scholarly journals Life After Oil – Teaching Indonesia’s Energy transition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariel Macaspac Hernandez ◽  
Yudhi Timor Bimo Prakoso
Keyword(s):  
Learning Experience ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
Multiple Worlds ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Paris Climate Agreement

Indonesia is an interesting case study for students of sustainable development and sustainable energy due to its ability to connect the multiple “worlds” it has become part of. Indonesia is an important bridge to Muslim countries, the voice of the Global South in the G20 and a main pillar of the 134-country-strong G77. Indonesia’s development trajectory is also key to the achievement of the Paris Climate Agreement as well as of the 2030 Agenda. Students can learn from how Indo-nesia address contradictions that would have been unsurmountable for other countries. Indone-sia’s energy transition offers helpful lessons, because of its aspiration to become a developed country by 2045. This goal is only possible when a country is able to effectively address barriers and caveats to sustainable energy. It is interesting how Indonesia focuses on silver linings and come up with pragmatic solutions to energy-related issues. This is followed by the “teaching guide,” which provides recommendations how the lessons from Indonesia can be embedded into a learning experience. The “learning activation approach” is introduced, which encourages stu-dents to systematically reflect on the complexity of selected contexts and understand this com-plexity by looking at the technical issues and processes that allow decision-making.

scholarly journals The Learning Activation Approach—Understanding Indonesia’s Energy Transition by Teaching It

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (17) ◽  
pp. 5224
Author(s):  
Ariel Macaspac Hernandez ◽  
Yudhi Timor Bimo Prakoso
Keyword(s):  
Learning Experience ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Knowing How ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
Multiple Worlds ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
Paris Climate Agreement

Indonesia is an interesting case study for researchers, educators and students of sustainable development and sustainable energy due to its ability to connect the multiple “worlds” it has become part of. Indonesia is an important bridge to Muslim countries, the voice of the Global South in the G20 and a main pillar of the 134-country-strong G77. Indonesia’s development trajectory is also key to the achievement of the Paris Climate Agreement as well as of the 2030 Agenda. This article proposes that one way to understand Indonesia’s complex energy transition is by knowing how to teach it as a case study. By teaching how Indonesia addresses contradictions that would have been unsurmountable for other countries, new insights and values can be gained. Indonesia’s energy transition offers helpful lessons, because of its aspiration to become a developed country by 2045. However, as the methodology of this paper suggests, these lessons can be more valuable when they are achieved through the stages of reflection, interaction and action. By knowing how to teach Indonesia’s energy transition, the value of knowledge can be multiplied. This article begins by showing how Indonesia addresses barriers and caveats by focusing on silver linings and comes up with pragmatic solutions to energy-related issues. This is followed by the “teaching guide,” which provides recommendations as to how the lessons from Indonesia can be embedded into a learning experience. The “learning activation approach” is introduced, which encourages students to systematically reflect on the complexity of selected contexts and understand this complexity by looking at the technical issues and processes that allow decision making.

scholarly journals Carbon Lock-in and Contradictions – Teaching Mexico’s Energy Transition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariel Macaspac Hernandez ◽  
Daniel Alejandro Pacheco Rojas ◽  
Diana Barrón Villaverde
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
Lock In

The energy sector plays an important role in Mexico’s development trajectory. Mexico makes an interesting case study, because it shows how difficult it is to reduce fossil energy dependence despite geographic and climatic conditions that favour renewable energy deployment and use. Resolving path dependencies and the related carbon lock-in are key to Mexico’s sustainable energy transition. This case study aims to identify and discuss how carbon lock-in affects Mexico’s sustainable energy transition. Mexico’s carbon lock-in involves oil and oil-run power plants that are costly to build but relatively inexpensive to operate. This case study identifies potential entry points for transitioning towards sustainable energy in Mexico – resources that can promote the use of clean energy despite carbon lock-in. For example, focusing on electrification – particularly of the carbon-intensive sectors – can help Mexico transit towards sustainable energy despite institutional constraints. Complementing this case study is a teaching guide with recommendations for using Mexico’s energy transition in courses on sustainability. It introduces a “learning activation framework” to identify emerging opportunities that can advance sustainable energy transitions in different cases of carbon lock-in. Finally, the framework also gives students a chance to help dismantle or cope with carbon lock-ins.

scholarly journals Sustainable Energy and RES Implementation in Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 307 ◽  
pp. 05001
Author(s):  
Dinara Orlova ◽  
Sofya Smolyakova ◽  
Aleksy Kwilinski
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Paris Climate Agreement

Nowadays, the world is undergoing the fourth energy transition process. The global climate agenda, decarbonization tendencies and the necessity to reduce CO2 emissions in order to meet the Paris Climate Agreement criteria are the dominant motives of the sustainable energy development. This article is devoted to analysing the implementation of renewable energy sources in Russian energy sector. The prospect aims are to identify the strengths, to assess the prospects for energy transition, to reveal key issues related to emerging industry and present recommendations on how to address them. It was found out that the implementation of RES is of high potential, especially in certain Russian regions. The key problems that hinder the RES development include low awareness, weak development policy, specific weather conditions, the lack of cutting-edge technologies etc. In this regard, it was suggested to strengthen the regulation within the climate policy, increase investments in green projects and stocks, accelerate the technological development and take other measures to support the emerging industry, along with general awareness-raising in the renewable energy sector.

scholarly journals Carbon Lock-In and Contradictions—Applied Guide to Academic Teaching of Mexico’s Energy Transition

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 8289
Author(s):  
Ariel Macaspac Hernandez ◽  
Daniel Alejandro Pacheco Rojas ◽  
Diana Barrón Villaverde
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Teaching Guide ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Lock In

The energy sector plays an important role in Mexico’s development trajectory. Mexico makes an interesting case study because it shows how difficult it is to reduce fossil energy dependence despite geographic and climatic conditions that favour renewable energy deployment and use. Resolving path dependencies and the related carbon lock-in are key to Mexico’s sustainable energy transition. This applied teaching guide contemplates the use of a case-illustration typology to identify and discuss how the politics about carbon lock-in affects Mexico’s sustainable energy transition. This methodology is an innovative endeavour that aims to apply the case study in classrooms with the intention to encourage discussions and solution-oriented approaches when tangible actions are identified by the educator and students. This methodology elevates the case study to a “living” case study that leads to recommended actions. The applied teaching guide allows educators, who are mostly researchers, to reflect on how Mexico’s case study could be explained not only to promote the students’ understanding of the challenges, but also to provide educators/researchers the skills on how to effectively disseminate knowledge. Mexico’s carbon lock-in involves oil and oil-run power plants that are costly to build but relatively inexpensive to operate. To conclude, this case study identifies potential entry points for transitioning towards sustainable energy in Mexico—resources that can promote the use of clean energy despite carbon lock-in. For example, focusing on electrification—particularly the carbon-intensive sectors—can help Mexico transit towards sustainable energy despite institutional constraints. Complementing this case study is a teaching guide with recommendations for using Mexico’s energy transition in courses on sustainability. By understanding how to explain the case study, the educator/researcher can better structure the complexity of the case study. This approach introduces a “learning activation framework” to identify emerging opportunities that can advance sustainable energy transitions in different cases of carbon lock-in. The framework also gives students a chance to help dismantle or cope with carbon lock-ins. Mexico’s energy transition makes a valuable teaching example because its energy transition is part of a broader developmental goal. This teaching guide’s systematic approach can maximise the students’ learning experience.

scholarly journals Infrastructure Joint Venture Projects in Malaysia: A Preliminary Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 01020
Author(s):  
Norsyakilah Romeli ◽  
Faridah Muhamad Halil ◽  
Faridah Ismail ◽  
Muhammad Sufian Hasim
Keyword(s):  
Joint Venture ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Survey Question ◽  
Construction Period ◽  
Railway Infrastructure ◽  
Infrastructure Project ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
The Government

As many developed country practise, the function of the infrastructure is to connect the each region of Malaysia holistically and infrastructure is an investment network projects such as transportation water and sewerage, power, communication and irrigations system. Hence, a billions allocations of government income reserved for the sake of the infrastructure development. Towards a successful infrastructure development, a joint venture approach has been promotes by 2016 in one of the government thrust in Construction Industry Transformation Plan which encourage the internationalisation among contractors. However, there is depletion in information on the actual practise of the infrastructure joint venture projects in Malaysia. Therefore, this study attempt to explore the real application of the joint venture in Malaysian infrastructure projects. Using the questionnaire survey, a set of survey question distributed to the targeted respondents. The survey contained three section which the sections are respondent details, organizations background and project capital in infrastructure joint venture project. The results recorded and analyse using SPSS software. The contractors stated that they have implemented the joint venture practice with mostly the client with the usual construction period of the infrastructure project are more than 5 years. Other than that, the study indicates that there are problems in the joint venture project in the perspective of the project capital and the railway infrastructure should be given a highlights in future study due to its high significant in term of cost and technical issues.

Teaching calcium-induced calcium release in cardiomyocytes using a classic paper by Fabiato

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willmann Liang
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Calcium Release ◽  
Cell Model ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Calcium Induced Calcium Release ◽  
Physiology Students

This teaching paper utilizes the materials presented by Dr. Fabiato in his review article entitled “Calcium-induced release of calcium from the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum.” In the review, supporting evidence of calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) is presented. Data concerning potential objections to the CICR theory are discussed as well. In closing, technical issues associated with the skinned cell model are mentioned. Based on this review article, teaching and learning points are put forth in this article to highlight two concepts: 1) the regulatory mechanisms of CICR in cardiomyocytes and 2) the recognition of contradicting hypotheses and limitations in experimental design. The first concept is certainly an important one for physiology students. The second concept is universally applicable to researchers in all fields of science. It is thus the aim of this article to cultivate a rewarding teaching and learning experience for both instructors and students.

Sustainable Energy Transition Considering the Water–Energy Nexus: A Multiobjective Optimization Framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 3768-3780
Author(s):  
Javier Tovar-Facio ◽  
Lidia S. Guerras ◽  
José M. Ponce-Ortega ◽  
Mariano Martín
Keyword(s):  
Multiobjective Optimization ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Optimization Framework ◽  
Water Energy Nexus
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