scholarly journals How Can Ski Resorts Get Smart? Transdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable Winter Tourism in the European Alps

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemarie Polderman ◽  
Andreas Haller ◽  
Diego Viesi ◽  
Xavier Tabin ◽  
Stefano Sala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
European Alps ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Winter Tourism ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Ski Resorts ◽  
Living Labs ◽  
Historical Developments

Climate change and the call for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the efficient use of (renewable) energy, and more resilient winter tourism regions, forces ski resorts across the European Alps to look for “smart” approaches to transition towards a sustainable, low-carbon economy. Drawing on the smart-city concept and considering the different historical developments of Alpine resorts, the Smart Altitude Decision-Making Toolkit was developed using a combination of an energy audit tool, a WebGIS, and collaborative and innovative living labs installed in Les Orres (France), Madonna di Campiglio (Italy), Krvavec (Slovenia), and Verbier (Switzerland). This step-by-step Decision-Making Toolkit enables ski resorts to get feedback on their energy demand, an overview of the locally available sources of renewable energy, and insights regarding their potential for improving their energy efficiency by low-carbon interventions. The Decision-Making Toolkit is suitable for knowledge transfer between stakeholders within living labs and moreover provides the flexibility for tailor-made low-carbon strategies adapting to the unique assets and situatedness of ski resorts.

scholarly journals Sustainable Energy-Related Infrastructure Development in the Mekong Subregion: Key Drivers and Policy Implications

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5720
Author(s):  
Han Phoumin ◽  
Sopheak Meas ◽  
Hatda Pich An
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
The One

Many players have supported infrastructure development in the Mekong Subregion, bridging the missing links in Southeast Asia. While the influx of energy-related infrastructure development investments to the region has improved the livelihoods of millions of people on the one hand, it has brought about a myriad of challenges to the wider region in guiding investments for quality infrastructure and for promoting a low-carbon economy, and energy access and affordability, on the other hand. Besides reviewing key regional initiatives for infrastructure investment and development, this paper examines energy demand and supply, and forecasts energy consumption in the subregion during 2017–2050 using energy modeling scenario analysis. The study found that to satisfy growing energy demand in the subregion, huge power generation infrastructure investment, estimated at around USD 190 billion–220 billion, is necessary between 2017 and 2050 and that such an investment will need to be guided by appropriate policy. We argue that without redesigning energy policy towards high-quality energy infrastructure, it is very likely that the increasing use of coal upon which the region greatly depends will lead to the widespread construction of coal-fired power plants, which could result in increased greenhouse gas and carbon dioxide emissions.

scholarly journals Digital transformation of energy sector companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 250 ◽  
pp. 06001
Author(s):  
Victoria Akberdina ◽  
Ainur Osmonova
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Energy Companies ◽  
Carbon Economy

Digital transformation is an ongoing process that is driven by the recent advances in digitalization as well as the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) that penetrate all socio-economic fields of everyday life and business. In this paper, we describe the digital transformation of energy companies. We show that successful transformation is based on skills, expertise and knowledge of the employees that need to be created and maintained. In addition, we show that digital competences become a key element in building capacities that are required for the digital transformation. This is of a particular importance for the energy companies that are experiencing major changes on the path of transition toward low-carbon economy and renewable energy.

Renewable energy and low carbon economy transition in India

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 031005 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. Shukla ◽  
Subash Dhar ◽  
Junichi Fujino
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Carbon Economy

Delivering the Good

Bird on Fire ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Ross
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Growth Machine ◽  
Gila River ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
Populations At Risk ◽  
New Generation

Why did I choose to end this book with the Gila River Indian Community’s effort to win back its water? Because it is a parable about how democracy and its courts can not only serve but also be served by the quest for sustainability. The GRIC water settlement brought a long struggle for environmental justice to a triumphant conclusion. Delivering justice meant that a large portion of the region’s available resources would be sequestered from the growth machine. Instead of supplying a new generation of low-density tract housing, the water could now be used to produce healthy, local food for the area population, and, if nonindustrial agriculture prevailed, the result would be a double win for carbon reduction. Surely, this is how a green polity ought to act, redressing the claims of those who have been aggrieved, and doing it in a way that extends long-term benefits for all. If all responses to environmental injustice were able to follow suit, it would be a welcome model for moving forward. Even if the Gila River example is unlikely to be replicated in other places, its guiding spirit is a sound one. What if the key to sustainability lies in innovating healthy pathways out of poverty for populations at risk, rather than marketing green gizmos to those who already have many options to choose from? These are not mutually exclusive options, of course, but the lessons I took away from my research convinced me of the pressing need for clear alternatives to the eco-apartheid syndrome that afflicts Phoenix and so many other cities. Building a low-carbon economy by targeting only the LOHAS demographic (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability, the upmarket segment of 40 million, or 20 percent of consumers, nationally) will end up doing little more than adding a green gloss to patterns of chronic inequality. Likewise, placing all of our faith in clean-tech fixes will cede too much decision making to a closed circle of experts who, regardless of their technical prowess, will have no power to prevent the uneven application of their solutions.

Development of Alternative Energy in Russia in the Context of a Low-Carbon Economy Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (4) ◽  
pp. 122-139
Author(s):  
Olga Kudryavtseva ◽  
Elena Mitenkova ◽  
Olga Malikova ◽  
Maksim Golovin
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Economy Model ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
The Government ◽  
Carbon Economy

The article is dedicated to the analysis of the development of alternative energy in Russia as one of the key factors of forming a low-carbon economy model. Authors reviewed the main stages of forming the institutional environment which regulated the process of the transition to a low-carbon economy model and a wider use of alternative energy including renewable energy sources (RES).Authors analyzed the renewable energy industry in Russia. The empirical base of the study consists of auctions results conducted in the framework of the government support of RES during 2013-2018 and the information system “SPARK”. Using the Concentration ratio, the Herfindahl-Hirschman and the Hall-Tideman indices authors revealed a high level of concentration in this industry in the context of each type of RES. In addition, an analysis of the ownership structure of companies has shown that the most successful companies are companies in the form of partnerships between the state, a Russian company and / or a foreign company.

scholarly journals Definition of LCA Guidelines in the Geothermal Sector to Enhance Result Comparability

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 3534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Laura Parisi ◽  
Melanie Douziech ◽  
Lorenzo Tosti ◽  
Paula Pérez-López ◽  
Barbara Mendecka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Geothermal Systems ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
Construction Operation

Geothermal energy could play a crucial role in the European energy market and future scenarios focused on sustainable development. Thanks to its constant supply of concentrated energy, it can support the transition towards a low-carbon economy. In the energy sector, the decision-making process should always be supported by a holistic science-based approach to allow a comprehensive environmental assessment of the technological system, such as the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. In the geothermal sector, the decision-making is particularly difficult due to the large variability of reported results on environmental performance across studies. This calls for harmonized guidelines on how to conduct LCAs of geothermal systems to enhance transparency and results comparability, by ensuring consistent methodological choices and providing indications for harmonized results reporting. This work identifies the main critical aspects of performing an LCA of geothermal systems and provides solutions and technical guidance to harmonize its application. The proposed methodological approach is based on experts’ knowledge from both the geothermal and LCA sectors. The recommendations cover all the life cycle phases of geothermal energy production (i.e., construction, operation, maintenance and end of life) as well as a selection of LCA key elements thus providing a thorough base for concerted LCA guidelines for the geothermal sector. The application of such harmonized LCA framework can ensure comparability among LCA results from different geothermal systems and other renewable energy technologies.

Chemical Energy Conversion as Enabling Factor to Move to a Renewable Energy Economy

Green ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Abate ◽  
Gabriele Centi ◽  
Siglinda Perathoner
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Solar Fuels ◽  
Chemical Energy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Chemical Production ◽  
Low Carbon Economy

AbstractThe role of chemical energy storage and solar fuels as key elements for the sustainable chemical and energy production is discussed in this concept paper. It is shown how chemical energy storage, with the development of drop-in carbon-based solar fuels, will play a central role in the future low-carbon economy, but it is necessary to consider its out-of-the-grid use, rather than being limited to be a tool for smart grids. Related aspects discussed are the possibility to: (i) enable a system of trading renewable energy on a world scale (out-of-the-grid), including the possibility to exploit actually unused remote resources, (ii) develop a solar-driven and low-carbon chemical production, which reduces the use of fossil fuels and (iii) create a distributed energy production, going beyond the actual limitations and dependence on the grid.

Kinetically controlled synthesis of MOF nanostructures: single-holed hollow core–shell ZnCoS@Co9S8/NC for ultra-high performance lithium-ion batteries

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (29) ◽  
pp. 14083-14090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Kashif Aslam ◽  
Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah ◽  
Sha Li ◽  
ChangGuo Chen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Demand ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Controlled Synthesis ◽  
Hollow Core ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Energy Conversion Systems ◽  
Carbon Economy

With the growing energy demand for a low carbon economy, it is important to develop new materials that can enhance the effectiveness of energy storage and energy conversion systems.

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