Renewable energy strategies of the Baltic States

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia Štreimikienė ◽  
Asta Mikalauskienė ◽  
Zenona Atkočiūnienė ◽  
Ignas Mikalauskas
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Baltic States ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Strategy System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Energy Strategies

The aim of this paper is to analyse renewable energy strategies in the Baltic States, provide assessment of the achieved results when implementing these strategies and propose a new approach in the promotion of renewables and the implementation of renewable energy targets in the Baltic States. In order to implement the renewable energy development strategies, to achieve and surpass the set goals, with continued advances for the renewable energy in the Baltic States, a degree of social awareness, perception and acceptance is required. This paper proposes a new model of renewable energy strategies’ development, which can be considered as an add-on to the existing renewable energy strategy system that includes a social dimension in making and implementing future European Commission’s renewable energy framework for the Baltic States. It is divided into five main stages. Each stage shows approach to the framework and adds aspects of the social perspective. This model can serve as a guide for the Baltic States in the promotion of renewable energy source utilization to overcome the social dimension problems of sustainable energy development, such as uncertainty, misunderstanding of the issue, unawareness of problems arising in the future.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility and the Renewable Energy Development in the Baltic States

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9860
Author(s):  
Wadim Strielkowski ◽  
Elena Tarkhanova ◽  
Natalia Baburina ◽  
Justas Streimikis
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Baltic States ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Corporate Social

Recently, the approaches of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the renewable energy development have changed with the new global approach to sustainability. Today, CSR is an evolving and dominating business practice that integrates sustainable development into a company’s business model. The main focus of our paper is on the public relations of corporate social responsibility in renewable energy development. We show that a proper approach to public relations and resulting communication and dissemination of products and results should be sustained. This paper assesses the new pathways for executing public relations for CSR with relation to the renewable energy projects. The study analyses the impact of corporate social responsibility on energy companies, which are expected to make a positive contribution to the development of sustainable energy. We use both the overview of the theoretical concepts and literature as well as analyze the case of the “old” and “new” European Union Member countries represented by the Baltic States that yield many similarities but differ in their economic development to show the best practices of promoting CSR in sustainable energy development. Our results demonstrate that the implementation of corporate social responsibility can help to create more ethical and conscious sustainable companies and to build better relationships with the environmentally engaged citizens and loyal customers who are also concerned about the environment, health and well-being of their communities.

Trust in Ultima Thules: Social Capital and Renewable Energy Development in Iceland and Greenland. Part I

2020 ◽  
pp. 182-219
Author(s):  
Aliaksei PATONIA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Renewable Power ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Energy Strategies

Iceland — an independent republic — and Greenland — an autonomous country within Denmark — represent two nations with similar geographical, economic, and historical backgrounds. Isolated from the continents, both are significantly affected by an adverse climate, making their economies dependent on trade and import. Nevertheless, despite their similarities, their national energy patterns differ substantially. Specifically, Iceland covers most of its energy mix with local renewables, whereas Greenland meets most of the energy demand with imported hydrocarbons. This paper investigates the reasons for Greenland lagging behind Iceland in terms of developing renewable energy resources. It hypothesises that, apart from the commonly-mentioned geographical, institutional, and cultural factors, the difference in social capital level has significantly contributed to the countries’ divergent energy strategies. In this sense, Iceland’s higher social capital stock stimulates its renewable power progress, whereas Greenland’s lower social capital level hampers it. To examine this hypothesis, the article constructs a ‘social capital tripod’, which assumes specific geographical, institutional, and cultural factors to be linked to renewable energy development through social capital. The findings demonstrate that Greenland, being dependent on hydrocarbon import, has a significantly lower expected level of social capital than Iceland, which runs mostly on renewables, therefore generally aligning with the research hypothesis.

scholarly journals Trust in Ultima Thules: Social Capital and Renewable Energy Development in Iceland and Greenland. Part II

2021 ◽  
pp. 242-256
Author(s):  
Aliaksei PATONIA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Renewable Power ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Energy Strategies

Iceland — an independent republic — and Greenland — an autonomous country within Denmark — represent two nations with similar geographical, economic, and historical backgrounds. Isolated from the continents, both are significantly affected by an adverse climate, making their economies dependent on trade and import. Nevertheless, despite their similarities, their national energy patterns differ substantially. Specifically, Iceland covers most of its energy mix with local renewables, whereas Greenland meets most of the energy demand with imported hydrocarbons. This paper investigates the reasons for Greenland lagging behind Iceland in terms of developing renewable energy resources. It hypothesises that, apart from the commonly-mentioned geographical, institutional, and cultural factors, the difference in social capital level has significantly contributed to the countries’ divergent energy strategies. In this sense, Iceland’s higher social capital stock stimulates its renewable power progress, whereas Greenland’s lower social capital level hampers it. To examine this hypothesis, the article constructs a ‘social capital tripod’, which assumes specific geographical, institutional, and cultural factors to be linked to renewable energy development through social capital. The findings demonstrate that Greenland, being dependent on hydrocarbon import, has a significantly lower expected level of social capital than Iceland, which runs mostly on renewables, therefore generally aligning with the research hypothesis.

scholarly journals Impacto de un incremento de la capacidad de generación de energía a partir de biomasa en plantas de co-generación en Andalucía

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Alejandro Cardenete ◽  
José Manuel González ◽  
Mª del Pópulo Pablo-Romero ◽  
Rocío Román
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
General Equilibrium ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Equilibrium Model ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Social Accounting Matrix ◽  
The Social ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
Regional Economic Impact

The paper estimates the regional economic impact of renewable energy development (inv) based on the use of biomass. The regional level is Andalusia. The analysis is carried out under the assumption that achieves the goal of renewable energy development set in Andalusian Sustainable Energy Plan (PASENER) 2007-2013. To estimate the economic impact, a General Equilibrium Model (CGE) is used based on the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) updated for Andalusia in 2008. The results show that if the goal of PASENER is met, there might be an increase production of 4.02%.

scholarly journals Assessing the Level of Renewable Energy Development in the European Union Member States. A 10-Year Perspective

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3765
Author(s):  
Jarosław Brodny ◽  
Magdalena Tutak ◽  
Peter Bindzár
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
The State ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Current State ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
European Union Countries

The global economic development is, to a great extent, dependent on access to large amounts of cheap energy sources. The growing social awareness of ecology and the enormous damage to the Earth’s ecosystem due to the production of energy from conventional sources have forced fundamental changes in the energy sector. Renewable energy is considered to be an opportunity for such changes. The current state of the art allows such changes to be made without restricting economic development. Therefore, activities related to the energy transition are being taken all over the world. The European Union has definitely managed to achieve the most tangible effects in this regard. This article presents the findings of the research aimed at presenting the current state of renewable energy in the European Union and analyzing the changes reported in this sector in the last decade. The research was carried out using a selected set of 11 indicators characterizing renewable energy in individual countries. These indicators were selected on the basis of literature review and own studies of the state of renewable energy and its development prospects. Based on these indicators, changes in the energy structure of individual European Union countries between 2008–2018 were determined. The study is divided into two main stages. The principal components analysis (PCA) was used for the first analysis. In turn, the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) was adopted to assess the level of renewable energy development in the European Union countries. Both these methods and the extended statistical analysis were applied to determine the state of renewable energy development in the European Union countries in the studied period and to divide the Member States into classes with different levels of development. The results of the study showed that the EU countries are characterized by significant differences in the development of RES during the period in question. The unquestionable leaders in this respect are Sweden, Austria, Finland, and Latvia. Based on the findings, it is possible to evaluate the effects of activities related to renewable energy development and to prepare assumptions for future activities. Additionally, both the research and its findings broaden the knowledge of the directions of renewable energy development in individual European Union countries. This is particularly important in the context of changes related to the need to reduce harmful substance emissions and the implementation of the European Green Deal idea.

scholarly journals Clean Energies for Ghana—An Empirical Study on the Level of Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Development and Utilization

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3114
Author(s):  
Ephraim Bonah Agyekum ◽  
Ernest Baba Ali ◽  
Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Willingness To Accept ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
Development And Utilization ◽  
The Government ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Despite the enormous renewable energy (RE) resources available in Ghana, the country has not seen much development and investments in the sector. Therefore, the government has committed to increasing the share of RE in the country’s electricity generation mix to some 10% by 2030. However, this cannot be achieved without the Ghanaian people’s support since the RE sector is capital intensive and requires both public and private sector participation. This study was conducted to evaluate RE’s social acceptance among Ghanaian people using the ordered logit regression model. A total of 999 valid questionnaires out of 1020 distributed questionnaires were considered for the study. The five-point Likert scale was employed to rank their willingness to accept (WTA) RE. From the results, it was observed that there is a general sense of acceptance of renewable energy among Ghanaians. However, the level of acceptance varies from one respondent to another. The study observed that a majority of the respondents (i.e., approximately 45.65%) agree to their WTA renewable energy, while 36.04% strongly agree. The results also indicate that while 6.21% and 0.3% disagree and strongly disagree, 11.81% of the respondents were indifferent regarding their willingness to accept renewable energy development and utilization in Ghana.

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