Regional Renewable Energy Policy: A Process of Coalition Building

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L. Mander
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Central Element ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Coalition Building ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
North West ◽  
The North

In 2003, the UK Government adopted a target to reduce carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2050, a longer term commitment than is required under the Kyoto Protocol. Given that increasing low carbon generating capacity is essential to achieve the required carbon reductions, renewable energy policies are a central element of overall climate change policy. To facilitate the building of renewable capacity, greater responsibility has been placed upon the English regions, with the advent of regional sustainable energy strategies, though there remain many profound tensions between the liberalized UK energy system and the adoption of a more strategic approach to renewable energy at the regional scale. This paper uses a ‘discourse analysis’ framework to explore wind energy policy in the North West of England from the perspective of competing coalitions. In the light of this assessment, it is concluded that the implementation of national energy policy at regional and sub-regional scales can be considered as a process of coalition building, where Government is reliant on building partnership between state and non-state actors to achieve its objectives.

Ocena wyzwań stojących przed polskim rynkiem energii z punktu widzenia współczesnych wymiarów bezpieczeństwa energetycznego

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-157
Author(s):  
Bruno Jasic
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The European Union ◽  
East Central Europe

The goal of this article is to outline and to analyse the key challenges to be faced by the Polish energy market, as it is only at the beginning of the energy transition process. The dynamics of energy policy adaptation process to the challenges of the energy security dimensions, in the face of the energy and climate policy set by the European Union and the expected transformation goals, may cause the growth of the energy security deficit both on a national and regional scale. Given the centralized model of energy infrastructure management, reliance of domestic generation capacity on conventional sources and insufficient development of cross-border networks, Poland is particularly exposed to a security deficit related to the transformation of its energy system, which may also negatively affect other countries in the East- Central Europe region. Using program documents and sector analyses, the article analyses possible strategies for ensuring energy security, setting the issues in the context of the specificity of the Polish energy sector and opportunities for development of regional cooperation between Central and Eastern European countries. As a result, the article reveals an assessment which shows an insufficient recognition by Poland both the external and internal factors determining the pace and direction of energy modernization, as well as a failure to adapt energy policy objectives to the specifics of low-carbon energy sources and the potential provided for by regional energy markets.

scholarly journals Scaling up: Renewable energy on Aboriginal lands in north west Australia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad Riley
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
Benefit Sharing ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
Aboriginal Lands

This paper examines renewable energy developments on Aboriginal lands in North-West Western Australia at three scales. It first examines the literature developing in relation to large scale renewable energy projects and the Native Title Act (1993)Cwlth. It then looks to the history of small community scale standalone systems. Finally, it examines locally adapted approaches to benefit sharing in remote utility owned networks. In doing so this paper foregrounds the importance of Aboriginal agency. It identifies Aboriginal decision making and economic inclusion as being key to policy and project development in the 'scaling up' of a transition to renewable energy resources in the North-West.

scholarly journals Hosting Capacity Assessment in Distribution Networks Considering Wind–Photovoltaic–Load Temporal Characteristics

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nianchun Du ◽  
Fei Tang ◽  
Qingfen Liao ◽  
Chenxu Wang ◽  
Xin Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Temporal Characteristics ◽  
Stochastic Framework ◽  
Aggregation Technique

Under the background of clean and low-carbon energy transformation, renewable distributed generation is connected to the distribution system on a large scale. This study proposes a probabilistic assessment method of hosting capacity considering wind–photovoltaic–load temporal characteristics in distribution networks. First, based on time series of wind, photovoltaic, and load demands, a discretization–aggregation technique is introduced to generate and filter extreme combinations. The method can effectively reduce the scenarios that need to be evaluated. Then a holomorphic embedding method considering generation and load scaling directions is proposed. The holomorphic function of voltage about an embedding variable is established, and it is analytically expanded in the form of series. The hosting capacity restrained by the voltage violation problem is calculated quickly and accurately. Finally, the proposed stochastic framework is implemented to evaluate hosting capacity involving renewable energy types, penetration levels, and locations. The hosting capacity of single energy and hybrid wind–solar renewable energy systems is evaluated from the perspective of probability analysis. The results verify the outstanding performance of the hybrid wind–solar energy system in improving the hosting capacity.

scholarly journals Renewable energy policy around the globe

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-43
Author(s):  
Ahmed Mahmood ◽  
◽  
Muhammad Qasim ◽  
Muhammad Faisal Khan ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Environmental Harm ◽  
Renewable Energy Policy ◽  
Energy Policies ◽  
Renewable Energy Policies ◽  
Energy Harnessing

Renewable energy systems (RESs) have an inherent quality of achieving independence Vis a Vis useful energy harnessing for self or localized use. At larger scale the renewable energy system allows the power generation and distribution without a significant harm to the environment. Propagation and proliferation of RESs and the Renewable Energy Technology (RET), collectively demand an effective policy making infrastructure to be in place to ensure their penetration locally and globally. Renewable Energy Policies have a great impact on how readily these systems are adopted by the investors and market, how efficient these systems are which is dependent on the research and development (R&D) of RESs, how effectively the country or region copes with the scourge of environmental harm with the use of RESs. Renewable Energy Policies also have an impact on how costly these technologies are and how these technologies fiscally benefit common man, investors and industries. Efficiency enhancement, stability and intelligent management of grids integrated with RES are also renewable policy dependent. This paper thoroughly and critically examines the importance of renewable energy policy. not just at domestic or national level but also at global level. It discusses in detail the core ingredients of renewable energy policy which were adopted in the past, which are being adopted now and which should be adopted in future. This paper also discusses policy, business and financial models; importance of tariff formulation, incentives and subsidies and a few factors which may pose a risk to the development and adoption of RESs. At the end a few suggestions have also been made which, if adopted, would help promote the RESs proliferation across the globe at a rapid pace and would ensure energy security, sustainable development and environmental conservation.

scholarly journals Operation Optimization of Regional Integrated Energy System Considering the Responsibility of Renewable Energy Consumption and Carbon Emission Trading

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 2677
Author(s):  
Feng Li ◽  
Shirong Lu ◽  
Chunwei Cao ◽  
Jiang Feng
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Emission Trading ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Renewable Energy Consumption ◽  
Operation Optimization ◽  
Integrated Energy System ◽  
Carbon Emission Trading

To “bring carbon emissions to a peak by 2030 and to be carbon-neutral by 2060”, the role of renewable energy consumption and carbon emission trading are promoted. As an important energy consumer of regional energy system, it is necessary for integrated energy system to ensure the low-carbon economic operation of the system. Combined with the responsibility of renewable energy consumption, green certificate trading mechanism, carbon emission rights trading, and China Certified Emission Reduction (CCER), a regional integrated energy system operation optimization model was proposed. The model aims to minimize the total cost of the system, which included with electric bus, thermal bus, and cold bus. Setting different scenarios for the given example, the results show that the optimized model could effectively reduce the operating costs of the system. Moreover, the results also provide an effective reference for the system’s economic and low-carbon operation.

scholarly journals Development of renewable energy multi-energy complementary hydrogen energy system (A Case Study in China): A review

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 2099-2127
Author(s):  
Zheng Li ◽  
Wenda Zhang ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Hexu Sun
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Production Technology ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Capacity Allocation ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Hydrogen Energy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Complementary System

The hydrogen energy system based on the multi-energy complementary of renewable energy can improve the consumption of renewable energy, reduce the adverse impact on the power grid system, and has the characteristics of green, low carbon, sustainable, etc., which is currently a global research hotspot. Based on the basic principles of hydrogen production technology, this paper introduces the current hydrogen energy system topology, and summarizes the technical advantages of renewable energy complementary hydrogen production and the complementary system energy coordination forms. The problems that have been solved or reached consensus are summarized, and the current status of hydrogen energy system research at home and abroad is introduced in detail. On this basis, the key technologies of multi-energy complementation of hydrogen energy system are elaborated, especially in-depth research and discussion on coordinated control strategies, energy storage and capacity allocation, energy management, and electrolysis water hydrogen production technology. The development trend of the multi-energy complementary system and the hydrogen energy industry chain is also presented, which provides a reference for the development of hydrogen production technology and hydrogen energy utilization of the renewable energy complementary system.

scholarly journals Endangered elements, critical raw materials and conflict minerals

2019 ◽  
Vol 102 (4) ◽  
pp. 304-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Solar Panels ◽  
Conflict Minerals ◽  
Earth Abundant

Amid present concerns over a potential scarcity of critical elements and raw materials that are essential for modern technology, including those for low-carbon energy production, a survey of the present situation, and how it may unfold both in the immediate and the longer term, appears warranted. For elements such as indium, current recycling rates are woefully low, and although a far more effective recycling programme is necessary for most materials, it is likely that a full-scale inauguration of a global renewable energy system will require substitution of many scarcer elements by more Earth-abundant material alternatives. Currently, however, it is fossil fuels that are needed to process them, and many putative Earth-abundant material technologies are insufficiently close to the level of commercial viability required to begin to supplant their fossil fuel equivalents “necessarily rapidly and at scale”. As part of a significant expansion of renewable energy production, it will be necessary to recycle elements from wind turbines and solar panels (especially thin-film cells). The interconnected nature of particular materials, for example, cadmium, gallium, germanium, indium and tellurium, all mainly being recovered from the production of zinc, aluminium and copper, and helium from natural gas, means that the availability of such ‘hitchhiker’ elements is a function of the reserve size and production rate of the primary (or ‘attractor’) material. Even for those elements that are relatively abundant on Earth, limitations in their production rates/supply may well be experienced on a timescale of decades, and so a more efficient (reduced) use of them, coupled with effective collection and recycling strategies, should be embarked upon urgently.

Procedures for the estimation of regional scale atmospheric emissions—An example from the North West Region of England

1996 ◽  
Vol 30 (17) ◽  
pp. 3079-3091 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.J. Lindley ◽  
J.W.S. Longhurst ◽  
A.F.R. Watson ◽  
D.E. Conlan
Keyword(s):  
Regional Scale ◽  
Atmospheric Emissions ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
West Region

scholarly journals RES development trends that determine the sustainable development of the energy system of the future

2019 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 04051
Author(s):  
Tatiana Meshcheryakova ◽  
Andrey Pigurin
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Electric Transport ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Smart Technologies ◽  
Hydrogen Cycle

To ensure reliable energy supply, it is necessary to solve a number of basic tasks: flexibility of energy systems, uninterrupted supply of energy, its availability to end consumers, resource efficiency and environmental safety. Sustainable development of the energy system involves changes along the entire energy conversion - chain from fuel and renewable generation and transmission of energy to optimizing its consumption. Many countries prioritize the development of renewable energy as the basis for low-carbon economic growth. Renewable energy sources contribute to the development of popular technologies not only in the field of sun and wind, but also in energy storage, hydrogen cycle, electric transport and e-mobility, energy efficiency of buildings, in the field of “smart” technologies, which ultimately affects improving the quality of life of people.

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