scholarly journals Legal regulations and policy barriers to development of renewable energy sources in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siphesihle Nene ◽  
Henrietta Nagy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Policy Barriers

Selection of Renewable Energy Sources for Buildings

2018 ◽  
pp. 69-97
Author(s):  
Hanna Irena Jędrzejuk
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Zero Energy Building ◽  
Standard Application ◽  
Technical Systems

This chapter describes a general issue of selecting renewable energy sources (RES) and technical systems. To achieve the nearly zero-energy building (nZEB) standard, application of an RES (e.g., solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, and biomass energy) is necessary. Each type of RES has specific characteristics and can be used to produce electricity and/or heat in certain systems. A short review of various systems using renewable energy sources is presented. To find the required and satisfactory solution that guaranties meeting the nZEB standard, an analysis must be carried out considering a number of aspects: local availability, structure and time-dependence of energy demand, building construction, economic conditions, legal regulations, and specific requirements. Finally, two examples of modernisation towards the nZEB standard are included.

scholarly journals Renewable Energy Sources in Transport on the Example of Methyl Esters and Bioethanol

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Kupczyk ◽  
Joanna Mączyńska-Sęczek ◽  
Ewa Golisz ◽  
Piotr F. Borowski
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Methyl Esters ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Production Structure ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Production Potential

The aim of this article is to show how the situation of domestic biofuels in Poland and the alternative fuels sector is changing. On the basis of our own research and the available literature, changes in the production potential of Poland in the field of alternative fuels/biofuels are examined. Moreover, the reasons for changes in the production structure are analyzed. The flexibility of production potential to changes in legal conditions is assessed, and the value of sectors and their future are determined. This paper discusses legal and market aspects related to selected renewable energy sources used in Polish transport. Based on a review of literature and statistical data, the production and use of methyl esters and bioethanol are characterized in detail. Analysis of legal regulations enables the presentation of targets regarding renewable energy source (RES) use in transport by 2030. The results of studies conducted in 2020 are discussed with regard to the value (attractiveness) of methyl esters, bioethanol, electromobility and liquid bio-hydrocarbons, and these are compared and contrasted with the result from earlier years since 2010.

Selection of Renewable Energy Sources for Buildings

2021 ◽  
pp. 1198-1226
Author(s):  
Hanna Irena Jędrzejuk
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Zero Energy Building ◽  
Standard Application ◽  
Technical Systems

This chapter describes a general issue of selecting renewable energy sources (RES) and technical systems. To achieve the nearly zero-energy building (nZEB) standard, application of an RES (e.g., solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, and biomass energy) is necessary. Each type of RES has specific characteristics and can be used to produce electricity and/or heat in certain systems. A short review of various systems using renewable energy sources is presented. To find the required and satisfactory solution that guaranties meeting the nZEB standard, an analysis must be carried out considering a number of aspects: local availability, structure and time-dependence of energy demand, building construction, economic conditions, legal regulations, and specific requirements. Finally, two examples of modernisation towards the nZEB standard are included.

scholarly journals Legal Aspects of Geothermal Energy Use in Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 385-406
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Szalewska
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Regulatory Function ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Underground Waters ◽  
Construction Law

Geothermal energy, understood as the energy stored in the form of heat beneath the earth’s surface, is one of the types of renewable energy sources. In Poland, geothermal energy is the renewable energy source with the highest technical potential, which results from the fact that there are natural sedimentation-structure basins in Poland, filled with hot underground waters of various temperatures. One of the basic factors determining the potential development of undertakings oriented at the use of geothermal energy is the legal environment, understood as a system of legal regulations relating to human activity connected with the use of geothermal energy. The subject of this study is the analysis of legal conditions for ventures geared towards geothermal energy exploration, documentation, and extraction. In Poland there is no uniform legal act regulating these issues in a comprehensive way. The provisions of the Geological and Mining Law and the Water Law, but also the provisions of the Construction Law, Environmental Protection Law, Energy Law, and Renewable Energy Sources Act apply to the analysed projects. The complexity and multilayer character of legal regulations determines the multitude of legal procedures reflecting the regulatory function of the state, realised through the system of concessions, permits, permissions, and approvals. The aim of this study is to present the legal regulations applicable in Poland relating to the use of geothermal energy, and to analyse the level of rationing of activities undertaken in this field.

scholarly journals LEGAL REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY IN SERBIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomislav M. Pavlović ◽  
Ivana S. Radonjić ◽  
Dragoljub Lj. Mirjanić ◽  
Darko Divnić
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Thermal Power Plants ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
The Republic

The paper provides information on renewable energy sources (RES) and legislation related to the RES generated electricity in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska. In Serbia, hydropower, wind energy, solar energy, biomass and biogas are used for the RES generated electricity, whereas hydropower, solar energy, biomass and biogas are utilized in the Republic of Srpska. The paper gives an overview of the power of RES power plants and the percentage share of the thermal power plants and RES power plants in electricity production and the guaranteed (incentive) prices for RES generated electricity in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska. Furthermore, legal regulations related to the production of electricity from RES in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska are given. In the conclusion, it is pointed out that RES is increasingly used in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska for the production of electricity, that there are appropriate legal regulations and guarantees (incentive prices) for electricity generated by RES power plants.

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