The Green Energy Act: Will Ontario Become the Next Germany?

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Ha
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Incentive System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Business Conditions ◽  
The Right ◽  
Sensitive Issues

Climate change and the depletion of fossil fuel are no longer a growing concern, but the most time‐sensitive issues facing the society.  In response to this, Ontario passed the Green Energy Act (GEA) intolaw in 2009 and introduced a number of initiatives to promote the “green economy” in the province,making it the first North American jurisdiction with an incentive system modelled after Germany’s feed‐in tariffs (FITs).  Many believe that the GEA will improve the business conditions for clean technologyendeavours in Ontario; nonetheless, others doubt that people will be susceptible to the higher energyprice and claim that now is not the right time.  This paper aims to critically assess the viability of themarket development for renewable energy as proposed by the GEA.  Considering that it is relatively earlyto make any conclusion, the first part of this paper provides a brief summary of what the GEA entails andcompares it with the case of another jurisdiction after which the GEA was modelled – namely, Germany.  In the second part, this paper closely examines the effects that the GEA has had on businesses in Ontario.  More specifically, analysis of ongoing “green energy” projects is provided based on interviews withindustry professionals in both the public and the private sectors in the province.

scholarly journals Alan Betts: Green Energy Times, 2018

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Betts
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Collective Decision ◽  
The Public ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Climate Change Denial ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Future

This is a collection of my 2018 articles in the Green Energy Times (http://www.greenenergytimes.org/ ).This series started in 2016. Many of these articles have been edited or updated from articles I wrote forthe Rutland Herald, sometimes with different titles and pictures.They blend science and opinion with a systems perspective, and encourage the reader to explorealternative and hopeful paths for their families and society. They are written so that a scientist willperceive them as accurate (although simplified); while the public can relate their tangible experience ofweather and climate to the much less tangible issues of climate change, energy policy and strategies forliving sustainably with the earth system.The politically motivated attacks on climate science by the current president have sharpened my politicalcommentary this year; since climate change denial may bring immense suffering to our children and lifeon Earth.I believe that earth scientists have a responsibility to communicate clearly and directly to the public1 –aswe all share responsibility for the future of the Earth. We must deepen our collective understanding, sowe can make a collective decision to build a resilient future.

scholarly journals How Do You See Infrastructure? Green Energy to Provide Economic Growth after COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Idiano D’Adamo ◽  
Paolo Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Green Economy

Climate change has determined the deterioration of the ecosystem, but some politicians deny this evidence. There is a relationship between sustainability and resilience, and COVID-19 has demonstrated that life can change quickly. Social and economic disaster share a close bond. Can the realization of a great plan for infrastructure support the planet’s rebirth? This is the key role of the green economy.

Proximity, NIMBYism, and Public Support for Energy Infrastructure

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M Konisky ◽  
Stephen Ansolabehere ◽  
Sanya Carley
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Large Study ◽  
Public Support ◽  
The Public ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Careful Measurement ◽  
Energy Companies

Abstract The public opinion literature examining the role of proximity and not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) attitudes in people’s judgments about energy projects has come to inconclusive findings. We argue that these mixed results are due to vast differences and significant limitations in research designs, which we mitigate through a large study (n = 16,200) of Americans’ attitudes toward energy projects. Our approach examines a diverse set of energy projects in development, explicitly compares the attitudes of individuals living in the vicinity of projects with those farther away, and includes the careful measurement of the NIMBY concept. The analyses show little evidence that proximity in general or NIMBY objections in particular are important determinants of project support. Instead, other factors are more important, including perceptions of local environmental quality, risk orientation, concern about climate change, and trust in energy companies.

scholarly journals Management of investment process in alternative energy projects

2019 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 02032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Rostova ◽  
Svetlana Shirokova ◽  
Natalya Sokolitsyna ◽  
Anastasiia Shmeleva
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Full Description ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Management Algorithm ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Green Business ◽  
Investment Process

The article is devoted to the problem of creating favorable conditions and incentives for attracting investments in alternative energy projects in the regions. An analysis of Russian practice in the field of “green” financing showed that individual projects are being effectively implemented, but there is no established mechanism for attracting investments for “green” energy projects in the regions. The implementation of high-tech projects requires large amounts of investment, but in most cases, “green” business models are of high-risk and require a set of additional measures and incentives. The study suggests approach to the management of investment processes in regional alternative energy projects in accordance with the concept of green economy, formulates management algorithm, and gives full description of each stage. This work recommendations and results can be used in needed regions investment attractiveness raise measures elaboration for alternative energy projects realization.

scholarly journals How wind turbines are not generating green energy: An economic review of the Ontario Green Energy and Green Economy Act

SURG Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Whittingham
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Solar Panels ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Cost

The Ontario Government passed the Ontario Green Energy and Green Economy Act in 2009. The Act promoted wind turbines and solar panels as a major component of the energy supply for the Province of Ontario as a replacement for coal-fired electricity generation plants. This article provides an economic assessment of the rationales that were offered for this policy, specifically, that the Act would help the Government of Ontario reduce the province’s reliance on fossil fuels, reduce carbon emissions, and stimulate the economy through the creation of jobs. The effects of the policy on the cost of electricity in the province are also considered. The analysis concludes that the Act will not reduce the Province of Ontario’s reliance on fossil fuels due to the inefficiency and unpredictability of wind turbines, ultimately leading to the need to use energy from more readily available sources of electricity such as gas. The need for fossil fuel backup also limits the potential to reduce the green house gas emissions. Keywords: Ontario Green Energy and Green Economy Act (2009); renewable energy; economic review

scholarly journals Multicriteria assessment of renewable energy sources in Serbia

Tehnika ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-385
Author(s):  
Bojan Stojčetović ◽  
Milan Mišić ◽  
Aleksandar Đorđević
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Potential Solution ◽  
Analytical Hierarchical Process ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Multicriteria Assessment

The development of today's economies is inconceivable without energy. However, fossil fuel reserves are declining, climate change is accelerating and some changes in the energy sector are needed. Renewable energy sources are a potential solution for many scientists and practitioners. However, the planning and implementation of renewable energy projects requires consideration of a number of criteria, which is why multicriteria decision-making methods are often used to evaluate renewable energy sources/technologies. Goal of this paper is to evaluate four types of renewable energy sources (photovoltaic, hydro, biomass and wind energy) in Serbia. Analytical hierarchical process and seven criteria were applied. Based on the obtained results, hydro sources are ranked the best. Also, a sensitivity analysis was conducted to determine whether changes in the priority of criteria would cause changes in the range of alternatives. It was found that major changes in priorities are needed for changes to occur, so it can be concluded that the results obtained are relevant.

Politics of Extraction: Theories and New Concepts for Critical Analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Kröger
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Political Ecology ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Land Conflicts ◽  
Theoretical Approaches

The politics of extraction have not been in the limelight of international relations (IR) theory or scholarship. This situation is starting to change, however, with the rapid expansion of climate change, which has started to make it impossible to discuss any key topic of IR without taking the changing planet and environment seriously into consideration, even placing this as the key issue, for example by interweaving world-ecology within theories. An increasing number of IR scholars are calling climate change an imminent emergency and catastrophe that is already starting to have major impacts on global politics. The linkages between politics of extraction, globally expanding extractivisms, and the climate and ecological crises are not always straightforward, as much of the new extraction is taking place under the label of sustainability, bioeconomy, or green economy transitions. These politics can involve however dire land conflicts with enclosures, violence and armed struggles around the establishment of so-called green energy plantations, capacities for biofuel production, or extensive tree plantations displacing forests, in the name of fighting climate change. This has led to major conflicts between many carbon-focused climate policies and indigenous communities, for example. Several new schools of theorizing have risen to explain and follow these politics in the interface of global extractivisms, land rushes, green grabs, resource scrambles, and carbon, energy, and climate interfaces. Uncovering the dynamics of these politics in the interface of current climate and ecological crises and their solution attempts requires critical theoretical approaches. After an overview of journals, books, databases, and methodology, major theoretical approaches and the differences between them are surveyed, including the literature on global environmental governance, political ecology, and the Marxist and post-Cartesian approaches. Finally, the latest and most important concepts used to study the politics of extraction are explored. These organizing concepts include land grabbing, extractivism, resource frontiers, and the green economy, and their analysis crosses many fields and has provided much development in the field of the politics of extraction in recent years. This field is evolving rapidly, and concepts such as extractivism are gaining ground in a rising number of different applications and theoretical advancements. The methods, theoretical approaches, and organizing concepts reviewed here can be used for different types of analyses of natural resource politics across differing sectors and targets of extraction, which are assessed in detail in the Oxford Bibliographies article “Natural Resources, Energy Politics, and Environmental Consequences.”

scholarly journals Decarbonisation and World Poverty: A Just Transition for Fossil Fuel Exporting Countries?

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 671-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
International Community ◽  
Significant Source ◽  
Right To Development ◽  
World Poverty ◽  
Dangerous Climate Change ◽  
The Right

If dangerous climate change is to be avoided, the majority of the world’s fossil fuel supplies cannot be burned. Exporting countries will, therefore, lose out on a significant source of revenue – among them some of the world’s poorest countries. Might they have a claim to assistance from the international community if these losses come to pass? If so, on what basis? I examine two distinct arguments for assistance. The first is based on the claim that when our expectations are thwarted by public policy, compensation for those affected may be morally required. The second is premised upon the right to development – a right which is potentially jeopardised when some fossil fuel assets must go unexploited. I argue that the second argument enjoys better prospects. I also discuss several mechanisms which would allow the international community to assist countries incurring losses arising from the need to stabilise our global climate.

scholarly journals Green Energy—Green for Whom? A Case Study of the Kabinakagami River Waterpower Project in Northern Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9445
Author(s):  
Stephen R. J. Tsuji ◽  
Dan D. P. McCarthy ◽  
Stephen Quilley
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Northern Canada ◽  
Energy Projects

Green energy has become a term that heralds efforts of environmental conservation and protection worldwide; however, much of it is marred with questions of what it means to be green. More precisely, it has become a question of Green for whom? While many of the impacts of supposed green energy projects are local in their reach, some may be more regional in their scope, such as hydroelectric power. Hydroelectric power generation negatively impacts the environment and people who rely on the environment for sustenance, such as, Indigenous peoples of northern Canada. Taking into account their position with respect to the areas impacted by these green projects, many Indigenous peoples have voiced their concerns and doubts concerning green energy, which is purported to be a mode of energy production that champions the environment. The Kabinakagami River Waterpower Project serves as a case study for both the potential effects of the project and the different views associated with these endeavors. If nothing else, the accounts and testimonies found within shall stand as a testament to the hubris of calling an energy project green without properly assessing and considering the impacts. While these statements relate to the case presented, they also carry significance in the wider world due to the numerous Indigenous communities around the world that are having their spaces slowly being encroached upon in the name of sustainable growth, or green energy. This will especially be true in the post-COVID-19 period where green energy and a green economy are being touted as a way towards state and worldwide recovery.

scholarly journals Green Energy Technology

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (20) ◽  
pp. 6842
Author(s):  
Wei-Hsin Chen ◽  
Hwai Chyuan Ong ◽  
Shih-Hsin Ho ◽  
Pau Loke Show
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Greenhouse Effect ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Energy Technology ◽  
Warming Climate

Our environment is facing several serious challenges from energy utilization, such as fossil fuel exhaustion, air pollution, deteriorated atmospheric greenhouse effect, global warming, climate change, etc[...]

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