Russian Renewable Energy: The Potential for International Cooperation - Hardcover

Øverland, Indra; Kjærnet, Heidi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754679721 ISBN 13: 9780754679721

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

What is Russia's potential as a partner in the global race towards a low-carbon economy? This book provides a balanced analysis of Russia's impressive, understudied and sometimes surprising strengths in the renewable energy sector. The work is a first of its kind, exploring the significant political and economic obstacles to developing renewable energy in Russia. The volume explores whether effective partnerships may be achieved by combining Russia's excellence in basic research and its diverse natural resources with Western management skills - and aiming for innovation and exports. Solar power, electricity reform, market niches for renewable energy and Nordic-Russian partnership are all examined in detail. Providing crucial insights for academics, policy-makers and business actors seeking to cooperate with Russian partners, this groundbreaking book raises the vitally important question of how key countries such as Russia will approach global climate politics and their own energy supply in the post-Kyoto world.

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About the Author

Indra Øverland is Director of Energy Programme at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway; and Heidi KjÊrnet is a Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754679721
• ISBN 13: 9780754679721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 198