Possible Effects of “Bundling” in Japanese PPP/PFI to be Applied to PPP in the International Market - From a Case Study of Renewable Energy Projects in the Mindanao, Philippines, by a Japanese Civil Engineering Consulting Firm -

Australian energy markets have been heavily influenced by the rapid rise of renewable energy projects (wind and solar) during the past three years on both the east and west coasts. While the east and west coast wholesale gas prices have followed very different trajectories, the fundamental implications of new competitive zero cost supply to the electricity industry is similar. While primarily focused on the sharper implications on the east coast energy markets, this paper will also investigate the twin case study of Western Australia and investigate the economic case of gas in the very different electricity market of the 2020s.

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Diverse interpretations enabling the continuity of community renewable energy projects: A case study of a woody biomass project in rural area of Japan

Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit ◽

10.1177/0269094218810651 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 33 (8) ◽

pp. 822-841 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kazuki Horiuchi

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Woody Biomass ◽

Collective Decision Making ◽

Energy Projects ◽

Tackle Climate Change ◽

Project Objectives ◽

Significant Attention

Community renewable energy projects have captured significant attention due to their potential to tackle climate change by socially and economically empowering local societies. Recently, however, various difficulties in the continuity of such projects over extended periods of time have been reported. As a case study, this article explores a woody biomass project, planned and put into practice by local people, which has lasted for over 10 years. The article first examines the process of collective decision-making among members who have diverse motivations. It then focuses on how the project objectives have been interpreted by individual members, paying particular attention to each member’s practice. The article shows that decisions related to the project were based on the diverse and constant social interactions between members, which focused on their collaboration rather than overall quantitative goals. I argue, both theoretically and empirically, that this vagueness of the overall goals has enabled the project’s continuity. Based on their own practices, it has allowed each project member to interpret the project and to gain a sense of its success. Diversity of practices within a project leads to plural sets of values, which bring sustainability to a project running in an uncertain context.

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Financing renewable energy projects via closed-end funds—a German case study

Renewable Energy ◽

10.1016/s0960-1481(03)00080-6 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 28 (13) ◽

pp. 2023-2036 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

N. Enzensberger ◽

W. Fichtner ◽

O. Rentz

Keyword(s):

Renewable Energy ◽

Energy Projects ◽

Closed End Funds

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Sustainability, Sociocultural Challenges, and New Power of Capitalism for Renewable Energy Megaprojects in an Indigenous Mayan Community of Mexico

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12187432 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (18) ◽

pp. 7432 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Amina El Mekaoui ◽

Rasikh Tariq ◽

Othón Baños Ramírez ◽

P.E. Méndez-Monroy

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Power Relations ◽

Large Scale ◽

Energy Transition ◽

Basic Element ◽

Scientific Discussion ◽

Energy Projects ◽

Sociocultural Contexts

Sustainable development is an integrated blend of energetic, economic, social, environmental, and governmental actors, making it one of the most challenging and subjective aims of the United Nations. A sustainability project that does not consider any of these parameters can generate resistance among different actors of society. In this work, we have demonstrated that the traditional definition of sustainability encompassing economic development, environmental protection, and social justice does not adequately cover large-scale renewable energy projects. We have presented an illuminating case study of solar development in the Yucatan state of Mexico to show that the traditional three-legged stool of sustainable development fails to accommodate local power relations and their role in energy decision-making. This point is made through a substantive and illuminating ethnography of a solar project in the community of San José Tipceh, which involves the importance of energy democracy and understanding power relations in any assessment of sustainable development. These power relations are an important component of sustainable development, and all megaprojects, especially renewable energy projects, require special attention in the governance processes. Through an analysis of an example of implementation of a mega solar project, we argue that the methodology through which the power is exercised is an exercise of great importance because it leads us to a scientific discussion that structures an international reflection on sustainability. The case study consists of mixed methods, including several techniques to deepen the analysis of sociocultural aspects, and tries to present the limits and show the weakness of the sustainability perspective in such megaprojects. It is concluded that environmental justice as a basic element of the new era of renewable energies is limited and can generate social injustices. In the same way, this work shows how power is exercised in the implementation of energy projects and in the absence of equitable comprehensive governance that does not consider the local sociocultural contexts of the communities, resulting in the generation of new powers and permanent conflicts. At the end of this work, a framework to empower local sociocultural contexts for an equitable energy transition is recommended.

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