Renewable energy through hydro power — A substantial source: Preventing global warming from becoming a planetary catastrophe may take something even more drastic than renewable energy, superefficient urban design, and global carbon taxes Jamais Cascio

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganesh Masagani ◽  
Vineeth Kandhagatla
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Carbon Taxes ◽  
Hydro Power ◽  
Global Carbon

Prospects for global climate governance in 2018

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Climate Governance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Vehicle Technology ◽  
Global Carbon

Subject The prospects for global climate governance in 2018. Significance The 2017 UN COP23 Climate Change Conference, chaired by Fiji, ended in the shadow of news that 2017 is expected to see a 2% rise in global carbon emissions. After three years of roughly stable emissions, this estimated increase magnifies the challenge of making the sharp emission reductions needed to meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping global warming to below 2 degrees centigrade above preindustrial levels, even as the renewable energy sector grows and electric vehicle technology makes further progress.

scholarly journals Power Generation In Nigeria: The Past, Present And The Future

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Adeoye Samuel ◽  
◽  
Oladimeji TT ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Power Imbalance ◽  
Power Demand ◽  
Electrical Power System ◽  
Hydro Power ◽  
The Future

The goal of power sector in Nigeria is to efficiently and reliably transmit electrical power to all parts of the country which are made up of thirty-six states of the federation and the federal capital territory. The constituents of electrical power system are the generation, transmission, distribution and the utilization of electrical energy. There is gross power imbalance between the generation and the required power demand which has culminated into a defective economy in the last three decades. This paper therefore examines the power imbalance between the generation and power demand by the consumers and therefore stresses the need to harness the opportunity of renewable energy generation close to the gap between the power generation and power demand. This will help in transmitting and distributing efficient, effective, reliable power to consumers and improve both human and capital development. The availability of renewable energy sources such as sun, wind and small hydro power will be explored for the future of power generation in the country to fill in the gap between power generation and demand in Nigeria

scholarly journals Latin America and the Cop21 Agreement: A Most Severe Implementation Problematic

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Jan-Erik Lane
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Energy Transformation ◽  
Hydro Power ◽  
Oil And Natural Gas ◽  
Great Energy ◽  
Latin American Countries

<p><em>As the Latin American countries have hardly started developing implementation strategies of the agreed upon COP21 objectives, their situation should be more researched. The CO2:s are really high in 2 countries but medium in all the others; Mexico and Brazil that face enormous difficulties with global warming. Thus, the dominant energy reliance remains much fixed upon oil and natural gas, but with some third component like hydro, geothermal or biomass power. Hydro power is used much but it presents a risk as it requires lots of water, which further global warming may deny—look at Venezuela today. Brazil’s plans for 30 new dams in the Amazons together with ongoing logging and new agriculture will destroy the rain forest Major investments in wind, solar, geo-thermal power or/and nuclear power are called for, besides the plenty biomass and hydro power. But to make a great energy transformation towards renewables and atomic power, the Latin American countries need massive assistance from the promised Super Fund. Only Uruguay has come far with the changes towards renewables, producing electricity with 100% renewables, including wind power.</em></p>

Carbon Emission Governance Under Global Carbon Taxes

2017 ◽  
pp. 137-163
Author(s):  
Zheng Wang ◽  
Jing Wu ◽  
Changxin Liu ◽  
Gaoxiang Gu
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Carbon Taxes ◽  
Global Carbon

Pollution and Renewable Energy

2018 ◽  
pp. 69-92
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Renewable Energy Policy ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Global Carbon

This chapter presents the overview of pollution; the issues of soil pollution, water pollution, and air pollution; the aspects of renewable energy; energy security and energy imports; and renewable energy policy and renewable energy policy instruments. Pollution is one of the most important environmental, social, and health issues in the world. Pollution creates many diseases and causes death of many people across the globe. The environmental damage caused by pollution can reach catastrophic proportions and destroy entire ecosystems leading to the death of many species and a big biodiversity loss. Renewable energy is a critical part of reducing global carbon emissions and the pace of investment has greatly increased as the cost of technologies fall and efficiency continues to rise. Renewable energy offers a wide variety of different options to choose from as countries can choose between sun, wind, biomass, geothermal energy, and water resources.

scholarly journals Non-Constant Elasticity of Substitution and Intermittent Renewable Energy

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-359
Author(s):  
Saketh Aleti ◽  
Gal Hochman
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Elasticity Of Substitution ◽  
Carbon Taxes ◽  
Constant Elasticity ◽  
Fossil Energy ◽  
Constant Elasticity Of Substitution

In this article, we present a model of the electricity sector where generation technologies are intermittent. The economic value of an electricity generation technology is given by integrating its production profile with the market price of electricity. We use estimates of the consumer's intertemporal elasticity of substitution for electricity consumption while parameterizing the model empirically to numerically calculate the elasticity between renewables and fossil energy. We find that there is a non-constant elasticity of substitution between renewable and fossil energy that depends on prices and intermittency. This suggests that the efficacy and welfare effects of carbon taxes and renewable subsidies vary geographically. Subsidizing research into battery technology and tailoring policy for local energy markets can mitigate these distributional side effects while complementing traditional policies used to promote renewable energy.

scholarly journals A Comparative Analysis of Sunshine Duration Effects in terms of Renewable Energy Production Rates on The LEED BD + C Projects in Turkey

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aynur Kazaz ◽  
Seyda Adiguzel Istil
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Sunshine Duration ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Production Rates ◽  
Certification System ◽  
Renewable Energy Production ◽  
The Impact

Global warming has been on the agenda over the past few years. Solutions to global warming and energy efficiency problems have brought with them the need for green building market. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a certification system regulating the compliance of green buildings to certain standards and is essential for construction projects focusing on sustainability and innovation. This study investigates the effects of sunshine duration on construction projects reducing annual electricity consumption and increasing renewable energy production. In this study, the effects of sunshine duration times on construction projects are located in different cities in Turkey which has gained point from LEED BD+C (NC) (LEED, Building Design + Construction: New Construction) certificate were analyzed with the help of getting the impact of annual electricity consumption and renewable energy production rates. It was our aim that the results will be used for construction projects in compliance with the “Energy and Atmosphere” category of the LEED BD+C certification system.

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