Induced innovation in energy technologies and systems: a review of evidence and potential implications for CO2 mitigation

Abstract Just over half of the energy consumed in Jordan is consumed by transportation, of which passenger cars account for 57 %. This has increased fuel bills and elevated CO2 emissions, creating social and economic pressures. However, these can be ameliorated by enhancing the efficiency with which energy in the transportation sector is utilised. In Jordan, most of the passenger cars in 2017 ran on diesel and gasoline fuel, with only a small percentage (0.23 %, equivalent to 3586 cars) running on electricity. The aim of this paper was to assess the possible advantages of replacing passenger cars that run on fossil fuel with electrically powered vehicles. This was achieved through an examination of six scenarios where the key variable was the type of fuel needed to produce the electricity required to charge the cars. Different replacement percentages were also tested. Detailed analysis and calculations of CO2e emissions and the electricity needed were then performed. The results indicated that replacing fossil fuel passenger cars with electric cars is an effective option for reducing the amount of CO2e emissions and can decelerate the rate at which energy is consumed in the transportation sector, dramatically reducing the national fuel bill. If the running costs of car fuel are reduced, the use of renewable energy technologies based on solar and wind will also reduce the level of GHG emissions.

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Impact of climate discourse on national scientific networks in energy technologies: the case of Estonian science and industry linkages

Administrative Culture ◽

10.32994/hk.v20i1.203 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 20-45

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Global Climate Change ◽

Global Climate ◽

National Level ◽

Incremental Innovation ◽

Unintended Effects ◽

Research Strategies ◽

Energy Technologies ◽

Global Discourse ◽

Research Agendas

This article examines how the global climate change discourse influences the implementation of national science policy in the area of energy technology, with a focus on industry and science collaborations and networks. We develop a set of theoretical propositions about how the issues in the global discourse are likely to influence research agendas and networks, the nature of industry-science linkages and the direction of innovation. The plausibility of these propositions is examined, using Estonia as a case study. We find that the global climate discourse has indeed led to the diversification of research agendas and networks, but the shifts in research strategies often tend to be rhetorical and opportunistic. The ambiguity of the global climate change discourse has also facilitated incremental innovation towards energy efficiency and the potentially sub-optimal lock-in of technologies. In sum, the Estonian case illustrates how the introduction of policy narratives from the global climate change discourse to the national level can shape the actual policy practices and also networks of actors in a complex and non-linear fashion, with unintended effects.

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ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ENABLED BY NANOSCALE HEAT TRANSFER EFFECTS

Equipment ◽

10.1615/ihtc13.p30.220 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Gang Chen

Keyword(s):

Heat Transfer ◽

Transfer Effects ◽

Nanoscale Heat Transfer ◽

Energy Technologies ◽

Heat Transfer Effects

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The Importance Of Energy Solutions For A Safe And Rational Development

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education ◽

10.2478/cplbu-2014-0060 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 379-384

Author(s):

Daniela Cristina Momete ◽

Tudor Prisecaru

Keyword(s):

Industrial Revolution ◽

New Technology ◽

Energy System ◽

Crucial Importance ◽

Gas Processing ◽

Energy Technologies ◽

Rational Development ◽

Oil Exploitation ◽

New Energy ◽

Energy Domain

AbstractA new industrial revolution is on the verge in the energy domain considering the knowledge and skills acquired through the development of new energy technologies. Shale gas processing, unconventional oil exploitation, new exploring/drilling methods, mature renewable energy or in progress, all generated a wealth of knowledge in new technology. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the positive and negative aspects of energy solutions, and to reveal the way to a world where a valid sustainable development, based on safe and rational premises, is actually considered. The paper also introduces suggestions for the energy system, which has a crucial importance in coping with the resource management of the future, where the economic, social, and environmental/climate needs of the post-crisis world should be suitably considered.

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