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Summary
Summary
This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC-SRREN) assesses the potential role of renewable energy in the mitigation of climate change. It covers the six most important renewable energy sources - bioenergy, solar, geothermal, hydropower, ocean and wind energy - as well as their integration into present and future energy systems. It considers the environmental and social consequences associated with the deployment of these technologies, and presents strategies to overcome technical as well as non-technical obstacles to their application and diffusion. SRREN brings a broad spectrum of technology-specific experts together with scientists studying energy systems as a whole. Prepared following strict IPCC procedures, it presents an impartial assessment of the current state of knowledge: it is policy relevant but not policy prescriptive. SRREN is an invaluable assessment of the potential role of renewable energy for the mitigation of climate change for policymakers, the private sector, and academic researchers.
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This report is a comprehensive summary of the current technology and application of renewable energy with a specific focus on applications to avoid greenhouse gas emissions. The book starts with an excellent overview, "Summary for Policymakers"; the following "Technical Summary" compares the different technologies, their costs, and their technical potential, including regional variations and life cycle analysis. Six technical chapters focus on bioenergy and solar, geothermal, hydropower, ocean, and wind energy, each using the same structure, including the potential of the resource, the technology, the status, grid integration, environmental and social issues, prospects, and costs. Later chapters discuss renewable energy integration into current and future systems, the sustainable development context, climate mitigation potential and costs, and policy, financing, and implementation issues. Each chapter is illustrated with color figures and tables and includes extensive, up-to-date references. The book is a uniquely thorough compilation of the status and prospects of renewable energy within current and future frameworks and is a valuable resource, based on the literature synthesized by experts from government, industry, and academia in every region of the globe. The entire report is available for download from the IPCC at http://srren.ipcc-wg3.de/. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries. R. J. Barthelmie Indiana University
Table of Contents
| Foreword |
| Preface |
| Summary for policymakers |
| Technical summary |
| 1 Renewable energy and climate change |
| 2 Bioenergy |
| 3 Direct solar energy |
| 4 Geothermal energy |
| 5 Hydropower |
| 6 Ocean energy |
| 7 Wind energy |
| 8 Integration of renewable energy into present and future energy systems |
| 9 Renewable energy in the context of sustainable development |
| 10 Mitigation potential and costs |
| 11 Policy, financing and implementation |
| Annex I Glossary and acronyms |
| Annex II Methodology |
| Annex III Recent renewable energy cost and performance parameters |
| Annex IV Contributors to the IPCC Special Report |
| Annex V Reviewers of the IPCC Special Report |
| Annex VI Permissions to publish |
