Hasan Dinçer is Professor of Finance at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Turkey. He has worked in the finance industry as a portfolio specialist and his major academic studies focus on financial instruments, performance evaluation and economics. Serhat Yüksel is Associate Professor of Finance at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Services, Turkey. His research interests include energy economics, banking, finance and financial crisis.

• Chapter 1. Sustainable Investments in Biofuel Production Projects; Lyailya Maratovna Mutaliyeva and Ulf Henning Richter Chapter 2. The Relationships between Financial Literacy and Individual Pension System and A Perspective for Renewable Energy Investments; Samet Hacilar, Ayhan Kapusuzoglu, and Nildag Basak Ceylan Chapter 3. Derivative Financial Instruments in the Energy and Aluminum Markets; Khayrilla Abdurasulovich Kurbonov and Gabor Pinter Chapter 4. Environmental Implications of Food Waste: A Study on South-Asian Countries; Buddhadev De, Imran Hussain, and Ramesh Chandra Das Chapter 5. Addressing Renewable Energy Investments with a Strategic Perspective; Ercan Karakeçe Chapter 6. A Historical Perspective on the Benefits Derived from Countries' Newly Found Energy Source; Fatih Baha Aydın Chapter 7. Energy Innovation and Sustainable Development: Are the Nordic Countries more than Bumble Bee?; Halim Baş and Bilal CoşanChapter 8. Environmental Pollution and Economic Sentiments: Any correlation and Causal Relation so far for World’s Highly Polluting Countries?; Maitree Dey, Somdip Bhukta, and Ramesh Chandra Das Chapter 9. The Investigations for the Causality Connection between Exports and Energy Consumption; Zafer Adalı, Simuzar Sultan Mammadova, and Ofelya Mazanova Chapter 10. The Nonlinear Relationship between Bitcoin Mining and Carbon Emissions in the context of Renewable Energy; Ayyuce Memis Karatas, Emin Karatas, Ayhan Kapusuzoglu, and Nildag Basak Ceylan Chapter 11. Electricity Production and Use from Renewable Energy Resources within the Framework of Turkish Legal Legislation; Ergün Dilaveroğlu Chapter 12. Overview of Investments in the Energy and Aluminum Markets; Raya Hojabaevna Karlibaeva and Anthony Nyangarika Chapter 13. Evaluating the Advantages and Disadvantages of Thorium-Based Nuclear Power Plants; Serhat Yüksel, Hasan Dinçer, Çağatay Çağlayan, Alexey Mikhaylov, and Duygu Yavuz Chapter 14. Methods of Forecasting the Prices of the Underlying Asset in the Energy and Aluminum Markets; David Philippov and Tomonobu SenjyuChapter 15. An Empirical Study on Consumer Attitudes towards Renewable Energy in Turkey; Ayşen Akyüz and Şifa Elcil Chapter 16. Semiotic Analysis of Public Service Announcement on Energy Efficiency; Başak Gezmen and Merve Yazıcı

Hasan Dinçer is Professor of Finance at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Turkey. He has worked in the finance industry as a portfolio specialist and his major academic studies focus on financial instruments, performance evaluation and economics. Serhat Yüksel is Associate Professor of Finance at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Services, Turkey. His research interests include energy economics, banking, finance and financial crisis.

• Chapter 1. Sustainable Investments in Biofuel Production Projects; Lyailya Maratovna Mutaliyeva and Ulf Henning Richter Chapter 2. The Relationships between Financial Literacy and Individual Pension System and A Perspective for Renewable Energy Investments; Samet Hacilar, Ayhan Kapusuzoglu, and Nildag Basak Ceylan Chapter 3. Derivative Financial Instruments in the Energy and Aluminum Markets; Khayrilla Abdurasulovich Kurbonov and Gabor Pinter Chapter 4. Environmental Implications of Food Waste: A Study on South-Asian Countries; Buddhadev De, Imran Hussain, and Ramesh Chandra Das Chapter 5. Addressing Renewable Energy Investments with a Strategic Perspective; Ercan Karakeçe Chapter 6. A Historical Perspective on the Benefits Derived from Countries' Newly Found Energy Source; Fatih Baha Aydın Chapter 7. Energy Innovation and Sustainable Development: Are the Nordic Countries more than Bumble Bee?; Halim Baş and Bilal CoşanChapter 8. Environmental Pollution and Economic Sentiments: Any correlation and Causal Relation so far for World’s Highly Polluting Countries?; Maitree Dey, Somdip Bhukta, and Ramesh Chandra Das Chapter 9. The Investigations for the Causality Connection between Exports and Energy Consumption; Zafer Adalı, Simuzar Sultan Mammadova, and Ofelya Mazanova Chapter 10. The Nonlinear Relationship between Bitcoin Mining and Carbon Emissions in the context of Renewable Energy; Ayyuce Memis Karatas, Emin Karatas, Ayhan Kapusuzoglu, and Nildag Basak Ceylan Chapter 11. Electricity Production and Use from Renewable Energy Resources within the Framework of Turkish Legal Legislation; Ergün Dilaveroğlu Chapter 12. Overview of Investments in the Energy and Aluminum Markets; Raya Hojabaevna Karlibaeva and Anthony Nyangarika Chapter 13. Evaluating the Advantages and Disadvantages of Thorium-Based Nuclear Power Plants; Serhat Yüksel, Hasan Dinçer, Çağatay Çağlayan, Alexey Mikhaylov, and Duygu Yavuz Chapter 14. Methods of Forecasting the Prices of the Underlying Asset in the Energy and Aluminum Markets; David Philippov and Tomonobu SenjyuChapter 15. An Empirical Study on Consumer Attitudes towards Renewable Energy in Turkey; Ayşen Akyüz and Şifa Elcil Chapter 16. Semiotic Analysis of Public Service Announcement on Energy Efficiency; Başak Gezmen and Merve Yazıcı

Hasan Dinçer is Professor of Finance at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Turkey. He has worked in the finance industry as a portfolio specialist and his major academic studies focus on financial instruments, performance evaluation and economics. Serhat Yüksel is Associate Professor of Finance at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Services, Turkey. His research interests include energy economics, banking, finance and financial crisis.

• Chapter 1. Sustainable Investments in Biofuel Production Projects; Lyailya Maratovna Mutaliyeva and Ulf Henning Richter Chapter 2. The Relationships between Financial Literacy and Individual Pension System and A Perspective for Renewable Energy Investments; Samet Hacilar, Ayhan Kapusuzoglu, and Nildag Basak Ceylan Chapter 3. Derivative Financial Instruments in the Energy and Aluminum Markets; Khayrilla Abdurasulovich Kurbonov and Gabor Pinter Chapter 4. Environmental Implications of Food Waste: A Study on South-Asian Countries; Buddhadev De, Imran Hussain, and Ramesh Chandra Das Chapter 5. Addressing Renewable Energy Investments with a Strategic Perspective; Ercan Karakeçe Chapter 6. A Historical Perspective on the Benefits Derived from Countries' Newly Found Energy Source; Fatih Baha Aydın Chapter 7. Energy Innovation and Sustainable Development: Are the Nordic Countries more than Bumble Bee?; Halim Baş and Bilal CoşanChapter 8. Environmental Pollution and Economic Sentiments: Any correlation and Causal Relation so far for World’s Highly Polluting Countries?; Maitree Dey, Somdip Bhukta, and Ramesh Chandra Das Chapter 9. The Investigations for the Causality Connection between Exports and Energy Consumption; Zafer Adalı, Simuzar Sultan Mammadova, and Ofelya Mazanova Chapter 10. The Nonlinear Relationship between Bitcoin Mining and Carbon Emissions in the context of Renewable Energy; Ayyuce Memis Karatas, Emin Karatas, Ayhan Kapusuzoglu, and Nildag Basak Ceylan Chapter 11. Electricity Production and Use from Renewable Energy Resources within the Framework of Turkish Legal Legislation; Ergün Dilaveroğlu Chapter 12. Overview of Investments in the Energy and Aluminum Markets; Raya Hojabaevna Karlibaeva and Anthony Nyangarika Chapter 13. Evaluating the Advantages and Disadvantages of Thorium-Based Nuclear Power Plants; Serhat Yüksel, Hasan Dinçer, Çağatay Çağlayan, Alexey Mikhaylov, and Duygu Yavuz Chapter 14. Methods of Forecasting the Prices of the Underlying Asset in the Energy and Aluminum Markets; David Philippov and Tomonobu SenjyuChapter 15. An Empirical Study on Consumer Attitudes towards Renewable Energy in Turkey; Ayşen Akyüz and Şifa Elcil Chapter 16. Semiotic Analysis of Public Service Announcement on Energy Efficiency; Başak Gezmen and Merve Yazıcı