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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Energy transitions"”.
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Energy transitions: the case of South African electric security
… evolved to be highly dependent on electrical energy. The exponentially growing renewables market has signaled transitions in electricity sectors that have traditionally been dominated by fossil fuel electricity. Various theoretical debates have recently emerged surrounding the processes of …
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Adequate service provision as the guide for energy transitions and international development
The reliance of human societies on fossil-fuelled energy supply used for human activities has increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to levels that cause unprecedented atmospheric warming. The emissions have been the result of a handful of countries that industrialised, changing their systems and …
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Sustainable Energy Transitions in Conflict Contexts: The Role of Local Governance in Palestine
… and socio-technical feasibility in their energy transitions. Institutional co- evolution that goes with technological innovation and socio-institutional feasibility have received less attention. MENA countries like Palestine have adopted a central governance approach, which has been …
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The analysis of determinants and barriers of household sustainable energy transitions in Tanzania
The Tanzanian energy policy is centered around improving access, reliability, and affordability of modern energy services. Up to the year 2018, Tanzania was among a small group of countries that dominated both the top 20 lists of countries in the world with electricity and modern cooking energy …
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The Paradoxes of Peruvian Infrastructure: NGO Governance, Rural Energy Transitions, and Public-Private Partnerships
… have led to successful NGO delivery of solar energy in Peru, from both the perspective of the institution, as well as the rural campesinos it serves? And how can the Peruvian government replicate this solar energy program’s success at national scale through a public-private partnership? At an …
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Energy Transitions, Economic Growth and Structural Change: Portugal in a Long-run Comparative Perspective
… an international comparative context, Portugal´s energy transition from organic sources to fossil fuels in the period 1856-2006. It investigates the role that energy played in the industrialization of the country and how the relationship between energy and economic growth changed with the …
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Low carbon energy transitions for informal settlements: a case study of iShack South Africa
… do not have access to reliable, safe, and clean energy. Infrastructural constraints, poor service delivery, the inapt application of policy, and the financial constraints of those living in informal settlements all contribute towards this problem of energy poverty. This dissertation argues that …
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Alternatives to the economic rationalisation of renewable energy transitions: the Tsitsikamma community renewable wind farm story
… the climate mitigation discourse, renewable energy technology is understood as vital to reduce coal energy reliance. This discourse which is deeply anthropocentric in its approach understands 'green' energy transitions largely as reliant on reductionist techno-scientific 'solutions' and green …
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Alternatives to the economic rationalisation of renewable energy transitions: The Tsitsikamma Community Renewable Wind Farm Story
… the climate mitigation discourse, renewable energy technology is understood as vital to reduce coal energy reliance. This discourse which is deeply anthropocentric in its approach understands 'green' energy transitions largely as reliant on reductionist techno-scientific 'solutions' and green …
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Towards “just” energy transitions in unequal societies: an actor-centric analysis of South Africa's evolving electricity sector
… in the synonymous pathway towards a global energy transition. Through enhanced national climate action plans, countries worldwide are formulating development pathways that are aligned to a carbon-neutral and net-zero emissions global economy. The recent IPCC Sixth Assessment report …
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A Comparative Case Study of Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Interacting Imaginaries of Place and Energy in Renewable Energy Transitions
… social and cultural forces that shape both our energy systems and responses to efforts to change those systems. Public responses to new clean energy technologies, including negotiations of the risk and acceptability of local projects, can be critical to the success or failure of such …
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‘Hot Air’ and the Tenacity of Fossil Fuels: A Neo-Gramscian Perspective of Energy Transitions in Nigeria and Norway
… a comparative case study approach to examine energy transitions in Nigeria and Norway. Utilizing qualitative methods and Neo-Gramscian theory, the research questions that guide this study are: How do the energy transitions in Nigeria and Norway differ, and what does the contrast confer? How …
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A Social Logic of Energy: A data science approach to understanding and modelling energy transitions of India’s urban poor
… informed by an economic-technical view of energy transition, but not all households benefit as expected from these interventions. Previous studies on socio-economic determinants of transition offer limited insight into the reasons for why some households can slip through the net of such …
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The Political Economy of Energy Transition in Mexico
Renewable energy as radical innovation requires not just technology substitution, but also fundamental transformation at the system level. That means a change of social elements, such as policies, market rules, regulations for users and producers, and their behaviour. From the literature, energy …
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Knowledge Controversies and Renewable Energy Transition: Exploring Science and Policy Debates
… in the context of emergent concepts of energy democracy. This dissertation comprises three standalone articles (chapters 3-5). Chapter 3 uses rhetorical analysis to explore how scientific facts about wind energy’s impact on human health were co-produced by the science and policy …
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Modeling barriers to cost change in solar and nuclear energy technologies
… risen. Changing costs have contributed to global energy transitions in the past, and our capacity to decarbonize the electricity sector will depend on the cost of low-carbon electricity production technologies like photovoltaic and nuclear energy. Understanding the mechanisms behind historical …
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Piezoreflectance of gallium arsenide
… and (111) directions was determined. Interband transitions were detected at 1.425 t .015, 1.76 t .02, 2.89, 3.12, and 4.5 eVe The two lowest energy transitions are shown compatible with r symmetry, and the Pikus and Bir deformation potential ratio d/b ~ 3.2 is determined. Second harmonic …
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Energy at the Frontier : low carbon energy system transitions and innovation in four prime mover countries
… about the imperative to change national energy pathways revolves around long timescales and least cost economics of near-term energy alternatives. While both elements certainly matter, they don't fully reflect what can drive such development trajectories. This study explores national …
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Energy Transition Impacts for Workers: A Comparative Analysis of Differences in Energy Transition Policies in Germany and Appalachia and their Impact on Coal Employment Outcomes
Energy transitions are occurring across the globe as natural gas and renewable energies increasingly compete with and displace coal-fired electricity, and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change becomes more urgent. As energy sources transition, so too does the entire …
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