scholarly journals Energy Conservation Practices-A Little Contribution for Environment Safety

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 143-145
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Conservation Practices ◽  
Saving Energy ◽  
Financial Saving

Coal and other fossil fuels, which have taken million years to form are depleting soon. For sustainable development and to achieve future energy security we need to adopt energy conservation techniques. Energy conservation is a concept related to Eco-sufficiency. Energy conservation can help in achieving better environmental quality, energy security, energy savings and personal financial saving. Energy conservation is a faster and only mean of efficiently handling growing supply problems. This paper focuses on energy conservation its importance and basic measures to achieve energy conservation in day to day life.[1]

Linking Solar Energy Systems to Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 64-84
Author(s):  
Ademola A. Adenle
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Development Goals

Energy was not stated as one of the millennium development goals (MDGs) but played an indirect role in helping meet the MDGs especially in the areas of housing, health, education, and poverty reduction in Africa. In contrast, the United Nations’ 2030 agenda includes 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), one of which is devoted to energy. SDG7 seeks to ensure “access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all,” thereby creating a vital role for the energy sector to join in the task of achieving SDGs. Renewable energy including solar energy will play a significant role in improving energy security in Africa and diversifying the energy mix by reducing reliance on fossil fuels. This chapter examines the advantages of solar technologies in the context of social, economic, and environment benefits using case studies from Kenya and South Africa. This chapter also examines some of the key challenges that are associated with the application of solar energy technologies in these countries. Finally, the chapter discusses how solar energy technologies can help meet SDGs and summarizes policy and programs targeting the promotion of solar energy technologies for the implementation of SDGs.

Energy and Sustainability in the European Region

2017 ◽  
pp. 1247-1287
Author(s):  
Anatoly Zhuplev ◽  
Dmitry A. Shtykhno
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
High Energy Consumption

This chapter examines European energy security in the EU-Russian context. Europe is extremely dependent on Russian energy imports. This dependency requires sustainable energy solutions. Russian economy is characterized by high energy consumption and intensity. Russian energy sector needs massive investments, technological and management improvements. They become problematic due to the nation's poor investment climate, stagnating economy, and isolationist foreign policy. These, along with Russia's emerging reorientation of its energy exports toward Asia tend to worsen European energy security. The chapter explores trends in the global energy and analyses the dynamics and outlook for sustainable energy security in Europe in the context of import dependency in energy. It looks at the drivers, constrains and trends in the Russian energy sector in the Eurasian regional context. Despite technological advances, policies toward sustainable development and renewable energy, in the next two decades Europe will predominantly depend on fossil fuels and Russian energy imports.

Renewable Energy Strategies for Sustainable Development in Fujian

2014 ◽  
Vol 1073-1076 ◽  
pp. 2477-2482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Li Zhang ◽  
Qi Xun Guo
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Strategies

Renewable energy is considered important resources for sustainable development all over the world. Fujian province, locating in south-east of China, was selected as an example to discuss renewable energy strategies for sustainable development. The potential renewable energy sources in Fujian were analyzed. And the strategies involve three major technological changes, including energy savings on the demand side, efficiency improvements in the energy production, and replacement of fossil fuels by various sources of renewable energy. Nuclear energy was also introduced to the energy system. The conclusion was that converting present energy systems into a 100% renewable system was possible; in case of some flexible energy system technologies as well as nuclear power were introduced to the present energy system.

Energy and Sustainability in the European Region

2015 ◽  
pp. 118-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anatoly Zhuplev ◽  
Dmitry A. Shtykhno
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
High Energy Consumption

This chapter examines European energy security in the EU-Russian context. Europe is extremely dependent on Russian energy imports. This dependency requires sustainable energy solutions. Russian economy is characterized by high energy consumption and intensity. Russian energy sector needs massive investments, technological and management improvements. They become problematic due to the nation's poor investment climate, stagnating economy, and isolationist foreign policy. These, along with Russia's emerging reorientation of its energy exports toward Asia tend to worsen European energy security. The chapter explores trends in the global energy and analyses the dynamics and outlook for sustainable energy security in Europe in the context of import dependency in energy. It looks at the drivers, constrains and trends in the Russian energy sector in the Eurasian regional context. Despite technological advances, policies toward sustainable development and renewable energy, in the next two decades Europe will predominantly depend on fossil fuels and Russian energy imports.

Investigating the nexus between energy, economic growth, and environmental quality: A road map for the sustainable development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Abdul Rehman Khan ◽  
Danish Iqbal Godil ◽  
Muhammad Umer Quddoos ◽  
Zhang Yu ◽  
Muhammad Hanif Akhtar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Road Map

scholarly journals A Review on Energy and Renewable Energy Policies in Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7328
Author(s):  
Saeed Solaymani
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Causal Relationship ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Causality Analysis ◽  
Renewable Energy Consumption

Iran, endowed with abundant renewable and non-renewable energy resources, particularly non-renewable resources, faces challenges such as air pollution, climate change and energy security. As a leading exporter and consumer of fossil fuels, it is also attempting to use renewable energy as part of its energy mix toward energy security and sustainability. Due to its favorable geographic characteristics, Iran has diverse and accessible renewable sources, which provide appropriate substitutes to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Therefore, this study aims to examine trends in energy demand, policies and development of renewable energies and the causal relationship between renewable and non-renewable energies and economic growth using two methodologies. This study first reviews the current state of energy and energy policies and then employs Granger causality analysis to test the relationships between the variables considered. Results showed that renewable energy technologies currently do not have a significant and adequate role in the energy supply of Iran. To encourage the use of renewable energy, especially in electricity production, fuel diversification policies and development program goals were introduced in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Diversifying energy resources is a key pillar of Iran’s new plan. In addition to solar and hydropower, biomass from the municipal waste from large cities and other agricultural products, including fruits, can be used to generate energy and renewable sources. While present policies indicate the incorporation of sustainable energy sources, further efforts are needed to offset the use of fossil fuels. Moreover, the study predicts that with the production capacity of agricultural products in 2018, approximately 4.8 billion liters of bioethanol can be obtained from crop residues and about 526 thousand tons of biodiesel from oilseeds annually. Granger’s causality analysis also shows that there is a unidirectional causal relationship between economic growth to renewable and non-renewable energy use. Labor force and gross fixed capital formation cause renewable energy consumption, and nonrenewable energy consumption causes renewable energy consumption.

scholarly journals Technowomen: Women’s Autonomy and Its Impact on Environmental Quality

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1611
Author(s):  
Saima Mujeed ◽  
Shuangyan Li ◽  
Musarrat Jabeen ◽  
Abdelmohsen A. Nassani ◽  
Sameh E. Askar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Renewable Energy Consumption ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
Role Of Women

The role of women in economic development and the global environment is vital for progressing them towards the United Nations sustainable development goal (SDG-5) that emphasized the need to empower women in every walk of life. The study examines women’s autonomy in the sustainable development agenda under China’s open innovation system from 1975 to 2019. The study employed an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model, vector autoregressive (VAR) Granger causality, and innovation accounting matrix to estimate parameters. The existing data are summarized and collated in the context of China to explain as a correlational study. The results show that women’s autonomy moderated with technology spills over to decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and substantiate the hump-shaped relationship between them. The increased spending on research and development (R&D) activities, patent publications, and renewable energy consumption empowers women to be equipped with the latest sustainable technologies to improve environmental quality. The pollution haven hypothesis verifies a given country, where trade liberalization policies tend to increase polluting industries to set up their plants that engaged in dirty production that exacerbate GHG emissions. The causality estimates confirmed that technological innovations and renewable energy consumption leads to women’s autonomy. In contrast, females’ share in the labor force participation rate leads to an increase in renewable energy consumption. Thus, it is evident that there is a positive role of women in the country’s sustainable development.

An integrated future approach for the energy security of Pakistan: Replacement of fossil fuels with syngas for better environment and socio-economic development

2022 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 111978
Author(s):  
Saira Kanwal ◽  
Muhammad Taqi Mehran ◽  
Muhammad Hassan ◽  
Mustafa Anwar ◽  
Salman Raza Naqvi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Socio Economic Development

Comparison of Energy-Saving Driving Style Strategies

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yigit Fidansoy ◽  
Sohejl Wanjani ◽  
Sebastian Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Driving Style ◽  
Advisory Systems ◽  
Train Dynamics ◽  
Input Variables ◽  
And Training

Due to the increasing scarcity of fossil fuels and the climate change, the importance of energy efficiency is increasing. This importance is major especially in areas where the energy consumption is high. Rail transport depicts such an area. The highest proportion of energy consumed in the railway is the so called traction energy. This energy is required for the train run. In the timetable, allowances leave a margin for the driving style of train run. By the selective use of strategies that change the driving style, it is possible to exploit these allowances and reduce the traction energy consumption. The first objective of this study deals with the development of algorithms for energy-saving driving style. First, the necessary input variables of the algorithms based on the literature research and the formulas of train dynamics were determined. Then the algorithms were developed to create different energy-saving driving styles, resulting choose the best result which should be shown as a driving recommendation. The developed algorithms were used in an application example in order to calculate the potential of energy-savings. The example should represent the influence of the input variables for a comparison of different situations. At last the acceptance of the determined driving strategies in practice was investigated. By implementing the design thinking method it was identified that driver advisory systems and training programs are necessary to facilitate energy-saving driving in practice.

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