scholarly journals Expert Views on the Future Development of Biogas Business Branch in Germany, The Netherlands, and Finland until 2030

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1148
Author(s):  
Erika Winquist ◽  
Michiel Van Galen ◽  
Simon Zielonka ◽  
Pasi Rikkonen ◽  
Diti Oudendag ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Climate Targets ◽  
The Future ◽  
Reduce Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Co2

To be able to meet the European Union’s energy and climate targets for 2030, all member states need to rethink their energy production and use. One potential renewable energy source is biogas. Its role has been relatively small compared to other energy sources, but it could have a more central role to solve some specific challenges, e.g., to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from traffic, or to act as a buffer to balance electricity production with consumption. This research analyses how the future of the biogas business in three case study countries is developing until 2030. The study is based on experts’ views within the biogas business branch in Germany, The Netherlands, and Finland. Both similarities and differences were found among the experts’ answers, which reflected also the current policies in different countries. The role of biogas was seen much wider than just to provide renewable energy, but also to decrease emissions from agriculture and close loops in a circular economy. However, the future of the biogas branch is much dependent on political decisions. To be able to show the full potential of biogas technology for society, stable and predictable energy policy and cross-sector co-operation are needed.

Excess and the Enactment of Queer Time: Futurity, Failure, and Formation in Feminist Theologies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandy Daniels
Keyword(s):  
Theological Method ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
The Future

This chapter explores how the aims of feminist theological projects are (or are not) sought/accomplished through their methodologies, turning to futurity as a rubric and Sarah Coakley’s théologie totale as a case study. This chapter argues that despite her laudable desire to reframe systematics under a formational frame that she sees as liberative, the teleological thrust and attendant onto-epistemological assumptions undergirding théologie totale (and the role of contemplation within it) betray and thwart precisely what her approach seeks to engender—the inculcation of un-mastery, attentiveness to otherness, and awareness of the complex interrelatedness of sexual and spiritual desires. In assuming and proffering a narratively-cohering and linear account of subjectivity that takes as given a clear telos of desire, Coakley’s methodology adheres to what José Esteban Muñoz calls “straight time’s choke hold.” The latter half of this chapter suggests that a feminist theological imagination (and method) that aligns with the aims of théologie totale approaches “the future” not by asking “how do we secure or obtain it?” but rather, “who are the ‘we’ that make up and enact it?” This chapter concludes by proposing potential hallmarks of a feminist theological method in a queer time and space.

Countries Progress in Solar PV in Support of NDC Implementation and Contribution to Achieving SDG7

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Dereje Azemraw Senshaw ◽  
Alexander Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Solar Photovoltaics ◽  
Taking Action

This case study examines the progress being made by 12 least developed countries (LDCs) in their effort to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) – access to clean and sustainable energy for all. Focusing on solar photovoltaics (PV), the authors look at what can be done to further the spread of renewable energy, and the role various actors have to playing in helping these countries to meet SDG7. Furthermore, with countries on the cusp of submitting their revised contributions under the Paris Agreement, they look at the role solar PV can play in helping LDCs to participate in taking action against climate change. After outlining the current policy landscape, and efforts being made within these countries, they look at the obstacles, opportunities, and the role of solar PV going forward. They also look at the steps that policymakers, both national and international, can take to encourage the rapid uptake of renewable energy in developing nations.

scholarly journals A case study of haemoglobinopathy screening in the Netherlands: witnessing the past, lessons for the future

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suze M.P.J. Jans ◽  
Carla G. van El ◽  
Eddy S. Houwaart ◽  
Marjan J. Westerman ◽  
Rien J.P.A. Janssens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals The Role of Biogas for Economic Sustainability in Nepal: User’s Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Maheshwar Prasad Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Analytical Research

 Background: Economic sustainability is an important ingredient of sustainable development. Sustainable development is the positive changes in a pattern of resources use in such a way that present needs can be met without destroying the ability for the future generations to meet their needs. Furthermore, renewable energy as an essential ingredient of environment comes from resources which are continually replenished. Renewable energy technologies such as biogas, solar and micro-hydro are widely promoted in Nepal and biogas only considered for this study.Objective: To examine role of biogas for economic sustainability in Nepal based on a case study of Niglihawa VDC of Kapilvastu district.Methodology: This study consists of descriptive cum analytical research design and based on both primary and secondary data. The users’ perspectives of sixteen out of twenty two biogas users have been collected by using structured questionnaire. Moreover, the simple statistical techniques of analysis such as table, percentage, and graphs have been employed in this study.Results: Biogas is an important factor in relation to enterprises and employment through saving time and creating agro-based micro enterprises. Biogas also contributes for economic activities through utilizing bio-slurry as feed and fertilizer.Conclusion: Biogas plays the vital role for the economic sustainability through creating enterprises and employment as well as utilizing bio-slurry as fish meal and fertilizer in the context of Nepal in one way or another. The results may be varied in other area and/or sector of Nepal and beyond.

scholarly journals A Quantitative Study on the Requirement for Additional Inertia in the European Power System until 2050 and the Potential Role of Wind Power

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christos Agathokleous ◽  
Jimmy Ehnberg
Keyword(s):  
Power System ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Future ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
The Eu

A significant amount of conventional power plants in the European power system is anticipated to be replaced by solar and wind power in the future. This may require alternative sources for inertia support. The purpose of the paper is to learn about the consequences on the frequency deviation after a fault in the European power system when more wind and solar are introduced and when wind is considered as a possible provider of inertia. This study quantifies the expected maximum requirement for additional inertia in the future European power system up to 2050. Furthermore, we investigated the possibility of wind power to meet this additional need by providing emulated inertia. The European power system of the EU-28 countries has been clustered to the five synchronous grids, UCTE, Nordic, UK, Baltic and Irish. The future European energy mix is simulated considering twelve different scenarios. Production units are dispatched according to their expected environmental impacts, which closely follow the minimum natural contribution of inertia, in descending order. The available capacity for all the types of production is considered the same as the installed. For all the simulated scenarios the worst case is examined, which means that a sudden disconnection of the largest production unit of the dispatched types is considered. Case study results reveal that, in most cases, additional inertia will be required but wind power may fully cover this need for up to 84% of all simulated horizons among all the scenarios on the UCTE grid, and for up to 98%, 86%, 99% and 86% on the Nordic, UK, Baltic and Irish grids, respectively.

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