A sustainable European energy system, mitigating climate change and
solving a number of other key environmental problems, will require
massive reliance on renewable energy sources combined with a sharp
increase in energy productivity. Considering that most of the
technologies necessary for such a development are already available,
today's most important questions are: How can these technologies be
integrated into the European energy system? What are the costs and
benefits of such a strategy? What are the major bottlenecks and
obstacles to such a development? What measures are necessary to support
this development? In the book a "sustainable scenario" and a
"fair-market scenario" are developed as a means to demonstrate that
concepts for a sustainable future European energy supply are feasible.