Download or read book Venezuela: A Petro-State Using Renewable Energies written by Germán Massabié and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This qualitative, comparative policy study analyses whether oil revenues restraint or favor the adoption of RES. It is based on the interpretation and analysis of primary and secondary data collected in Germany and in Venezuela and draws on non-standardized interviews, informal conversations, and e-mail exchanges with Venezuelan experts, policy makers, and key actors. It allows a look beyond laws, development programs, and official statements.