Introduction * Part I - Basics * The Case for Renewable Energies * The Potentials of Renewable Energy * Renewable Energy for Transport * Part II - Policies * National Policy Instruments: Policy Lessons for the Advancement and Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technologies around the World * Renewable Energy and Regulation of Energy Markets * Removing Subsidies: Levelling the Playing Field for Renewable Energy Technologies * International Institutional Arrangements in Support of Renewable Energy * Part III - Financing * Mobilizing Finance for Renewable Energies * Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation: New Instruments for Financing Renewable Energy Technologies * Part IV - Developing Countries * Putting Development First: The Role of Renewable Energy in Achieving the Millennium Development Goals * Traditional Biomass Energy: Improving Its Use and Moving to Modern Energy Use * Gender Equity and Renewable Energies * Part V - Capacities * Research and Development: The Basis for Widespread Employment of Renewable Energies * Capacity Development for Renewable Energies: Know-how, Information, Awareness, Education and Training *
Dirk Assmann, Ulrich Laumanns and Dieter Uh are affiliated with Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Germany.