Title :
Policies and practices for renewable energy: An international perspective
Author_Institution :
Singapore Polytech., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Due to rising prices of fossil fuels especially of crude oil in 2008 and concerns about climate change, attention has again been on renewable and environment friendly energies. This paper reviews and highlights policies and practices that have been adopted by various nations which are in forefront of promoting renewable energies.
Keywords :
climate mitigation; crude oil; renewable energy sources; climate change; crude oil; energy policy; fossil fuels; renewable energy; Carbon dioxide; Carbon tax; Energy efficiency; Environmental economics; Fossil fuels; Government; Petroleum; Power generation economics; Protocols; Renewable energy resources; climate change; energy crisis; policy; practices; renewable energy;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE), 2010 The 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5585-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5586-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICCAE.2010.5451486
