural Environment and Human Health
5.4 Influence of Social Awareness on the Possibilities and Directions of Development and Use of Renewable Energy Sources
5.5 Directions and Trends in the Development of Renewable Energy—the Key Role of Civic Energy
Chapter 6 Renewable Energy in the Polish Energy Sector—Resources and Use
6.1 The Energy Sector in Poland
6.2 Resources, Potential and Use of Renewable Energy
6.2.1 Solar Energy
6.2.2 Hydropower
6.2.3 Wind Energy
6.2.4 Geothermal Energy
6.2.5 Biomass
6.3 Legal Basis for the Use of Renewable Energy Sources in Poland in Terms of the Development of Civic Energy
Chapter 7 Analysis of the Development of Civic Energy in Poland
7.1 Introductory Remarks
7.2 Description of the Study
7.2.1 Interviews with Representatives of Municipal and District Authorities
7.2.2 Interviews with DSO Management
7.2.3 Interviews with Residents/Entrepreneurs
7.3 Stakeholders Involved in the Implementation of Projects and the Potential Costs and Benefits of Participating in the System
7.3.1 Society
7.3.2 Enterprises
7.3.3 Local Authorities
7.3.4 State as a Regulator
7.4 Organisation of an Energy System Development Model Based on Local and Regional RES
Conclusion
Bibliography
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