scholarly journals Integration of renewable energy policies between central and regional governments

2021 ◽  
Vol 896 (1) ◽  
pp. 012037
Author(s):  
H Fajri ◽  
A D Akmal ◽  
B Saputra ◽  
N Wahyuni ◽  
Q P Ilham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
National Level ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Regional Policies ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
Integrated Policy

Abstract Renewable Energy will play a more critical role in meeting future energy needs. Therefore, it is necessary to have policies and strategies at the national and regional levels so that the development of renewable energy can increase and develop. Unfortunately, Indonesia does not have a specific policy that covers the development of renewable energy until now. This study aims to see the integration of central and regional policies by targeting the renewable energy mix as a connecting link. This research was conducted using the document analysis method. The study results indicate that the national level’s legal instruments and policies for renewable Energy are inadequate. The instrument is still fragmented into several policies with a minimal portion and legal standing that is not strong enough. We propose the need for policies at the national level that specifically regulate renewable Energy and prepare derivative regulations for the law to have an integrated policy. In addition, local governments must also integrate their regional regulations with existing policy instruments at the national level. Good integration of national and regional policies is expected to accelerate renewable energy development in Indonesia, and the targets are not just ambitions written on paper.

scholarly journals Managing Conflicts with Local Communities over the Introduction of Renewable Energy: The Solar-Rush Experience in Japan

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noriko Akita ◽  
Yasuo Ohe ◽  
Shoko Araki ◽  
Makoto Yokohari ◽  
Toru Terada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Spatial Approach ◽  
Renewable Energy Development

A worldwide introduction of renewable energy has been required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Concomitantly, this has caused conflict between renewable energy development and local communities over landscape changes. This study aims to clarify the factors of conflict and find a way of conflict management. A case study on Japan is used, where a solar rush occurred due to the feed-in tariff (FIT) system. We analyze the public reasons to worry about renewable energy and the spatial characteristics of its locations. A socio-spatial approach is used by first utilizing a qualitative survey based on questionnaires and interviews with the local governments to understand the awareness regarding the issues, and then utilizing a quantitative survey on the location changes to solar power by using GIS. The results suggest that there were links between local governments’ concerns and the location of solar power concentration. These results show that conflicts over renewable energy are not unavoidable and may be managed by local governments that can act as intermediaries with sufficient knowledge of the local communities.

Covering energy needs in the context of sustainable development. Case study: Romania

2013 ◽  
pp. 87-99
Author(s):  
Florina Bran ◽  
Gian Paolo Cesaretti ◽  
Ion Cdobre
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Main Topic ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
Energy Challenge

The last decades fueled the energy challenge by the continuous growth of demand and strengthening of environmental restrains. How these challenges are addressed at global and national level is the main topic approached by the paper using as case study Romania. The availability of resources and how they compare with the current and growing needs of energy is analyzed and discussed. The analysis is taking in account the structure by primary energy sources and the dynamic on the last decades. Applying the same approach for energy imports it is calculated the degree of energy freedom and how this could be improved by considering the potential of renewable energy.

scholarly journals Agree or disagree: local youth’s perception of renewable energy development

2021 ◽  
Vol 896 (1) ◽  
pp. 012038
Author(s):  
B Saputra ◽  
H Fajri ◽  
A D Akmal ◽  
N Wahyuni ◽  
H S Halawa
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Community Group ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
The Government ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
The One

Abstract This article aims to determine the perception of local youth in renewable energy policy and governance in West Sumatra Province. The local youth we mean in this study are university students. Our previous research shows an educated and critical community group conveying their aspirations and network to form coalitions. They played an essential role in rejecting the construction of renewable energy-based power plants in West Sumatra Province. This study uses a quantitative descriptive method supported by a survey to get local youth perceptions about renewable energy development in West Sumatra Province. Our survey was conducted online and got 346 respondents. The study results show that local youth do not fully understand renewable energy and the potential in West Sumatra Province. However, they relatively agree with renewable energy development even though they are less aware of developing and managing renewable energy policies. From the government side, they consider that the most qualified government is the one whose central role is the state, hoping that people can feel the benefits of renewable energy.

scholarly journals REGIONAL POLICY IN MANAGING OIL PALM WASTE AS RENEWABLE ENERGY IN SOUTH KALIMANTAN PROVINCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ifrani Ifrani ◽  
Muhammad Topan ◽  
Nurmaya Safitri ◽  
Tiya Erniyati
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Positive Law ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
The Government ◽  
Oil Palm Industry ◽  
Palm Waste ◽  
Oil Palm Waste

Besides producing CPO and KPO, oil palm also produces a lot of waste. Oil palm waste can be managed and utilized. This study aims to determine how oil palm waste is managed, the authority of local governments to regulate oil palm waste management in South Kalimantan Province. Third, what is the concept of future local government policies in utilizing oil palm waste as a new and renewable energy development in South Kalimantan? The research method used is normative juridical research, the research that is focused on examining the application of the rules or norms in positive law, analyzing in-depth and holistically, from all aspects comprehensively, sourced from library research using legal materials, namely primary legal materials, secondary legal materials, and tertiary legal materials, to answer regulatory issues in the legislation regarding the Policy on the Use of Oil palm Waste as New and Renewable Energy in South Kalimantan Province. The result shows that Indonesia has been able to create renewable energy from the oil palm industry. However, the government needs to regulate the use of oil palm shell waste through local regulations and policies. With the participation of policymakers, and focus for development. It can creates jobs, increase and develop disadvantaged areas and in the end will reduce the level of poverty.

Industrial policy, politics and competition: Assessing the post-crisis wind power industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna I. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
Industrial Policy ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
National Level ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Political Support ◽  
To Come

Wind power remains one of the fastest growing energy sources in the world, even as countries have struggled to come back from the global economic crisis of 2008. Yet the sector's rise has been the product of a crucial shift in how governments approach renewable energy. To build political support for wind power, governments have added industrial policy instruments to traditional renewable energy deployment mechanisms. This paper argues that we are witnessing a rise in protectionism in the wind power sector growing out of specific political and economic challenges at the national level that have arisen in the period following the 2008 crisis. In addition, this paper demonstrates that protectionism, justified by a rationale of promoting local economic development, takes many forms, and countries have come up with ever more varied and sophisticated methods of using industrial policy to establish and protect nascent, strategic industries. Finally, it challenges conventional wisdom that protectionism is reserved for the emerging economies as either a strategy to improve economic competitiveness or as a short cut to technological innovation. It demonstrates that while these strategies do indeed persist in emerging economies, North America and Western Europe continue to protect their own wind industries, even as they initiate disputes with countries for implementing similar measures.

scholarly journals A disaster resilient built environment in urban cities

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chamindi Malalgoda ◽  
Dilanthi Amaratunga
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
National Level ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Content Type

Purpose – This research aims at making recommendations to empower the Sri Lankan local governments in creating a disaster resilient built environment. Disasters make a huge impact on the built environment. In turn, failure of the built environment can create significant impacts on social and economic activities. Thus, when moving towards safer cities, it is important to develop the built environment in such a way that it can withstand threats posed by natural disasters. Various stakeholders need to get involved in the process of making a disaster resilient built environment, of which the local governments need to play a critical role, as they are the closest government body to the local community. However, local governments are facing a number of challenges in responding to city resilience activities. Design/methodology/approach – The research adopts case studies as its research strategy and investigates three cities in Sri Lanka which are potentially vulnerable to disasters. A number of expert interviews have also been conducted to supplement the case study findings. Findings – The paper presents the challenges faced by the Sri Lankan municipalities in creating a disaster resilient built environment and provides recommendations to empower municipalities to effectively contribute to city resilience. The paper suggests amending policies related to establishment of municipal councils and disaster management to provide more authoritative powers for municipalities to effectively engage in city resilience building. Findings also revealed the importance of addressing financial and human resource issues, which were the main drivers of hindrance. Furthermore, all relevant urban development plans, risk maps, disaster resilient planning, construction and operation guidelines and resilient land use practices need to be integrated into existing planning and building regulations, and proper monitoring and control mechanisms have to be established to ensure compliance with the regulations. In doing so, it is important to raise awareness of council officials of disaster risks and resilient practices by way of organising educational programmes such as seminars and workshops. It is also suggested that municipal officials should be involved in national-level decision-making with regard to their local areas and to establish proper communication channels to exchange decision and information related to city resilience. Research limitations/implications – The paper is based on case studies in three cities and a number of expert interviews, which are limited to the Sri Lankan context. Inputs from other cities from developed countries may further validate the recommendations. Originality/value – The paper highlights the challenges faced by the local governments in creating a disaster resilient built environment within Sri Lankan cities and provides recommendations as to how the local governments could be empowered in creating a disaster resilient built environment within cities.

Entrepreneurship Management at the Local Government Level: The Experience of the Cities for Entrepreneurs Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 388-407
Author(s):  
Patricio Gigli ◽  
◽  
Donatela Orsi ◽  
Marisel Martín Aramburú ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
National Level ◽  
Development Issue ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Government Level

This paper aims at describing the experience of the Cities for Entrepreneurs Program (Ciudades para Emprender or CPE) of the National Directorate of Community and Human Capital (which belongs to the SEPYME), National Ministry of Production. This paper starts from the premise that entrepreneurship takes place at the most micro level of the offer and, therefore, is a concept associated with the characteristics of the environment closest to that offer: the local territory. However, there is little history in the country of public policies relating the issue of entrepreneurship with the local management. That is why we take as a starting point the conceptualization of the chosen framework: local governments and the development issue, seen from the perspective of entrepreneurships. Moreover, an overview is given on the structural characteristics of municipalities in Argentina. In addition, some international experiences and attempts to promote entrepreneurship at a national level are analyzed. Finally, the Cities for Entrepreneurs Program (CPE) is outlined, based on a summary of the diagnoses of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems of the selected cities and the tools used and their execution status at the time of publication of this paper.

The Problem of Policy Coordination in a Newly Decentralised Government: A Study of Policy Implementation in the Province of Bali, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 83-95
Author(s):  
Luqman H. Zainuri
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Political System ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
National Level ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Policy Coordination ◽  
Politics And Government ◽  
Government Relations ◽  
Societal Needs

Abstract The aim of this article is to describe inter government relations resulted from disorganized political change from Autocratic political system to the Democratic one. This purpose is described through a challenge against Governor’s moratorium policy in 2010 made by three Heads of Districts within the province of Bali over the issuance of principle of building permit of new hotels and tourist accomodations. The method by which this research is conducted is exploratory. The research found that the problems of coordination in the policy emanate from a radical change in politics and government from centralised to decentralised government and termination of President Soeharto from the office. The un-coordinated political transition at the national level being faced by Indonesia has brought about serious problems on coordination of inter government institutions of the local governments. In effect, to the large extent, the performance of local governments -as it has been the case in the province of Bali-is contra productive in fulfilling societal needs of public services as well as local-economic development.

Career Guidance: Living on the Edge of Public Policy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
John McCarthy ◽  
Tibor Bors Borbély-Pecze
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
National Level ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Education And Employment

Public policy formation and implementation for career guidance provision are complex issues, not least because in most countries career guidance is a peripheral part of legislation for education, employment, and social inclusion. Policy solutions are compromises by nature. Regulations and economic incentives are the main policy instruments for career guidance provision, but there is often incoherence between the intentions of the regulations and the economic incentives provided for policy implementation. The intermediary organizations that serve to implement policy add significant variability to policy effects. International bodies and organizations have shown significant interest in the role of career guidance in education and employment policies through the undertaking of policy reviews, the formulation of recommendations for career guidance, and, in some cases, providing economic incentives to support their implementation. However, there is a dearth of evaluation studies of policy formation and implementation at the national level.

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