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1. Introduction

verfasst von : Dr. Tony Kealy

Erschienen in: Evaluating Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility Projects

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This discusses the background to the sustainable development philosophy with a specific focus on the role of wind turbines in the efforts to decarbonise the economy. There is a global drive towards a ‘green economy’. Traditional electricity generation has focused on the burning of fossil fuels to power the majority of the generating plant. Wind turbine technology is expected to reduce our dependence on fossil-fuel-driven electrical generators. This expected fossil-fuel reduction lessens the amount of harmful Green-House Gases, mainly CO₂, emitted into the atmosphere. One of the weaknesses in the sustainable development sphere is identified, namely, the methods by which the effectiveness of wind turbines is measured. This study aims to develop an evaluation framework to address this weakness. A step-by-step guide as to how the framework is developed is described in this chapter.

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Titel: Introduction
verfasst von: Dr. Tony Kealy
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Evaluating Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility Projects
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-38672-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-38673-3

Copyright-Jahr: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38673-3_1

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