New book, Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy, UNSW Press,
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This page contains scholarly publications by Mark Diesendorf and co-workers on various aspects of sustainable development, including sustainable energy and urban transportation. Although this list is mostly limited to recent (1996-2006) publications, it does include a group of early papers on the integration of wind power into electricity grids, which are relevant to the current debate on this topic.

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Refereed journal papers and book chapters

NEW: Diesendorf M 2007, 'Is nuclear energy a possible solution to global warming?', Social Alternatives 26(2): 8–11.

NEW: Saddler H, Diesendorf M, Denniss R 2007, 'Clean energy scenarios for Australia', Energy Policy 35(2):1245–56.

Diesendorf M 2006, 'Can geosequestration save the coal industry?' in J. Byrne, L. Glover and N. Toly (eds) Transforming Power: Energy as a Social Project, Vol. 9, Energy & Environmental Policy Series, Transaction Press. pp. 223–48. Download

Diesendorf M 2006, 'Wind power in Australia' Int J Environ Stud 63(6):765–66.

Diesendorf M 2005, ‘Governance of municipalities: a snapshot of sustainable development in China’, in Hargroves KC and Smith MH (eds), The Natural Advantage of Nations: Business opportunities, innovation and governance in the 21st century, Earthscan, London & Sterling VA, pp.303-5.

Diesendorf M 2004, ‘Comparison of employment potential of the coal and wind power industries, International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment 1:82-90.

Biswas W, Diesendorf M & Bryce P 2004, ‘Can photovoltaic technologies help attain sustainable rural development in Bangladesh?’ Energy Policy 32 (10): 1199-1207.

Riedy, C. & Diesendorf, M. 2003, ‘Financial subsidies and incentives to the Australian fossil fuel industry’, Energy Policy 31 (2) 125-137. Abstract; Download of a popular summary. See also Riedy's more recent discussion paper on www.isf.uts.edu.au/publications/riedy.html

Biswas, W., Bryce, P. & Diesendorf, M. 2001, 'Model for empowering rural poor through renewable energy technologies in Bangladesh', Environmental Science & Policy 4:333-344. Download

Diesendorf, M. 2001, ‘Models of sustainability and sustainable development’, International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 1:109-123.

Diesendorf, M., 2000, 'Energy scenarios in global economic models of greenhouse gas reduction', International Journal of Global Energy Issues, Special Issue on Global Modelling of Energy & Environmental Futures, 13:70-85.

Diesendorf, M., 2000, ‘Sustainability and sustainable development’, in Dunphy, D, Benveniste, J, Griffiths, A and Sutton, P (eds) Sustainability: The corporate challenge of the 21st century, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, chap. 2, 19-37. Download

Diesendorf, M., 2000 , 'A critique of the Australian government's greenhouse policies', in Gillespie, A. & Burns, W.C.G (eds) Climate Change in the South Pacific: Impacts and Responses in Australia, New Zealand, and Small Islands States, Kluwer, pp. 79-93.

Diesendorf M 1998, ‘Australian economic models of greenhouse abatement’, Environmental Science and Policy 1: 1-12.

Diesendorf, M. 1998, ‘The fate of the ESD recommendations on greenhouse response in the energy sector’, in: C. Hamilton & D. Throsby (eds), The ESD Process: Evaluating a Policy Experiment, Canberra: Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and Graduate Program in Public Policy, ANU, 41-52.

Diesendorf M 1997, 'Ecologically sustainable development principles'. In: Diesendorf M, Hamilton C (eds), Human ecology, human economy: Ideas for an ecologically sustainable future, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, chap. 3, pp. 64-97.

Diesendorf M & Hamilton C 1997, 'The ESD process in Australia'. In: Diesendorf M, Hamilton C (eds), Human ecology, human economy: Human ecology, human economy: Ideas for an ecologically sustainable future, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, chap. 11, pp.285-301.

Diesendorf M 1997, 'Greenhouse response in the energy sector'. In: Diesendorf M, Hamilton C (eds), Human ecology, human economy: Ideas for an ecologically sustainable future, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, chap. 8, pp.197-242.

Birkeland J, Diesendorf M, Hamilton C 1997, 'Some pathways to ecological sustainability'. In: Diesendorf M, Hamilton C (eds), Human ecology, human economy: Ideas for an ecologically sustainable future, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, chap. 12, pp. 302-325.

Diesendorf M 1996, How can a ‘competitive’ market for electricity be made compatible with the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions? Ecological Economics 17:33-48.

Blakers A, Diesendorf M 1996, A scenario for the expansion of solar and wind generated electricity in Australia. Australian Journal of Environmental Management 3:11-25.

Wind power (a new listing of some key early papers)

Martin B, Diesendorf M 1983, ‘The economics of large-scale wind power in an optimally mixed CEGB electricity grid’, Energy Policy 11: 259-266. Download

Carlin JB, Diesendorf M 1983, ‘Analysis of some wind speed data from southern Australia with reference to potential wind energy conversion’, Wind Engineering 7: 147-160.

Martin B, Diesendorf M 1982, ‘Optimal mix in electricity grids containing wind power’, Electrical Power & Energy Systems 4 (3):155-161. Download

Haslett J, Diesendorf M 1981, ‘The capacity credit of wind power: a theoretical analysis’, Solar Energy 26: 391-401.

Martin B, Diesendorf M 1980, ‘The capacity credit of wind power: a numerical model’, Proc. 3rd Int. Symp. on Wind Energy Systems, Copenhagen. Cranfield UK: BHRA Fluid Engineering, 555-564.For revised version published by Simulation Society of Australia, see Download

Diesendorf M, Martin B 1980, ‘Integration of wind power into Australian electricity grids without storage: a computer simulation’, Wind Engineering 4 (4): 211-226. (Note: This paper does not investigate capacity credit or optimal mix.) Download

Diesendorf M, Fulford G 1979, ‘Optimal value of the rated speed of a wind generator’, Wind Engineering 3 (1): 62-68.

Diesendorf M, Westcott M 1978, ‘Renewable energy sources and storage’, Nature 275: 254.

Books, refereed reports and special issues of journals edited

NEW: Diesendorf M 2007, Paths to a Low-Carbon Future: Reducing Australia's Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 30 per cent by 2020. Report released by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, October 2007. Download from <www.ies.unsw.edu.au>. News and Events page.

NEW: Diesendorf M 2007, Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy, UNSW Press, Sydney.

Diesendorf M 2005, Towards Western Australia's Clean Energy Future: A plan to cut W.A.'s greenhouse gas emissions from electricity by 2010, Clean Energy Future Group, Sydney, August. http://wwf.org.au/publications/CEFWA2005Report2ndEd/

Diesendorf M 2005, Towards Queensland's Clean Energy Future: A plan to cut Queensland's greenhouse gas emissions from electricity by 2010, Clean Energy Future Group, Sydney, April (available on http://wwf.org.au/publications/qldcefreport2005/).

Diesendorf M 2005, Towards New South Wales' Clean Energy Future: A plan to cut NSW's greenhouse gas emissions from electricity by 2010, Clean Energy Future Group, Sydney, March (available on http://wwf.org.au/publications/nswcefreport2005/).

Diesendorf M 2004, Towards Victoria's Clean Energy Future: A plan to cut Victoria's greenhouse gas emissions from electricity by 2010, Clean Energy Future Group, Sydney, November (available on http://wwf.org.au/publications/VictoriasCleanEnergyFuture2ndEdition.pdf).

Saddler H, Diesendorf M & Denniss R 2004, A Clean Energy Future for Australia, Clean Energy Future Group, Sydney, x+164 pp, ISBN 1 875941 63 0 (book) and 1 875941 64 9 (CD-ROM) Download of Summary (2.4 MB) Full report (1.24 MB) available on http://wwf.org.au/publications/clean_energy_future_report.pdf

Martin B & Diesendorf M 1999, Special issue of journal Accountability in Research on ‘Suppression of Research Data’, Vol. 6, No.3.

Diesendorf M, Hamilton C (eds) 1997, Human Ecology, Human Economy: Ideas for an ecologically sustainable future, Sydney: Allen & Unwin. xxi+378 pp. Image of cover


Refereed conference papers

NEW: Diesendorf M 2007, 'Renewable energy as a major component of greenhouse response: refutation of the base-load fallacy', ANZSEE 2007 conference, Noosa, July.

Diesendorf M 2003, 'Is "clean coal" an oxymoron?', Proceedings of online conference "In Search of Sustainability" (ISOS), Canberra, 14 November 2003.

Diesendorf, M 2002, 'The effect of land costs on the economics of urban transport systems', in Wang, KCP, Xiao, G, Nie, L, & Yang, H (eds), Traffic and Transportation Studies, Proceedings of Third International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies (ICTTS2002), pp. 1422-1429. Download

Biswas, W., Bryce, P. & Diesendorf, M. 2003 (in press), 'Photovoltaic technologies for poverty alleviation in rural Bangladesh: a specific strategy', Community Technology 2001, conference proceedings.

Diesendorf, M 2000, ‘Sustainability and sustainable development’, in T.Loughland ed. 2000, Southern Crossings. Pointers for Change. Conference Proceedings from The Australian Association for Environmental Education Inc. (AAEE), International Conference on Environmental Education, 14-18 January 1999, Sydney, AAEE.ISBN #0957833407

Banfield, K, Hutabarat R & Diesendorf M 1999, ‘Sydney’s passenger transport: accounting for different modes’, ATRF99 23:269-285.

Hutabarat, R, Banfield K, Gollner A & Diesendorf M 1999, ‘Social sustainability in passenger transport’, Proceedings of Australasian Environmental Engineering Conference, Auckland, 131-136.

A complete list of publications is available upon request.