Dmitry Kurochkin is a senior research analyst at Harvard University, USA.Elena V. Shabliy is a visiting scholar at Columbia University, USA and a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, USA.Ekundayo Shittu is Assistant Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at George Washington University, and a Research Affiliate at George Washington University Solar Institute, USA.

• Introduction: Renewable Energy: An Independent Sustainable Future; Dmitry Kurochkin and Elena V. Shabliy.- Part One: Renewable Energy in Europe.- Chapter 1: Economic and Political Foundations of Effective Transition to Renewable Energy: Ordoliberalism, Polanyi, and Cities as Hubs for Climate Leadership and Innovation; Mishka Lysack.- Chapter 2: Interplay between Economics and Environment: Determinants of Sustainable Solutions; Tero Rantala, Minna Saunila, Juhani Ukko, and Jouni Havukainen.- Chapter 3: Renewable Energy Strategies in the European Union for Sustainable Development; Erginbay Uğurlu.- Part Two: Renewable Energy in North and South America.- Chapter 4: Energy Transition and Social Movements: The Rise of a Community Choice Movement in California; Ida Dokk Smith.- Chapter 5: Wind Energy and Policy in Brazil: An Assessment of the State of Bahia; Lucigleide Nery Nascimento.- Part Three: Renewable Energy in the Middle East and Central Asia.- Chapter 6: Regulatory Framework for Development of Renewable Energy Generation in Turkey; Özlem Döğerlioglu Isiksungur.- Chapter 7: Turkey’s Renewable Energy Prospects Towards The 100th Anniversary of The Republic; Çiğdem Pekar.- Chapter 8: Renewable Energy in Kazakhstan: Potential and Challenges; Vakur Sumer, Cengizhan Canaltay, and Lidiya Parkhomchik.- Conclusion.

Dmitry Kurochkin is a senior research analyst at Harvard University, USA.Elena V. Shabliy is a visiting scholar at Columbia University, USA and a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, USA.Ekundayo Shittu is Assistant Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at George Washington University, and a Research Affiliate at George Washington University Solar Institute, USA.

• Introduction: Renewable Energy: An Independent Sustainable Future; Dmitry Kurochkin and Elena V. Shabliy.- Part One: Renewable Energy in Europe.- Chapter 1: Economic and Political Foundations of Effective Transition to Renewable Energy: Ordoliberalism, Polanyi, and Cities as Hubs for Climate Leadership and Innovation; Mishka Lysack.- Chapter 2: Interplay between Economics and Environment: Determinants of Sustainable Solutions; Tero Rantala, Minna Saunila, Juhani Ukko, and Jouni Havukainen.- Chapter 3: Renewable Energy Strategies in the European Union for Sustainable Development; Erginbay Uğurlu.- Part Two: Renewable Energy in North and South America.- Chapter 4: Energy Transition and Social Movements: The Rise of a Community Choice Movement in California; Ida Dokk Smith.- Chapter 5: Wind Energy and Policy in Brazil: An Assessment of the State of Bahia; Lucigleide Nery Nascimento.- Part Three: Renewable Energy in the Middle East and Central Asia.- Chapter 6: Regulatory Framework for Development of Renewable Energy Generation in Turkey; Özlem Döğerlioglu Isiksungur.- Chapter 7: Turkey’s Renewable Energy Prospects Towards The 100th Anniversary of The Republic; Çiğdem Pekar.- Chapter 8: Renewable Energy in Kazakhstan: Potential and Challenges; Vakur Sumer, Cengizhan Canaltay, and Lidiya Parkhomchik.- Conclusion.

Dmitry Kurochkin is a senior research analyst at Harvard University, USA.Elena V. Shabliy is a visiting scholar at Columbia University, USA and a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, USA.Ekundayo Shittu is Assistant Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at George Washington University, and a Research Affiliate at George Washington University Solar Institute, USA.

• Introduction: Renewable Energy: An Independent Sustainable Future; Dmitry Kurochkin and Elena V. Shabliy.- Part One: Renewable Energy in Europe.- Chapter 1: Economic and Political Foundations of Effective Transition to Renewable Energy: Ordoliberalism, Polanyi, and Cities as Hubs for Climate Leadership and Innovation; Mishka Lysack.- Chapter 2: Interplay between Economics and Environment: Determinants of Sustainable Solutions; Tero Rantala, Minna Saunila, Juhani Ukko, and Jouni Havukainen.- Chapter 3: Renewable Energy Strategies in the European Union for Sustainable Development; Erginbay Uğurlu.- Part Two: Renewable Energy in North and South America.- Chapter 4: Energy Transition and Social Movements: The Rise of a Community Choice Movement in California; Ida Dokk Smith.- Chapter 5: Wind Energy and Policy in Brazil: An Assessment of the State of Bahia; Lucigleide Nery Nascimento.- Part Three: Renewable Energy in the Middle East and Central Asia.- Chapter 6: Regulatory Framework for Development of Renewable Energy Generation in Turkey; Özlem Döğerlioglu Isiksungur.- Chapter 7: Turkey’s Renewable Energy Prospects Towards The 100th Anniversary of The Republic; Çiğdem Pekar.- Chapter 8: Renewable Energy in Kazakhstan: Potential and Challenges; Vakur Sumer, Cengizhan Canaltay, and Lidiya Parkhomchik.- Conclusion.