Energy Democracy: Germany's Energiewende to Renewables

by Arne Jungjohann and Craig Morris

Book Overview

This book outlines how Germans convinced their politicians to pass laws allowing citizens to make their own energy, even when it hurt utility companies to do so. It traces the origins of the Energiewende movement in Germany from the Power Rebels of Sch?nau to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's shutdown of eight nuclear power plants following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. The authors explore how, by taking ownership of energy efficiency at a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331931890X
• ISBN13: 9783319318905
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 437 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.7"