scholarly journals “Is Renewable Energy Affordable?” By Derek George Birkett; Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. (2019). Price £58.99 ISBN (10): 1-5275-2046-3; ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-2046-2

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1969
Author(s):  
Michael Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Carbon Taxes ◽  
Distribution Grid ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Electrical Grid ◽  
Renewable Sources Of Energy ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Stability

This book is written by a retired grid engineer and deals with renewable sources of energy and the instability of the electrical distribution grid. Derek Birkett carefully goes through the arguments about the electrical supply and the effect of intermittent and variable renewable sources of energy on grid stability. As a result of investment in renewable energy and the increasing costs of carbon taxes levied on fossil fuel fired generation, the government has created a situation which is very expensive for consumers and industry, and is unsustainable. The government has intervened in the energy market and provided subsidies and policy support for renewable energy without considering the consequences for the stability of the electrical grid system. The government has no strategic vision of the future for energy generation and no expertise to draw upon. Consumers experience increasing energy costs, power outages and blackouts which will be costly and hard to recover from. Derek states quite clearly that “… the state should no longer use environmental regulation for political purposes unless there is a clear imperative for national well-being and security.”

Application of Renewable Energy in the Construction

2012 ◽  
Vol 193-194 ◽  
pp. 111-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Ren ◽  
Zhi Qi
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Renewable Sources Of Energy ◽  
Integrated Project

We discuss the form of application of renewable sources of energy including solar energy and geothermal energy in the environment of construction, and an integrated project on renewable sources of energy is taken as a case study. We also analyze the feasible plans that utilize multiple renewable sources of energy in the construction. The significance of the energy conservation and reduction is presented as well.

Utilization of biogas as an untapped renewable energy source in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Duc-Truong Dinh ◽  
Thu-Nga Do ◽  
Thi-Thoa Le ◽  
Ngoc-Bao Pham ◽  
Anh-Duc Trinh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Financial Policy ◽  
Capacity Limitations ◽  
Operation And Maintenance ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
The Government ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
State Of Art

In Asia, Vietnam is one of the countries severely affected by energy shortages and climate change. Development of renewable energy from livestock wastes, e.g., production of electricity from biogas, is a solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollution from untreated livestock wastes, as well as energy shortages. So that, biogas technology has been researched and applied in Vietnam since the 1960s. The development and state-of-art issue of household biogas, specifically, the opportunities and constraints of household biogas are presented in this paper. There are several opportunities for household biogas development, including, the availability of biogas fermentation materials, energy shortage issues, and policy support from the Government of Vietnam and international organizations. Besides, barriers encountered in household biogas development in Vietnam included technical barriers, financial policy barriers, awareness and capacity limitations. The capacity building should include the dissemination and update of policy to maintain transparency and credibility for attracting potential domestic investors. Training courses should be provided to technical staff of biogas digester on operation and maintenance. Measures should be taken to improve the policy and mechanisms, especially, financial mechanisms.

scholarly journals The Convergence of Energy Use from Renewable Sources in the European Countries: Spatio-Temporal Approach

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (24) ◽  
pp. 8378
Author(s):  
Mateusz Jankiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Well Being ◽  
High Energy ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Spatio Temporal

This article presents the analysis of the convergence of energy use from renewable sources among chosen European countries using a spatio-temporal approach. The high energy dependence of European countries on the economies of other continents makes the development of the use of renewable sources for energy production an important factor of their economic and social progress. The economic growth of every country is determined, among other factors, by an increase in the energy inputs. Therefore, in order to avoid excessive degradation of the environment, the use of renewable energy sources is increasingly becoming the crucial goal of governments worldwide. The analysis was conducted using data for 32 selected European countries in the years 1995–2019. In order to check progress in the case of the homogenization of renewable energy use, the β-convergence models for pooled cross-sectional and time-series data (TSCS) and also spatio-temporal β-convergence models were estimated. Absolute and conditional convergence was considered. Based on the literature review, the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita level and CO2 emissions per capita level as processes conditioning the convergence in the case of the renewable energy use were chosen. Moreover, the spatial dependencies between neighboring countries were included in the models, and the neighborhood was defined in two ways. The neighborhood was quantified using the connection matrices: (1) based on the common border criterion (geographical neighborhood) and (2) based on the well-being level similarity (economic neighborhood based on the HPI index values).

Implеmеntаciја i rаzvој prаvilа zа priklјučеnjе gеnеrаtоrskih јеdinicа kоје su prеkо invеrtоrа pоvеzаnе nа mrеžu u Nemačkoj

2021 ◽  
Vol XXIII (4) ◽  
pp. 59-63
Author(s):  
Stаnkо Јаnkоvić ◽  
Bојаn Ivаnоvić
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Production Management ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Technical Solutions

The authors review the development of unconventional power generation units in Germany in the last 10 years with a view to possible scenarios in 2035 and 2040. The dynamic development of production from renewable energy sources led to the fact that in some parts of Germany the plan for the production of electricity from renewable sources for 2025 was reached in 2011. Bearing in mind that about 97% of all renewable energy production units are connected to distribution networks, the question of operational production management arises. The paper presents technical solutions for the management of production from renewable sources, as well as the necessary technical requirements for the connection of generator units that are connected to the grid via inverters in order to preserve the stability of the power system.

scholarly journals Achieving Climate Targets via the Circular Carbon Economy: The Case of Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Yousef M. Alshammari
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Renewable Sources Of Energy ◽  
Climate Targets ◽  
Carbon Economy

Clean hydrocarbon technologies have a key role to play in achieving the circular carbon economy while meeting climate targets in many countries around the world. The aim of this work is to assess which technology, or combination of technologies, is the most cost-effective in achieving climate targets by 2030 leading to a quick and smooth transition to a low carbon energy system in Saudi Arabia and similar oil-based economies. We find that low carbon policy support by banning crude oil in power generation, leads to accelerated underground oil gasification, in the absence of carbon prices. We also find that setting a policy for carbon reduction targets leads to a more flexible energy system transition enabling more technologies in the mix with an increasing transition period. Our results also show that clean hydrocarbon technologies may be sufficient to achieve new climate targets, as shown by the stabilised emissions in scenario 3 by 2025, without the implementation of renewable sources of energy which most studies do not include. We propose that by investing in clean hydrocarbon technologies over the short term, the transition towards a low carbon economy will be accelerated while developing renewable sources of energy over the long term.

scholarly journals Exploring the potentials, barriers and option for support in the Nigeria renewable energy industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gbadebo Collins Adeyanju ◽  
Oluyomi A. Osobajo ◽  
Afolabi Otitoju ◽  
Olushola Ajide
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Government

AbstractClimate change remains a pivotal area and a persistent challenging issue for deliberation among the nations of the world. Most especially in a country like Nigeria, where fossil fuel remains a pivotal source of socio-economic development and well-being of the society. Transforming the Nigeria electricity sector into a source for reducing the country’s carbon emission remains a significant challenge to policymakers, i.e. the Government. This is attributed to the fact that the nation’s primary energy sources come from traditional biomass and fossil fuel such as coal, and natural oil and gas, which has contributed significantly to the level of carbon emissions. In this paper, we explored and identified the potentials, barriers and option for renewable energy in Nigeria. The findings of the review revealed that the Nigerian electricity sector is crucial to reducing the carbon emission generated in the country. Likewise, it is of no doubt that Nigeria is endowed with a different mix of renewable energy sources. Hence, exploring and developing these renewable energy sources will aid the effort of the government in reducing the country’s input to the global carbon emission, instrumental to the socio-economic development of the country and improved well-being of the society at large. Also, policy recommendations to foster renewable energy development were identified.

scholarly journals Renewable sources and natural disasters: A look from legal order in professional training

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Antonio Vázquez Pérez ◽  
María Rodríguez Gámez ◽  
Carlos Gustavo Villacreses Viteri ◽  
Miguel Castro Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Matrix ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Social Habits ◽  
The Stability

The crises linked to the high costs of oil and environmental pollution have led to think about the large-scale use of systems that use renewable energy sources, as a measure to mitigate these impacts. In Cuba there are more than 10,000 installations that take advantage of renewable sources using different technologies, these are of small format; but also there are conditions of a renewable potential distributed throughout the national territory, which allows us to continue introducing these practices in a larger scale and format. The work deals, with the possibilities offered by the use of the potential of the renewable energy source as a measure of economic savings and reduction of disaster risks, exposing the need to link the facilities that take advantage of these resources, with the stability of the energy services for the confrontation of natural disasters and for exceptional situations, in addition to the rescue of certain energetic cultural traditions, which can help in the formation of social habits of efficiency and austerity in consumption, propitiating the reduction of the associated environmental impacts and the promulgation of a legal norm that protects and orders the penetration of renewable sources in the national energy matrix.

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