Renewable Energies In Germanys Electricity Market

Download or read book Renewable Energies in Germany’s Electricity Market written by Elke Bruns and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cross-sectional, interdisciplinary study traces the “history of innovation” of renewable energies in Germany. It features five renewable energy sectors of electricity generation: biomass, photovoltaic, wind energy, geothermal energy and hydropower. The study tracks the development of the respective technologies as well as their contribution to electricity generation. It focuses on driving forces and constraints for renewable energies in the period between 1990 and today.