Accelerating clean energy technology research, development, and deployment : lessons from non-energy sectors /
Balancing climate change mitigation and increased energy needs in developing countries poses a serious dilemma that can only be reconciled with new and improved clean energy technologies. Factors, such as relatively low levels of research, development and deployment (RD & D) funding and signific...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
©2008.
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Series: | World Bank working paper ;
no. 138. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; 2. Climate Change and the Need for New Clean Energy Technologies; The Growing Global Concern about the Threat of Climate Change; Clean Energy Technology Options; Figure 1. Historical and Forecasted CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustions by Fuel Type; Figure 2. Historical and Forecasted CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustions by Region; Figure 3. Future Emissions Reduction Potential for Clean Energy Technologies, by Development Stages; The Need for New and Improved Clean Energy Technologies.