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New Trends and Challenges for Energy Geographies: Introduction to the Special Issue
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SYSNO ASEP 0430879 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title New Trends and Challenges for Energy Geographies: Introduction to the Special Issue Author(s) Frantál, Bohumil (UGN-S) RID, ORCID
Pasqualetti, M. J. (US)
Van der Horst, Dan (UGN-S)Number of authors 3 Source Title Moravian Geographical Reports. - : Ústav geoniky AV ČR, v. v. i. - ISSN 1210-8812
Roč. 22, č. 2 (2014), s. 2-6Number of pages 5 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords energy sources ; energy landscape ; renewable energy Subject RIV DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography R&D Projects EE2.3.20.0025 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Institutional support UGN-S - RVO:68145535 UT WOS 000338931100001 DOI 10.2478/mgr-2014-0006 Annotation During the last two decades, environmental and security concerns have led to a rapid and far-flung development of renewable energies. Modern wind power development, for example, now is found in over 100 countries, and solar power deployment is – in one form or another – in many more. Reaping the benefits of renewable sources has become a global ambition for several reasons, ranging from anxieties about climate change and energy security to the dangers of the atom. Indeed, the generous feed-in tariffs that Germany used to stimulate renewable energy development have been so effective that Chancellor Merkel was able to renounce Germany’s nuclear program after the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011 (The Economist, 2011). Nonetheless, renewable energy development has been uneven around the world. Despite rapid and substantial growth in countries such as China, Germany, Spain and the United States, it still represents but a small amount of generation in most countries. For this reason, governments still need to consider other options, including cleaner use of fossil fuels, nuclear power, and new technologies such as shale gas fracking. Workplace Institute of Geonics Contact Lucie Gurková, lucie.gurkova@ugn.cas.cz, Tel.: 596 979 354 Year of Publishing 2014 Electronic address http://www.geonika.cz/EN/research/ENMgr/MGR_2014_02.pdf
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