Sustainable Development and Innovation in the Energy Sector

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Explores how these conflicting scenarios could be reconciled, how can we shape a more sustainable energy system from the existing one, and possible technological progress and innovations to enable a brighter future. Addresses the reality that there exists no consensus on the extent to which innovations can really contribute to reconciling ever-growing energy consumption, availability of resources and the environment, and the structural demands on any energy system. Offers and explains a four-point strategy: Energy should according to its importance regain a top priority in the political arena, higly targeted subsidies should be given for a limited amount of time to speed up the market introduction of energy-efficient and regenerative techniques in analogy to the , Dutch model', Negotiated agreements and unilateral self-commitments can subsequently ensure further market diffusion of sustainable energy innovations., the basic research in energy should not be diminished but intensified instead