scholarly journals Are Energy Security Concerns Dominating Environmental Concerns? Evidence from Stakeholder Participation Processes on Energy Transition in Jordan

Climate ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadejda Komendantova ◽  
Love Ekenberg ◽  
Leena Marashdeh ◽  
Ahmed Al Salaymeh ◽  
Mats Danielson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Security ◽  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Available Resources

To satisfy Jordan’s growing demand for electricity and to diversify its energy mix, the Jordanian government is considering a number of electricity-generation technologies that would allow for locally available resources to be used alongside imported energy. Energy policy in Jordan aims to address both climate change mitigation and energy security by increasing the share of low-carbon technologies and domestically available resources in the Jordanian electricity mix. Existing technological alternatives include the scaling up of renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind; the deployment of nuclear energy; and shale oil exploration. However, the views, perceptions, and opinions regarding these technologies—their benefits, risks, and costs—vary significantly among different social groups both inside and outside the country. Considering the large-scale policy intervention that would be needed to deploy these technologies, a compromise solution must be reached. This paper is based on the results of a four-year research project that included extensive stakeholder processes in Jordan, involving several social groups and the application of various methods of participatory governance research, such as multi-criteria decision-making. The results show the variety of opinions expressed and provide insights into each type of electricity-generation technology and its relevance for each stakeholder group. There is a strong prevalence of economic rationality in the results, given that electricity-system costs are prioritized by almost all stakeholder groups.

scholarly journals Legitimating power: Solar energy rollout, sustainability metrics and transition politics

2021 ◽  
pp. 251484862110249
Author(s):  
Siddharth Sareen
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Political Ecology ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Solar Irradiation ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Sustainability Metrics ◽  
Energy Transitions

Increasing recognition of the irrefutable urgency to address the global climate challenge is driving mitigation efforts to decarbonise. Countries are setting targets, technological innovation is making renewable energy sources competitive and fossil fuel actors are leveraging their incumbent privilege and political reach to modulate energy transitions. As techno-economic competitiveness is rapidly reconfigured in favour of sources such as solar energy, governance puzzles dominate the research frontier. Who makes key decisions about decarbonisation based on what metrics, and how are consequent benefits and burdens allocated? This article takes its point of departure in ambitious sustainability metrics for solar rollout that Portugal embraced in the late 2010s. This southwestern European country leads on hydro and wind power, and recently emerged from austerity politics after the 2008–2015 recession. Despite Europe’s best solar irradiation, its big solar push only kicked off in late 2018. In explaining how this arose and unfolded until mid-2020 and why, the article investigates what key issues ambitious rapid decarbonisation plans must address to enhance social equity. It combines attention to accountability and legitimacy to offer an analytical framework geared at generating actionable knowledge to advance an accountable energy transition. Drawing on empirical study of the contingencies that determine the implementation of sustainability metrics, the article traces how discrete acts legitimate specific trajectories of territorialisation by solar photovoltaics through discursive, bureaucratic, technocratic and financial practices. Combining empirics and perspectives from political ecology and energy geographies, it probes the politics of just energy transitions to more low-carbon and equitable societal futures.

Territorial Governance of EU Cross-Border Renewable Energy Cooperation: A Soluble or Turbulent Model in the Current Framework?

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-97
Author(s):  
Melis Aras
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Cross Border

The energy transition in Europe requires not only the implementation of technological innovations to reduce carbon emissions but also the decentralised extension of these innovations throughout the continent, as demonstrated by the ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ package. However, decentralised energy generation, and specifically electricity generation, as it gives rise to new players and interactions, also requires a review of the energy planning process. In this sense, governance becomes the key concept for understanding the implementation of the energy transition in a territory. This is particularly visible in a cross-border setting, especially considering cross-border cooperation in the development of renewable energy sources (RES) provides the necessary elements to determine the criteria of local regulation between the different levels of governance. In light of the current legal framework in France, this paper presents the institutional framework of the multi-level governance of the RES development planning process. It concludes that it is quite conceivable for the rationales of governance at the local level (decentralisation) and the large-scale operation of a large interconnected network (Europeanisation) to coexist.

scholarly journals Energy Security Problem amid Global Energy Transition

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 772-784
Author(s):  
Yury V. Borovsky
Keyword(s):  
Energy Security ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
The United States ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

In the early 2020s the worlds transition from carbon-intensive to climate-neutral energy use has already become a discernible and a difficult-to-reverse process. With Joe Bidens election as US president, the United States have returned to the Paris Climate Agreement and have become a key driver of this process (along with the EU and China). As a result, the international community has reached a consensus on the ongoing energy transition. This process will require considerable effort and may take several decades. Nevertheless, the impact of energy transition on traditional approaches to energy security, which emerged largely as a result of the global oil crises of the 1970s and 1980s and are centered around the supply of fossil fuels, is already a relevant research topic. This problem is examined relying on the relevant terminological, theoretical and factual material. The article concludes that energy transition will ultimately undermine the carbon paradigm that has underpinned energy security policies since the 1970s. Rapid development of renewable and other low-carbon energy sources will certainly remove key energy security risks of energy importers and, possibly, allow them to achieve energy independence. However, a post-carbon era may also generate new risks. For countries that rely heavily on oil, gas and coal exports, energy transition will result in the loss of markets and revenues. It may present an energy security threat for them as well as it will require a costly and technologically complex process of the energy sector decarbonization. Some exporters, especially those with high fuel rents and insufficient financial reserves, may face serious economic and social upheavals as a result of energy transition. The EU and the US energy transition policies reflect provisions of all three fundamental international relations theoretical paradigms, including realism. This means that the EU and the US policy, aimed at promoting climate agenda, may be expected to be rather tough and aggressive. China as the third key player in energy transition is still following a liberal course; however, it may change in the future.

scholarly journals Capabilities of Nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) Electricity Generation to Charge Electric Vehicle (EV) Operating in Real Driving Conditions (RDC)

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (22) ◽  
pp. 7591
Author(s):  
Wojciech Cieslik ◽  
Filip Szwajca ◽  
Jedrzej Zawartowski ◽  
Katarzyna Pietrzak ◽  
Slawomir Rosolski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Target Range ◽  
Zero Energy ◽  
Zero Energy Building ◽  
Driving Conditions ◽  
Almost All

The growing number of electric vehicles in recent years is observable in almost all countries. The country’s energy transition should accompany this rise in electromobility if it is currently generated from non-renewable sources. Only electric vehicles powered by renewable energy sources can be considered zero-emission. Therefore, it is essential to conduct interdisciplinary research on the feasibility of combining energy recovery/generation structures and testing the energy consumption of electric vehicles under real driving conditions. This work presents a comprehensive approach for evaluating the energy consumption of a modern public building–electric vehicle system within a specific location. The original methodology developed includes surveys that demonstrate the required mobility range to be provided to occupants of the building under consideration. In the next step, an energy balance was performed for a novel near-zero energy building equipped with a 199.8 kWp photovoltaic installation, the energy from which can be used to charge an electric vehicle. The analysis considered the variation in vehicle energy consumption by season (winter/summer), the actual charging profile of the vehicle, and the parking periods required to achieve the target range for the user.

A RESULT-ORIENTED FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT THE LOW-CARBON TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGY SERVICES MARKETS

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-41
Author(s):  
Valeriy Deshko ◽  
◽  
Oleksandr Kovalko ◽  
Oleksandr Novoseltsev ◽  
Maria Yevtukhova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Energy Services ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Organizational Mechanism ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Efficiency And Productivity

Today, the scope of energy services markets (ESMs) has expanded worldwide and covered almost all areas of production and consumption of goods and services for both industrial and public appointments, as well as households, mainly due to energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. At the same time, the incompleteness of theoretically grounded bases significantly reduces the pace of these markets development. The purpose of this study is to present the framework for the determination of directions and construct a model of structural organization and functional interaction of the ESMs participants. Such approach allows, by combining resources, capabilities and information, to expand the scope and improve the efficiency and productivity of energy services. A new structure-function model of ESMs participants’ interaction has been developed. In addition, a new organizational mechanism is proposed to support the efficient functioning of the ESMs in the form of a cycle of continuous improvement of the energy services results. The practical significance of the study is to create a conceptual framework for the organization and functioning of ESMs, which allows to systemically assess the new opportunities for such markets in both developed and developing countries.

A Perspective on Energy Storage and Other Means to Integrate Increasing Shares of Renewable Electricity Generation

Green ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arndt Neuhaus ◽  
Frank-Detlef Drake ◽  
Gunnar Hoffmann ◽  
Friedrich Schulte
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Distributed Storage ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Specific Class ◽  
High Level

AbstractThe transition to a sustainable electricity supply from renewable energy sources (RES) imposes major technical and economic challenges upon market players and the legislator. In particular the rapid growth of volatile wind power and photovoltaic generation requires a high level of flexibility of the entire electricity system, therefore major investments in infrastructures are needed to maintain system stability. This raises the important question about the role that central large-scale energy storage and/or small-scale distributed storage (“energy storage at home”) are going to play in the energy transition. Economic analyses show that the importance of energy storage is going to be rather limited in the medium term. Especially competing options like intelligent grid extension and flexible operation of power plants are expected to remain favourable. Nonetheless additional storage capacities are required if the share of RES substantially exceeds 50% in the long term. Due to the fundamental significance of energy storages, R&D considers a broad variety of types each suitable for a specific class of application.

Rising electricity use will redefine energy security

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Climate Resilience ◽  
Electricity Use ◽  
New Energy ◽  
System Resilience

Significance The benefits accruing from a whole system approach to the energy transition bring new energy supply threats, including integrating renewable energy sources, cybersecurity and climate resilience. The focus of energy security will shift from extended international, predominantly maritime, supply chains to domestic and regional electricity networks. Impacts Policies to bolster power system resilience tend to be agreed reactively rather than proactively; lessons may be learned the hard way. Opportunities for skilled employees to work in the power sector will rise. Clear policies and enhanced planning capabilities will be needed to encourage investment at the scale the power sector will require. Inadequate investment in power systems could hold back the energy transition.

Integration of large-scale hydrogen storages in a low-carbon electricity generation system

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (34) ◽  
pp. 14638-14653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Lohner ◽  
Andrea D'Aveni ◽  
Zahir Dehouche ◽  
Philip Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Generation System

Research on Energy Consumption of Regional Distributed Heat Pump Energy Bus System

2011 ◽  
Vol 374-377 ◽  
pp. 425-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei Pei Wang ◽  
Wei Ding Long
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Heat Pump ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Pump Energy ◽  
Heating System ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Bus System

China's rapid urbanization makes low-carbon become the pursuit of sustainable development society. In this paper, a new district cooling and heating system named regional distributed heat pump energy bus system is introduced, which can make large scale integration of renewable energy sources or untapped energy sources be used for air-conditioning. This article briefly describes the system concept, applicability, design principles, analysis of the system topological structure and outdoor pipe network heat and pressure loss. Ultimately analyze energy bus system energy consumption compared with DHC system and water supply system by examples.

Gasification of Oil Palm Biomass to Produce Syngas for Electricity Generation – Cost Benefit Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 906 ◽  
pp. 148-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Hanina ◽  
M. Asadullah
Keyword(s):  
Energy Security ◽  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Syngas Production ◽  
Generation Cost

Fossil fuel burning for energy production creates two major issues: the global warming effect and the weak energy security. These problems can be minimized by utilizing renewable energy sources such as biomass. In order to assess the potential contribution of these technologies to the future energy security and sustainable development, a thorough evaluation of gasification technology towards economic aspects is required. This study aims to determine whether the syngas production from EFB gasification for electricity generation is viable in terms of cost-benefit analysis by evaluating the economic aspects of these technologies.

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