Renewable energy : from Europe to Africa
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Renewable energy : from Europe to Africa
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Palgrave Macmillan, c2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Significant progress has been made by industrial countries to reduce emissions from the use of fossil fuels, but as the economies of the less-developed regions of the world begin to expand, they too will face similar challenges. This book looks at energy transitions being made in developing countries, focusing on the adoption of renewable energy systems in Africa, for example under the UN Sustainable Energy for All programme, but also by the EU in the Former Soviet countries of Eastern and Central Europe. It draws on experience from involvement with programmes in the EU and Africa and will be of great interest to academics, policy makers and practitioners in the development aid and renewable energy policy fields.
Table of Contents
1.Introduction: sustainable energy for all (2k words- draft done)1.1Mitigating climate change
Setting out the global energy policy context and its drivers
1.2 Global energy priorities
Issues for the developed and developing world reviewed
1.3 Beyond mega projects
The limits to 'top down' government and corporate intervention
2. Spreading renewables: the EU and beyond
(10k words- draft done)
2.1 EU enlargement
Energy policy challenges and issues in the accession countries
2.2 The starting situation- and the Baltic area energy options
with a Lithuania case study of decommissioning Soviet era nuclear plant
2.3 Economic and political drivers for change
New Europe-new energy policy initiatives
2.4 The Balkans and beyond
Renewable options in the East, in and outside the new EU
2.5. Subsequent progress in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond Progress review in the EU pre-accession candidate countries
2.6. The Russian potential
The influence of Russia on the region and future prospects
2.7 Beyond Europe and the West
Going south- to the developing world
3. Spreading renewables south- with new power infrastructures (~20k words, half done in draft)
3.1 Green energy for Africa
Overview of the technological state of play and key issues
3.2 Ghana
Case study on setting up Ghana's Renewable Energy Fund
3.3 South Africa
Large scale projects grid extension v off-grid local projects
3.4 Kenya
Case study of energy- from- waste for Nairobi's giant municipal dump
3.5 Uganda
Case study of monitoring Sustainable Energy for All targets for energy access
3.6 Technical Aid
The role of technical expertise and policy aids
3.7 Institutional problems
Internal and external policy conflicts
3.8 Effectiveness assessments
Measuring success, but of what?
3.9 Conclusions
Are the aid programmes working?
(An extra case study/analysis section may be added)<
4. Supporting and promoting renewables: aid and beyond
(~15k words, half done in draft)
4.1 Supporting renewables
The existing aid and technical support programmes
4.2 The limits of aid and corporate involvement
Pitfalls of commercial motivations
4.3 Financing renewable expansion
Feed-in Tariffs v Competitive Auctions
4.4 Choosing the right technology
Renewable options for the future
4.5 Corporate involvement and social progress
The need for institutional and corporate change
4.6 Conclusions: Sustainable Africa
New policy options for the future
5. Conclusions: all change (2k words)
New frameworks for change
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