European Energy Futures 2030: Technology and Social Visions from the European Energy Delphi Survey - Hardcover

Wehnert, Timon; López Araguás, Juan Pedro; Bernardini, Oliviero; Jaworski, Lukasz; Holst Jørgensen, Birte; Jörß, Wolfram; Nielsen, Oliver; Ninni, Augusto; Oniszk-Poplawska, Anna; Velte, Daniela

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540691642 ISBN 13: 9783540691648

Publisher: Springer, 2007

Synopsis

This book summarizes the results of an international research project; the first Europe-wide Delphi study on future developments in the energy sector (EurEnDel). Nearly 700 energy experts from 48 countries participated in this two-round, web-based Delphi exercise. With a time horizon of 2030, this expert survey not only provides a useful perspective on long-term developments of energy technologies, but also evaluates these technologies against different sets of social values or "visions".

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From the Back Cover:

The book summarizes the results of the first Europe-wide Delphi study on future developments in the energy sector. With a time horizon of 2030, this expert survey not only provides a useful perspective on long-term developments of energy technologies, but also evaluates these technologies against different sets of social values or "visions".

In the comprehensive analysis following the Delphi survey itself, special attention was given to faithfully translating the trends and needs identified by the survey participants into recommendations for R&D and energy policies. In this respect the EurEnDel findings provide a twofold contribution to the analysis of Europe's energy policies:

- They corroborate the conflicting attitudes and paradigms prevalent among energy experts, with valuable new dimensions for the on going energy debate;
- They offer genuine new insight on energy issues, with added value for decision makers.

About the Author:

Timon Wehnert graduated as physicist from Berlin Technical University and gained six years of professional experience in research and consultancy on energy and environmental topics, especially on energy technology foresight and energy research policy. Presently he is working as a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT), Berlin, Germany where he was the coordinator of the EurEnDel study on which the present book is based and which was carried out in co-operation with four other European Research Institutions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 3540691642
• ISBN 13: 9783540691648
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264