CHAPTER 15
Conclusions
Espen Moe
In 2014, we published what in many ways was the predecessor to this
book, The Political Economy of Renewable Energy and Energy Security
(Moe and Midford 2014). The focus was in part different (there is no
clear energy security dimension to this present volume), and we are not
looking at all the same cases in both volumes, but there is a very significant overlap between the two books. Japan is a very important part
of both books, and China, Norway and Denmark also figure in both.
And beyond that, both books focus very much on the political economy
of renewable energy. Thus, looking back to 2014 and comparing the
situation today with our conclusions and predictions from then seems
appropriate.
First, renewable energy has come a long way, and the field has changed
quite a bit since our previous volume was published. When I re-read the
Introduction (Moe 2014a) chapter, it says among other things that “Denmark has become one of the world’s foremost producers of wind power,
deriving as much as 27% of its electricity consumption from wind.” Today,
E. Moe (B)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim,
Norway
e-mail: espen.moe@ntnu.no
© The Author(s) 2021
P. Midford and E. Moe (eds.), New Challenges and Solutions
for Renewable Energy, International Political Economy Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54514-7_15
377
Conclusions
Espen Moe
In 2014, we published what in many ways was the predecessor to this
book, The Political Economy of Renewable Energy and Energy Security
(Moe and Midford 2014). The focus was in part different (there is no
clear energy security dimension to this present volume), and we are not
looking at all the same cases in both volumes, but there is a very significant overlap between the two books. Japan is a very important part
of both books, and China, Norway and Denmark also figure in both.
And beyond that, both books focus very much on the political economy
of renewable energy. Thus, looking back to 2014 and comparing the
situation today with our conclusions and predictions from then seems
appropriate.
First, renewable energy has come a long way, and the field has changed
quite a bit since our previous volume was published. When I re-read the
Introduction (Moe 2014a) chapter, it says among other things that “Denmark has become one of the world’s foremost producers of wind power,
deriving as much as 27% of its electricity consumption from wind.” Today,
E. Moe (B)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim,
Norway
e-mail: espen.moe@ntnu.no
© The Author(s) 2021
P. Midford and E. Moe (eds.), New Challenges and Solutions
for Renewable Energy, International Political Economy Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54514-7_15
377