scholarly journals The Role of Renewable Energies in the Sustainable Development of Post-Crisis Electrical Power Sectors Reconstruction

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 6326
Author(s):  
Vladimír Krepl ◽  
Husam I. Shaheen ◽  
Ghaeth Fandi ◽  
Luboš Smutka ◽  
Zdenek Muller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Crisis Period ◽  
Electric Power Sector

The electric power sector in countries suffering from crises and wars such as Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, etc., is among the most affected infrastructures. Since this sector plays a vital role in the economic growth and in improving people’s quality of life, the post-crisis reconstruction of this sector must take into account the requirements and concepts of sustainable development (SD) in addition to technical and economic considerations. This article discusses the role that renewable energy sources (RES) can play in achieving SD in the post-crisis reconstruction phase of the Syrian Electric Power Sector (SEPS) as a case study. Based on the available data, the study period was chosen from 2005 to 2017 and divided into two periods. In the first period (2005–2010), which is the pre-crisis period, the structure of the SEPS and its main characteristics were described while the adoption of RES solutions and SD concepts were investigated. In the second period (2011–2017), the crisis period, the satiation of the SEPS and impact of the crisis were evaluated. The challenges that faced the adoption of SD concepts and RES solution were also addressed at this stage. Based on analysis and comparison of the available data, several scenarios were discussed to evaluate the role of RES in achieving SD in the post-crisis reconstruction phase of the SEPS. EnergyPLAN software was used for the techno and socio-economic evaluation of these scenarios. Our results emphasize the importance of the adoption of RES solutions in the reconstruction phase, as these can help promote SD concepts (reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting the environment, increasing energy efficiency, creating jobs, etc.) and securing the electric supply of the SEPS while enhancing its stability.

scholarly journals Renewable Energy in the Sustainable Development of Electrical Power Sector: A Review

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (24) ◽  
pp. 8240
Author(s):  
Wadim Strielkowski ◽  
Lubomír Civín ◽  
Elena Tarkhanova ◽  
Manuela Tvaronavičienė ◽  
Yelena Petrenko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Impact

The electrical power sector plays an important role in the economic growth and development of every country around the world. Total global demand for electric energy is growing both in developed and developing economies. The commitment to the decarbonization of economies, which would mean replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources (RES) as well as the electrification of transport and heating as a means to tackle global warming and dangerous climate change, would lead to a surge in electricity consumption worldwide. Hence, it appears reasonable that the electric power sector should embed the principles of sustainable development into its functioning and operation. In addition, events such as the recent European gas crisis that have emerged as a result of the massive deployment of renewables need to be studied and prevented. This review aims at assessing the role of the renewable energy in the sustainable development of the electrical power sector, focusing on the energy providers and consumers represented both by businesses and households that are gradually becoming prosumers on the market of electric energy. Furthermore, it also focuses on the impact of renewables on the utility side and their benefits for the grid. In addition, it identifies the major factors of the sustainable development of the electrical power sector.

scholarly journals Innovation Strategies within the Transforming Russian Electric Power Sector

2001 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 1092-1102
Author(s):  
Yegor D. Burda ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Electric Power Sector ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
The One

Currently, Russian electric power sector is influenced by two divergent tendencies: on the one hand, we can observe a structural transformation of the industry and increasing role of innovations; on the other hand, it is still subject to regulation, while reliability and safety of power supply remain of paramount importance. This situation creates a unique opportunity to explore which innovation strategies are chosen by companies and which factors have the greatest influence on their decisions. A qualitative study was conducted based on a set of semi-structured interviews with several managers of Russian power companies. Further analysis allowed to reveal the dominant innovation strategies employed within the industry: traditional contracts, in-house development, closed and open innovation ecosystems. This study also revealed factors that determine the choice of an innovation strategy: goals of the firm and type of market it aims to operate at. The results provide managers with insights allowing them to make better-grounded decisions in terms of choosing an innovation strategy within various settings

scholarly journals Energy Strategy for Sustainable Development of Rural Areas Based on the Analysis of Sustainable Digital Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuonan Wang ◽  
Yan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

Technology has played a vital role in modifying the lifestyle of individuals and the emerging countries are progressing so fast as no one has ever thought before. With the progression of technology boosting, the pattern of energy resources consumption has also been the center of attention for researchers in this decade. China has been one of those countries that have adopted such energy strategies in its industrial regime. The economists and information technology (IT) working together have done wonders in digitalizing and sustaining the economies that will lead to sustainable development goals. This study has been an effort to understand the role of technology and the availability of affordable energy resources in obtaining a sustainable digital economy with the mediating role of sustainable development. The population of this study was IT professionals and economists. The survey data were collected from 285 respondents selected based on purposive sampling. The software adopted for data analysis was SmartPLS 3.3.3. This study showed that technology utilization had been an important predictor of sustainable development, contributing to a sustainable digital economy. Similarly, low operational cost also moderated the relationship of sustainable development and sustainable digital economy that has been the major focus of developing countries. Moreover, the strategy of cutting down the operation costs to bring it down to the level of affordability is a major challenge for the economies such as China that have been among the low production cost. Studies on the sustainable digital economy with respect to technological use are very limited. Hence, this study will find many advantages for economists and IT professionals in the future with respect to devising the strategies taking into account the sustainable development goals and the achievement of a sustainable digital economy.

Women, Development, and Gender Inequality

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Dominelli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Gender

Women have a lengthy history of fighting their oppression as women and the inequalities associated with this to claim their place on the world stage, in their countries, and within their families. This article focuses on women’s struggles to be recognized as having legitimate concerns about development initiatives at all levels of society and valuable contributions to make to social development. Crucial to their endeavors were: (1) upholding gender equality and insisting that women be included in all deliberations about sustainable development and (2) seeing that their daily life needs, including their human rights, be treated with respect and dignity and their right to and need for education, health, housing, and all other public goods are realized. The role of the United Nations in these endeavors is also considered. Its policies on gender and development, on poverty alleviation strategies—including the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals—are discussed and critiqued. Women’s rights are human rights, but their realization remains a challenge for policymakers and practitioners everywhere. Social workers have a vital role to play in advocating for gender equality and mobilizing women to take action in support of their right to social justice. Our struggle for equality has a long and courageous history.

scholarly journals The Role of Manufacturing Techniques in Enterprises Producing Heating Devices in the Context of Sustainable Development

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldona Kluczek ◽  
Władysław Włosiński
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Industrial Case Study ◽  
Quality Cost ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Technologies ◽  
Manufacturing Techniques

Abstract Manufacturing techniques are concerned with quality, cost, productivity and sustainability. With today‘s environmental awareness and the pressure of the sustainability requirements, existing manufacturing techniques of heating devices are evolving into the redesign manufacturing unit processes to increase overall sustainability. Also, these techniques need a measurement method to assess processes-related sustainability performance indicators. The purpose of this paper is to stress the role of manufacturing techniques: welding, cleaning and painting in the manufacture of heating appliances (solid fuel fired boilers used renewable energy sources) in terms of incorporating into the field the concept of sustainable development. It then focuses on the environmental, technical, economical and social impact of sustainable technologies and argues for the need to ensure that the concept is being applied to the manufacture of heating devices. In this paper, author tries to propose a unified, standard scientific factory-level methodology to evaluate the influence of manufacturing techniques on the sustainability of enterprises producing heating devices. The proposed methodology in the terms of the case study is a comprehensive answer to the question of to what extent the improvements in those techniques influence the sustainable development of the enterprises. An industrial case study demonstrates that the proposed improvements can effectively influence the sustainability of enterprise. The results of this assessment can be applied to broad industry sectors, and can lead to the accepted measures and practices.

scholarly journals MILLENNIALS IN THE CREATION OF SOCIAL VALUE OF THE ENTERPRISE

2021 ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Anna Kramarenko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Social Value ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Production Resources

The article emphasizes the creative activity that underlies the concept of "social value", which forms in the course of solving actual social problems. Social responsibility is mainly determined by reducing the negative impact of business on the basis of support and development of innovative projects. An analytical comparison of the categories of "social value" and "social responsibility" with the Sustainable Development Goals revealed a greater correspondence of the concept of "social value" to the sustainable development strategy. A statistical study of data from European countries allowed to draw a conclusion about the increase in social value in consumption, recycling of production resources, the use of renewable energy sources, and the growth of preferences for the development of own business. Based on the conducted research, the article highlights the exceptional role of millennials in updating the issues of social focus of business.

scholarly journals Developing Enhanced TSO-DSO Information and Data Exchange Based on a Novel Use Case Methodology

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Radi ◽  
Gareth Taylor ◽  
Jérôme Cantenot ◽  
Eric Lambert ◽  
Nermin Suljanovic
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Active Role ◽  
System Level ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Case Methodology

The growing penetration of renewable energy sources (RES) in the electrical power sector has increased the amount of distributed generation (DG) units connected at the distribution system level. In this context, new balancing challenges have arisen, creating the need for a novel use case methodology to enable an active role at the distribution system level such that transmission system operators (TSOs) can coordinate with distribution system operators (DSOs) with regard to connected resources for balancing purposes. In this study, the exploitation of the DSO-connected resources for balancing purposes in a market environment is proposed and evaluated via a novel business use case (BUC) methodology based on the categorization of IEC 62913-1. More specifically, in order to address different balancing market situations, two scenarios are considered with regard to the BUC. The first one represents the data exchange between the TSO, the DSO, and the balancing service provider (BSP). The second one represents an alternative scenario where data are exchanged directly between the TSO and the DSO, where the DSO also takes on the role of the BSP. The proposed BUC was also developed in order to validate the required data modeling and exchange mechanisms between DSOs and TSOs in order to exploit DSO-connected resources for overall system balancing purposes across different time scales.

scholarly journals Post-Reform Evaluation of the Transmission Sub-System of the Nigerian Electricity Value-Chain

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T.O. Ajewole
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Power System ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Baseline Period ◽  
Transmission Network ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Electric Power Grid ◽  
Electric Power Sector

This paper provides a post-deregulation performance assessment of the transmission infrastructure of the Nigerian electric power grid using nine years performance profile of eight primary lines of the transmission sub-system. Performances of the lines for the six earliest postderegulation years are evaluated on a three-year basis, taking their performances for the three-year period that immediately preceded the deregulation as a baseline for comparison. Failure counts and outage durations per each line, in the two three-year post-reform periods, are compared to what was obtained in the baseline period. The results obtained show that the deregulation has not yielded significant improvement in the reliability of the transmission network. This indicates that better attention is needed to be given to the transmission assets being at the heart of the power system. Like the privatized assets of the industry, the state-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria must also be properly attended to in order to achieve sustainable development in the Nigerian electric power sector..

scholarly journals The Sustainable Development Goals and Leading European Retailers

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-122
Author(s):  
Peter Jones ◽  
Daphne Comfort
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Sustainability Strategies ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed at a United Nations General Assembly in 2015 embrace an ambitious and wide-ranging set of global environmental, social and economic issues designed to effect a transition to a more sustainable future; the United Nations important role of the private sector in addressing the SDGs. The majority of Europe’s leading retailers have been pursuing sustainability strategies, and reporting on their achievements against their strategies, for some time and within the European retail community there is a recognition that retailers have a vital role to play in contributing to the achievement of the SDGs. This exploratory paper reviews and reflects on how seven of Europe’s leading retailers claim to be committed to addressing the SDGs. The findings revealed that all seven retailers reported on their commitment to contributing to the achievement of the SDGs, though the scale and the extent of their commitment varied. In reviewing the retailers’ approach to the SDGs, the authors drew attention to a number of issues namely, concentration on specific SDGs, issues of measurement and reporting and tensions between sustainability and economic growth.

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