Application of Diffusion Research to Solar Energy Policy Issues

The good performance of energy markets during the seven or eight years following the Gulf War masked many continuing and emerging energy policy challenges that derive from larger domestic and foreign policy issues. The changes in world oil, domestic natural gas, and electricity markets in 1999 and especially 2000 likely reflect the effects of ignoring some of these challenges.

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Vested interests as driver of the clean energy transition: Evidence from Russia's solar energy policy

Energy Policy ◽

10.1016/j.enpol.2019.110910 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 133 ◽

pp. 110910 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Anatole Boute ◽

Alexey Zhikharev

Keyword(s):

Solar Energy ◽

Energy Policy ◽

Energy Transition ◽

Clean Energy ◽

Vested Interests

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Solar energy policy to boost Brazilian power sector

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management ◽

10.1108/ijccsm-07-2019-0039 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 349-367

Author(s):

Juliana Pacheco Barbosa ◽

Joisa Dutra Saraiva ◽

Julia Seixas

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Solar Energy ◽

Power System ◽

Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Energy Policy ◽

Power Sector ◽

Gas Emissions ◽

Incentive Mechanisms ◽

Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the opportunity for the energy policy in Brazil to tackle the very high cost-effectiveness potencial of solar energy to the power system. Three mechanisms to achieve ambitious reductions in the greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector by 2030 and 2040 are assessed wherein treated as solar targets under ambitious reductions in the greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector. Then, three mechanisms to achieve these selected solar targets are suggested. Design/methodology/approach This paper reviews current and future incentive mechanisms to promote solar energy. An integrated energy system optimization model shows the most cost-efficient deployment level. Incentive mechanisms can promote renewable sources, aiming to tackle climate change and ensuring energy security, while taking advantage of endogenous energy resources potential. Based on a literature review, as well as on the specific characteristics of the Brazilian power system, under restrictions for the expansion of hydroelectricity and ambitious limitation in the emissions of greenhouse gases from the power sector. Findings The potential unexploited of solar energy is huge but it needs the appropriate incentive mechanism to be deployed. These mechanisms would be more effective if they have a specific technological and temporal focus. The solar energy deployment in large scale is important to the mitigation of climate change. Originality/value The value of the research is twofold: estimations of the cost-effective potential of solar technologies, generated from an integrated optimization energy model, fully calibrated for the Brazilian power system, while tacking the increasing electricity demand, the expected reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the need to increase the access to clean and affordable energy, up to 2040; proposals of three mechanisms to deploy centralized PV, distributed PV and solar thermal power, taking the best experiences in several countries and the recent Brazilian cases.

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Policy Challenges Related to Biofuel Development in Tanzania

Africa Spectrum ◽

10.1177/000203971004500105 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 117-129 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Hussein Sosovele

Keyword(s):

Energy Policy ◽

Agricultural Development ◽

Global Climate ◽

National Policy ◽

Policy Issues ◽

Key Policy ◽

Expected Benefits ◽

Legal Frameworks ◽

Private Investors ◽

Energy Options

Biofuels have recently emerged as a major issue in energy policy, agricultural development and natural resource management. The growing demand for biofuels is being driven by high oil prices, energy security concerns and global climate change. In Tanzania there is growing interest on the part of foreign private investors in establishing biofuel projects, although globally there are concerns related to biofuel investments. Tanzania has approved a number of such projects, but the biofuel subsector faces several policy challenges that could clearly hamper its development. These include the lack of a holistic and comprehensive energy policy that addresses the broad spectrum of energy options and issues, and weak or absent institutional and legal frameworks. This article highlights some key policy issues critical to the development of biofuels and argues that if these challenges are not addressed at the national policy level, biofuel development may not result in the expected benefits to Tanzania and the majority of its local communities.

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