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The Words and Music of Van Morrison

By: Erik Hage

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The Words and Music of Van Morrison

By: Erik Hage

Van Morrison is primal but sophisticated; he's accessible but inscrutable; he's a complex songwriter and a raw blues shouter; he's a steady influence on the musical scene but wildly unpredictable as well, and it's these complex and often conflicting qualities that make him such a compelling subject for the Singer-Songwriter series. Journalist Erik Hage here eschews a cold, empirical study of structures and influence, and seeks instead more natural and intuitive means of appreciating all that is unique, eclectic, and surprising about Van Morrison's impressive output. In addition to covering almost all of Van Morrison's musical work and offering new readings of many iconic songs, Hage also provides a biographical introduction and a complete discography that can help listeners find new perspective on Morrison's body of work. Even in his darkest and most naked moments-in Astral Weeks for instance-Van Morrison's songs can still suggest something uplifting. Sometimes these two poles are present simultaneously, and at other times they each find distinct expression in a different musical moment. Even on his first solo album, Blowin' Your Mind (which contained the iconic Brown-Eyed Girl) Van Morrison was wrestling with something thornier and deeper, as evidenced by the wrenching T.B. Sheets - a nine-minute opus about the discomfort of visiting a lover in a small room as she lies in bed, wracked with Tuberculosis. Those two songs, at artistic odds with each other and on the same album, are representative of the oppositional forces that fuel much of his work. Hage here provides a guide through all the layers of emotional meaning and musical resonance present in Morrison's work.

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The Melville-Hawthorne Connection

A Study of the Literary Friendship

By: Erik Hage

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The Melville-Hawthorne Connection

A Study of the Literary Friendship

By: Erik Hage

This book offers the first in-depth examination of the friendship between the authors. Hawthorne's influence upon Moby-Dick is weighed, as is the probability of Melville's influence upon Hawthorne. This was a friendship whose true basis--beyond an almost instantaneous mutual affinity and admiration for each other--was intellectual ideas and literary pursuits, and the conversations between the two hewed mostly to philosophical and spiritual rumination as well as to those matters that concern writers most: craft and publishing.

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McFarland

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0786470763

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Cormac McCarthy

A Literary Companion

By: Erik Hage

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Cormac McCarthy

A Literary Companion

By: Erik Hage

Cormac McCarthy, the author of such works as Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, and The Road, is one of America's greatest living writers--an uncompromising examiner of the depths of human depravity, the nature of evil, and the bonds that endure. This companion is intended for both the scholar and lay reader seeking a comprehensive understanding of McCarthy's body of work. Alphabetically ordered entries offer analysis of novels, characters, motifs, allusions, plays, and themes, as well as commentary on events, people and places related to McCarthy scholarship. Most entries include a selected bibliography for further reading. A biographical introduction provides information on the life of this reclusive author, and discussion topics are provided as an aid for instructors.

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0786455594

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Australia: Too Many People? - The Population Question

Too Many People? - The Population Question

By: Erik Paul

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Australia: Too Many People? - The Population Question

Too Many People? - The Population Question

By: Erik Paul

This title was first published in 19/11/2001: This text addresses important questions about Australia's population size and distribution which are likely to dominate the country's politics in the 21st century. The book's approach to the population question begins with a broad analysis of Australia's wellbeing. A decline in the quality of life for many Australians, growing inequality and conflict suggest that Australia is overpopulated. Population size, however, does not explain Australia's problems. These are considered in the following chapters in the context of the shortcomings of Australia's democracy; the costs of maldevelopment in the distribution of the population; the mismanagement of resources; and the level of foreign ownership. The book then focuses on the changing external milieux and Australia's engagement with Asia. This analysis provides an understanding of building pressures for Australia to accept more migrants as well as the desirability for migration to promote Australia's integration with its Asian neighbours. In the last two chapters, the book examines the main domestic forces at work for a bigger or smaller population. It argues that Australia should be more generous and accept many more people than it presently does. Australia has room for many more people. Population distribution, however, is a critical issue in Australia's quest for a better future and population growth needs to be diverted away from the eastern seaboard and the main cities of Melbourne and Sydney to regional Australia. The book makes a case for population growth in coastal cities as part of northern Australia's regional development.

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Routledge

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1351815849

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High-Speed Dreams

NASA and the Technopolitics of Supersonic Transportation, 1945–1999

By: Erik M. Conway

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High-Speed Dreams

NASA and the Technopolitics of Supersonic Transportation, 1945–1999

By: Erik M. Conway

In High-Speed Dreams, Erik M. Conway constructs an insightful history that focuses primarily on the political and commercial factors responsible for the rise and fall of American supersonic transport research programs. Conway charts commercial supersonic research efforts through the changing relationships between international and domestic politicians, military/NASA contractors, private investors, and environmentalists. He documents post-World War II efforts at the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics and the Defense Department to generate supersonic flight technologies, the attempts to commercialize these technologies by Britain and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, environmental campaigns against SST technology in the 1970s, and subsequent attempts to revitalize supersonic technology at the end of the century. High-Speed Dreams is a sophisticated study of politics, economics, nationalism, and the global pursuit of progress. Historians, along with participants in current aerospace research programs, will gain valuable perspective on the interaction of politics and technology.

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JHU Press

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1421410435

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Governance Networks in the Public Sector

By: Erik Hans Klijn,Joop Koppenjan

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Governance Networks in the Public Sector

By: Erik Hans Klijn,Joop Koppenjan

Governance Networks in the Public Sector presents a comprehensive study of governance networks and the management of complexities in network settings. Public, private and non-profit organizations are increasingly faced with complex, wicked problems when making decisions, developing policies or delivering services in the public sector. These activities take place in networks of interdependent actors guided by diverging and sometimes conflicting perceptions and strategies. As a result these networks are dominated by cognitive, strategic and institutional complexities. Dealing with these complexities requires sophisticated forms of coordination: network governance. This book presents the most recent theoretical and empirical insights into governance networks. It provides a conceptual framework and analytical tools to study the complexities involved in handling wicked problems in governance networks in the public sector. The book also discusses strategies and management recommendations for governments, business and third sector organisations operating in and governing networks. Governance Networks in the Public Sector is an essential text for advanced students of public management, public administration, public policy and political science, and for public managers and policymakers.

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113458704X

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Aron Nimzowitsch

On the Road to Chess Mastery, 1886-1924

By: Per Skjoldager,Jørn Erik Nielsen

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Aron Nimzowitsch

On the Road to Chess Mastery, 1886-1924

By: Per Skjoldager,Jørn Erik Nielsen

One of the greatest chess legends of all time, Aron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935), is best known for founding the Hypermodernism school of chess, which emerged after World War I to challenge the chess ideologies of traditional central European masters. This first full-scale biography of Nimzowitsch chronicles his early life in Denmark, his family and education, and his fascination with the game that would become the focus of his life. Also included are explorations of his tournament games and records, his dispute with influential chess teacher Siegbert Tarrasch, and his role in the development of Hypermodern Chess. With detailed accounts of nearly 450 games and the only narrative of Nimzowitsch from 1914 to 1924, a period formerly cloaked in mystery, this volume offers the most thorough profile available of one of chess's greatest innovators.

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1476618321

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Managing Uncertainties in Networks

A Network Approach to Problem Solving and Decision Making

By: Johannes Franciscus Maria Koppenjan,Joop Koppenjan,Erik-Hans Klijn

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Managing Uncertainties in Networks

A Network Approach to Problem Solving and Decision Making

By: Johannes Franciscus Maria Koppenjan,Joop Koppenjan,Erik-Hans Klijn

Despite sophisticated technology and knowledge, the strategic networks and games required to solve uncertainties becomes more complex and more important than ever before.

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Psychology Press

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041536941X

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Working with Groupware

Understanding and Evaluating Collaboration Technology

By: J.H. Erik Andriessen

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Working with Groupware

Understanding and Evaluating Collaboration Technology

By: J.H. Erik Andriessen

Groupware is a technology designed to help people working in groups to communicate their ideas more easily. While traditional technologies such as the telephone qualify as groupware, the term is usually used to refer to a specific class of technologies that rely on modern computer networks, such as email, newsgroups and videophones. Working with Groupware introduces the basic concepts and brings together ideas from various disciplines to provide an integrated approach to the evaluation and design of groupware technology. Key features include an analysis of the successes and failures of collaborative technology.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1447100670

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State of the World, 2004

A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society

By: Brian Halweil,Worldwatch Institute,Erik Assadourian

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State of the World, 2004

A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society

By: Brian Halweil,Worldwatch Institute,Erik Assadourian

The Worldwatch Institute's award-winning research team focuses on consumption, pointing to the many ways in which consumption habits drive ecological and social deterioration, as well as how these habits can be redirected to reinforce environmental and social goals.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393325393

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Intelligence and Surprise Attack

Failure and Success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and Beyond

By: Erik J. Dahl

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Intelligence and Surprise Attack

Failure and Success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and Beyond

By: Erik J. Dahl

How can the United States avoid a future surprise attack on the scale of 9/11 or Pearl Harbor, in an era when such devastating attacks can come not only from nation states, but also from terrorist groups or cyber enemies? Intelligence and Surprise Attack examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though, in most cases, warnings had been available beforehand. Erik J. Dahl challenges the conventional wisdom about intelligence failure, which holds that attacks succeed because important warnings get lost amid noise or because intelligence officials lack the imagination and collaboration to “connect the dots” of available information. Comparing cases of intelligence failure with intelligence success, Dahl finds that the key to success is not more imagination or better analysis, but better acquisition of precise, tactical-level intelligence combined with the presence of decision makers who are willing to listen to and act on the warnings they receive from their intelligence staff. The book offers a new understanding of classic cases of conventional and terrorist attacks such as Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway, and the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The book also presents a comprehensive analysis of the intelligence picture before the 9/11 attacks, making use of new information available since the publication of the 9/11 Commission Report and challenging some of that report’s findings.

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Georgetown University Press

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1589019989

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9781589019980

Maritime Claims in the Arctic

Canadian and Russian Perspectives

By: Erik Franckx

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Maritime Claims in the Arctic

Canadian and Russian Perspectives

By: Erik Franckx

With the fundamental changes which occurred in the political structure of Europe, and improved East--West relations in general, the Arctic has increasingly become the focal point of international attention during the last few years. Scientific research and environmental protection are areas which have already witnessed some form of international cooperation in the area. With this particular evolution in mind, a new look at the legal regime of navigation in the Arctic seems to be justified. While several other countries border on the Arctic, Canada and Russia have the most extensive shorelines and have shown keen interest in ensuring that their proper share of this area is not encroached by other countries. This book is thus generally restricted to an examination of the maritime boundaries that these states are claiming, and the extent to which other states have recognized them. It also explores the need for greater international cooperation in this area, not only between the two main contenders but also with other countries that have shown a special interest in Arctic navigation and in the exploitation of resources of this area.

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BRILL

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9004639365

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9789004639362

Mission AI

The New System Technology

By: Haroon Sheikh,Corien Prins,Erik Schrijvers

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Mission AI

The New System Technology

By: Haroon Sheikh,Corien Prins,Erik Schrijvers

This open access book offers a strategic perspective on AI and the process of embedding it in society. After decades of research, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now entering society at large. Due to its general purpose character, AI will change society in multiple, fundamental and unpredictable ways. Therefore, the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) characterizes AI as a system technology: a rare type of technologies that have a systemic impact on society. Earlier system technologies include electricity, the combustion engine and the computer. The history of these technologies provides us with useful insights about what it takes to direct the introduction of AI in society. The WRR identifies five key tasks to structurally work on this process: demystification, contextualisation, engagement, regulation and positioning. By clarifying what AI is (demystification), creating a functional ecosystem (contextualisation), involving diverse stakeholders (engagement), developing directive frameworks (regulation) and engaging internationally (positioning), societies can meaningfully influence how AI settles. Collectively, these activities steer the process of co-development between technology and society, and each representing a different path to safeguard public values. Mission AI - The New System Technology was originally published as an advisory report for the government of the Netherlands. The strategic analysis and the outlined recommendations are, however, relevant to every government and organization that aims to take up 'misson AI' and embed this newest system technology in our world.

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Springer Nature

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303121448X

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9783031214486

Brew It Yourself

Professional Craft Blueprints for Home Brewing

By: Jamie Floyd,Erik Spellmeyer

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Brew It Yourself

Professional Craft Blueprints for Home Brewing

By: Jamie Floyd,Erik Spellmeyer

Brew It Yourself is a DIY home brewing guide, which outlines the key methodologies for the two most common home brewing techniques: extract and all-grain brewing. Erik Spellmeyer provides professional advice on how to get started from square one at home, introducing the reader to the industry jargon and terminology, while providing clear instruction on the formalities of home brewing. It gives the reader a sense of comfort in what appears to be a complicated endeavor, using language to keep them feeling secure laying out their own blueprints for brewing success. Brew it Yourself encourages the reader to take what they learn and use that knowledge to create their own recipes and experiment on their ideas. Equipped with illustrations, images, glossary, photography, and step-by-step assembly instructions for building your own equipment, This is an all-in-one guide to getting started, no matter where you are in your brew knowledge.

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Microcosm Publishing

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1621065359

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The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe

With a Historical Review of Previous Journeys Along the North Coast of the Old World

By: Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

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The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe

With a Historical Review of Previous Journeys Along the North Coast of the Old World

By: Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

This 1881 account details the flora, fauna, geology and people encountered on the first crossing of the North-East Passage.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108049834

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Savage Dragon Archives Vol. 6

By: Erik Larsen

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Savage Dragon Archives Vol. 6

By: Erik Larsen

Savage Dragon rejoins the Chicago police force and his life will never be the same! Collects SAVAGE DRAGON #126-150

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Image Comics

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1632159333

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Fighting Cancer

A Nontoxic Approach to Treatment

By: Robert Gorter,Erik Peper

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Fighting Cancer

A Nontoxic Approach to Treatment

By: Robert Gorter,Erik Peper

Emphasizing the need for a new model of cancer treatment that nurtures the body's intrinsic cancer fighting mechanisms, Fighting Cancer presents an innovative, non-toxic approach to healing this rampant disease"--Provided by Publisher.

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North Atlantic Books

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1583942483

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A History of Madness in Sixteenth-Century Germany

By: H. C. Erik Midelfort

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A History of Madness in Sixteenth-Century Germany

By: H. C. Erik Midelfort

This magisterial work explores how Renaissance Germans understood and experienced madness. It focuses on the insanity of the world in general but also on specific disorders; examines the thinking on madness of theologians, jurists, and physicians; and analyzes the vernacular ideas that propelled sufferers to seek help in pilgrimage or newly founded hospitals for the helplessly disordered. In the process, the author uses the history of madness as a lens to illuminate the history of the Renaissance, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the history of poverty and social welfare, and the history of princely courts, state building, and the civilizing process. Rather than try to fit historical experience into modern psychiatric categories, this book reconstructs the images and metaphors through which Renaissance Germans themselves understood and experienced mental illness and deviance, ranging from such bizarre conditions as St. Vituss dance and demonic possession to such medical crises as melancholy and mania. By examining the records of shrines and hospitals, where the mad went for relief, we hear the voices of the mad themselves. For many religious Germans, sin was a form of madness and the sinful world was thoroughly insane. This book compares the thought of Martin Luther and the medical-religious reformer Paracelsus, who both believed that madness was a basic category of human experience. For them and others, the sixteenth century was an age of increasing demonic presence; the demon-possessed seemed to be everywhere. For Renaissance physicians, however, the problem was finding the correct ancient Greek concepts to describe mental illness. In medical terms, the late sixteenth century was the age of melancholy. For jurists, the customary insanity defense did not clarify whether melancholy persons were responsible for their actions, and they frequently solicited the advice of physicians. Sixteenth-century Germany was also an age of folly, with fools filling a major role in German art and literature and present at every prince and princelings court. The author analyzes what Renaissance Germans meant by folly and examines the lives and social contexts of several court fools.

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Stanford University Press

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0804741697

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9780804741699

Critical Materials: Underlying Causes And Sustainable Mitigation Strategies

By: S Erik Offerman

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Critical Materials: Underlying Causes And Sustainable Mitigation Strategies

By: S Erik Offerman

This book covers a new frontier of research in Critical Materials that provides insight in terms of the possible sustainable mitigation strategies, the complexity, broadness and multi-disciplinarity of the subject. By exploring in both 'systems view' and 'in-depth materials view' in light of the circular economy, this book tackles the problem of sustainable usage of materials that is closely intertwined with the energy issue and climate change. Topics covered include: geopolitics of materials, the energy-materials nexus, definitions of the criticality of materials, circular product design, the development of alternative materials (substitution), sustainable mining and recycling.

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World Scientific

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981327106X

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9789813271067

Economic Adjustment and Political Transformation in Small States

By: Erik Jones

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Economic Adjustment and Political Transformation in Small States

By: Erik Jones

This book offers a provocative argument about the impact of political change on the economic strategies of small states, focusing on Belgium and the Netherlands. It argues that a transformation in the style of politics from consensus to competition has constrained the traditional formulas for economic policymaking.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199208336

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9780199208333

Decentralised Power Generation in the Liberalised EU Energy Markets

Results from the DECENT Research Project

By: Wolfram Jörß,Birte Holst Joergensen,Peter Loeffler,Poul Erik Morthorst,Martine Uyterlinde,Emiel van Sambeek,Timon Wehnert

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Decentralised Power Generation in the Liberalised EU Energy Markets

Results from the DECENT Research Project

By: Wolfram Jörß,Birte Holst Joergensen,Peter Loeffler,Poul Erik Morthorst,Martine Uyterlinde,Emiel van Sambeek,Timon Wehnert

The book gives a comprehensive overview of technologies for decentralised power generation (DG technologies), including those based on both renewable energy sources (RES), and on combined heat and power (CHP) technologies, and of relevant policies of the EU and its Member States. Special attention is paid to barriers to implementation and success factors that were drawn from 24 case studies carried out throughout the EU. Furthermore, the book offers policy recommendations regarding how to move towards a level playing field for DG technologies. Additionally, the analysis is founded on the results of a study for future developments in European DG technologies and likely scenarios for the role of DG in the future.

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3540401334

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