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ISBN 978-953-307-401-6 free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at www.intechopen.com [...]... acknowledged the cost of such externalities to the environment and to the health impacts, which are seen as the common values and constraints agreeable among the human beings While more resources are being allocated to develop and build capacity of renewable energy, the approach and roadmap to a scenario of 6 Paths to Sustainable Energy sustainable energy would still be subject to subsequent transformation of... future scenario of multiple sources of sustainable energy, the world today is posed to upgrade its existing energy infrastructure that would intelligently enable us to embed sustainable policy that benefits the coming generations of the human race To achieve that scenario, we need to continue to develop policy that enables the electricity and energy industries to undergo a mission-critical transformation... Infrastructure (Social Technical Regime) Fig 2 Dynamic policy development towards a future sustainable energy (Ng and Nathwani 2010) 4 Emerging country policies to embrace sustainable energy 4.1 Inducing multiple sources of renewable and sustainable energy As we move into a future of sustainable energy, the dominance of fossil fuels would have to be replaced by a more balanced mix of energy options as suggested... perceived as a means to enable delivery of emission-free solutions, its penetration into the energy market has not been timely and significant enough to make a material impact on the structure of the global energy system Using backcasting as a policy tool for developing a view of a sustainable energy future, this Chapter aims to explore some of the critical hurdles as the policy makers continue to formulate... infrastructures Nevertheless, the world now needs to learn about these emerging technologies and the knowledge to deploy these intangibles continuously in an innovative manner in order to reach a future of sustainable energy The positive dynamics among the policy makers, the industry innovators and the general public would need to be engendered swiftly prior to an end point in backcasting 6 The table is... simplicity toward perfection, the value of ascension) Moreover, the interactions between the two fields are of significance, i.e 'to have' or 'to be', or maybe 'to have and to be'? How about sustainable development? Sustainability is expressed in structural aspect of a given system and means reaching a state of balance between its components, e.g the actions taken within separate fields of sustainable. .. search for the tools necessary to achieve the established goals 18 Paths to Sustainable Energy Securing sustainable development is among the most important priorities in the EU politics It can, therefore, be assumed that securing sustainable development is becoming the most important goal contemporary societies set before them 4 Environmental engineering Introduction of sustainable development is associated... Grid Forum ‘Enabling Tomorrow’s Electricity System,’ IESO (2009) 8 Paths to Sustainable Energy landscape (Johnston et al., 2005; Johnson and Suskewicz, 2009; Ng and Nathwani, 2010) Reaching this stage of relative market liberalization, an open market for competition through smart grids would, for instance, promote swift development and applications of more efficient solar panels into the electricity... protection was not able to stop biosphere degradation Therefore, the discussion was broadened in 1987, with the formulation of sustainable development concept, merging various problematic groups, including technology, ecology, economics, but also politics, philosophy or social backgrounds 2 Discussion over the notion of sustainable development The concept of sustainable development refers to a highly popular... plan to invest in water systems, rural infrastructures and power grids, including a smart grid system • Prepared to invest $7.3 billion this coming year in smart grid technology, edging out the $7.2 billion in U.S investments • Aim to reduce its overall energy consumption and make the power distribution network more efficient As part of the efforts to reduce energy France • Plan to use smart grid to . Coupling Inductor 405 Kuo-Ing Hwu and Yeu-Torng Yau Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Part 2 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Part 3 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter. allocated to develop and build capacity of renewable energy, the approach and roadmap to a scenario of Paths to Sustainable Energy 6 sustainable energy would still be subject to subsequent. PATHS TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY Edited by Ja n Nathwani and Ar e W. Ng Paths to Sustainable Energy Edited by Jatin Nathwani and Artie W. Ng Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 510 00 Rijeka,