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Showing 1 to 20 of 186 for “"Energy Security"”.
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DRIVERS OF CHINA’S ENERGY SECURITY
This thesis studied China’s energy security policies’ primary drivers and, more specifically, how China acquires the energy needed to satisfy its social and economic needs. This thesis examined three primary drivers of China’s energy security policies: the diversification of resources due to …
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Energy security in Asia - Himalayan hydropower
… over climate change, population growth, and energy demand. Existing implications and evolving externalities are increasingly threatening the feasibility of current and future developments. The Himalayas natural water resources and high gradients make it the ideal location for power to be …
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Defining, measuring and regulating energy security
Energy security is one of the three pillars of energy policy next to environmental sustainability and economic efficiency. Despite its importance for policy making, there is no agreement about the definition of energy security and the metrics that could be used to measure the efficiency of …
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USA vs CHINA; ENERGY SECURITY POLITICS Challenges of Peak-Oil and Climate Change
"Energy is a critical basis for state survival. This thesis aims at examining the different energy-security strategies of the USA and China and the political means necessary to implement clean-energy development beyond marginal results. The success of China’s lead in its devotion to clean-energy …
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European Union Policy Against Energy Coercion: An Analysis of EU Energy Security Policy
Energy Security is a necessity of modern society and as technology and society evolve so does the requirement to secure energy to provide stability for state governments. Europe is in a transition period of increasing cohesion and integration, and Russia is leveraging its natural resources to …
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Fueling the Dragon: energy security in China; is there a role for US policy?
… been predicted is in China's pursuit of energy security. This thesis explores China's energy situation, options available to meet rising demand, environmental impact of these options, and possible ways to mitigate these effects. The thesis then determines to what extent China will be …
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Selective solidarity: Russia's divide and conquer strategy and the impact on EU energy security
… hydrocarbon resources are a major source of energy for the European Union, natural gas in particular. Controlling energy flow gives Russia powerful leverage and Russia continues to use this to its geo-political advantage. Although the Russian economy is heavily dependent on revenue from EU …
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Crises unwasted: how policy entrepreneurs linked forest biomass to energy security in Colorado, 1998-2013
… At the same time, Coloradans are facing energy security problems from fossil fuel price volatility, unintended consequences from continued fossil fuel dependence, problematic alternative, non-renewable fuel promotions and a struggling renewable energy industry. Subsequently, natural …
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Energy efficiency as a means to redress the energy security challenge in India : an assessment
Prompted by the concerns about the impending energy security challenge for India, this research examines the role of energy efficiency as a means to redress this challenge. This is achieved in this research by estimating (for the period 2015-2050) the energy security and socio-economic impacts of …
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Greening for Self-Conservation? Energy Security and Responses to Climate Change in the Small Gulf Monarchies
This thesis explores the energy security and climate change-related responses of the small oil and gas-exporting monarchies of the Persian Gulf at the turn of the 21st century. At a more fundamental level, the study is a detailed examination of the natural resource-related ‘unsustainabilities’ of …
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Policy harmonisation, regional integration and energy security: the participation of independent power producers in the Sub-Saharan African energy sector
… to 'affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all’. Sub-Saharan Africa is however characterised by high levels of energy insecurity. Regional integration is a way in which energy security in the region can be achieved through the sharing of resources, infrastructure and expertise. …
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Energy security for present and future generations – is the legal framework for the development of renewable energy technologies in the European Union effective?
… as world supplies of conventional sources of energy face increasing challenges of reserves depletion occasioned by uncontrolled and unsustainable consumption. It is argued that the present generation has obligations towards future generations to ensure that existing energy reserves are not …
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Shale gas and hydraulic fracturing in South Africa: towards a petroleum legal framework that provides for innovative technologies that support energy security of supply and mitigate climate change
… the country relies heavily on coal as a primary energy source, as a result, it ranks amongst the highest carbon dioxide emitting countries globally, therefore is a significant contributor to climate change. Climate change is a cause for global concern, if not mitigated it will cause more severe …
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Russian Influence-Seeking by Way of Natural Gas Supplies in the Visegrad Countries from 1990 to 2015
… relations, secondly to the conflicted nature of energy security, and finally to the literature on policy choices during transition in the natural gas sector. First, conceptual confusion about what influence in international relations is, how to measure it and analyse, persists in the literature. …
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China turns west : Central Asia's new player in the great game.
… in Central Asia is primarily motivated by its energy security, regional stability, and its geopolitical position with the United States. This study seeks to analyze China's involvement in Central Asia in order to determine along what paths its involvement will change in the future. Important …
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TRADEOFF ANALYSIS OF BACKUP POWER GENERATION SOLUTIONS FOR MILITARY BASES
Energy security is becoming increasingly important as the DOD relies on energy to build and project combat power from military installations. Installation energy managers currently ensure uninterrupted power to mission-critical facilities through emergency stand-alone diesel generators. Research …
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Securitisation and European natural gas policy
European energy policy is generally regarded as one of the most longstanding failures of the process of integration. However in recent years there has been an intensification of efforts to establish an internal market for gas and work towards a common energy policy. In parallel to these …
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Role players in the South African mining industry's perceptions of their contribution to the country's energy transition agenda
… their respective roles to understand the energy transition agenda of South Africa, considering the challenges of energy security, energy justice, and the socio-economic dichotomies between different actors over the institution, regime, and technology deployment, and the impact on the …
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Dynamic modelling of Japan's transition to offshore energies
… environment and its resources to address the energy challenges identified by the Japanese Government is presented in this thesis. The thesis will be framed by the key energy challenges which include: (1) energy security, (2) environmental impact, (3) economy efficiency and (4) safety. The …
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A Review of Energy and Environmental Policy for Offshore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminals
The Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 amended the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 allowing energy industries to construct offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals. The industry friendly amendments weakened environmental regulations resulting in quick approval of several terminals that …
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