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Household Energy Access for Cooking and Heating by Koffi EkouevI,Voravate Tuntivate Pdf
This paper is a review of the World Bank s financed operations and selected interventions by other institutions on household energy access in an attempt to examine success and failure factors to inform the new generation of upcoming interventions
WHO household energy policy repository by Anonim Pdf
WHO has developed a repository of recent policies that have been implemented to support transitions to cleaner household fuels. This Household Energy Policy Repository is part of the Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit (CHEST), which is designed to facilitate implementation of the WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality: Household Fuel Combustion (2014). The Repository serves as a clearinghouse for national, regional, and local policies, regulations, and legislation promoting cleaner household energy use with additional information on policy implementation, impacts, and any available independent evaluations of policy effectiveness.
Sustainable Energy Access Planning by Ram M. Shrestha,Jiwan S. Acharya Pdf
Sustainable energy access planning, unlike traditional energy planning, gives primary importance to the energy demand of both poor and nonpoor households, the need to make cleaner energy services more affordable to the poor, the costs of both supply-side and demand-side access options, and the sustainability of technology and resource options. As such, this type of energy planning contributes to low carbon development and achievement of Sustainable Energy for All objectives. This report presents a framework for sustainable energy access planning that planners and policy makers can use to design cost-effective clean energy supply systems that both poor and nonpoor can sustainably access to meet at least the minimum amount of energy for their basic needs. The report discusses the multidimensional assessments involved in this type of planning, as well as their interlinkages and implementation issues.
Energy Poverty by Antoine Halff,Benjamin K. Sovacool,Jon Rozhon Pdf
This edited volume looks at energy poverty, an issue whose pivotal role in the fight for human development is only now being recognised by policymakers. Nearly one quarter of humanity still lacks access to electricity. Close to one third rely on traditional fuels like firewood and cow dung for cooking, at great cost to their health and welfare. While most prevalent in parts of Africa and Asia, energy poverty is a global problem which concerns us all. This book, which brings together economists, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and other practitioners from all over the world, is dedicated to a single goal: finding a solution to this haunting problem. It is part history, part economics, part political analysis, part business case review, and part field handbook. Part One focuses on defining and measuring the problem and benchmarking progress in solving it, an obvious prerequisite to any successful energy-access policy. Part Two reviews past and current energy access programs, with an eye towards finding out what worked and what didn't and what can be replicated elsewhere. These case reviews are told as seen on the ground - China's experience by top Chinese officials and Africa's by African regulators and scholars. Based in part on those cases, the book's last, more forward-looking section aims to present practitioners with a tool kit, a menu of options to speed up their efforts. The energy access agenda is gaining traction at a time of rising concerns about climate change and resource constraints. This book shows that bringing modern energy to those who lack it not just a moral imperative, but will likely benefit the world as a whole without harming the environment or unduly stretching finite resources.
International Energy and Poverty by Lakshman Guruswamy Pdf
Around 2.8 billion people globally, also known as the "Other Third" or "energy poor", have little or no access to beneficial energy that meets their needs for cooking, heating, water, sanitation, illumination, transportation, or basic mechanical power. This book uniquely integrates the hitherto segmented and fragmented approaches to the challenge of access to energy. It provides theoretical, philosophical and practical analysis of energy for the low energy (non-hydrocarbon based) Other Third of the world, and how the unmet needs of the energy poor might be satisfied. It comprehensively addresses the range of issues relating to energy justice and energy access for all, including affordable - sustainable energy technologies (ASETs). The book breaks new ground by crafting a unified and cohesive framework for analysis and action that explains the factual and socio-political phenomenon of the energy poor, and demonstrates why clean energy is a primary determinant of their human progress. This is a must-read for all scholars, students, professionals and policy makers working on energy policy, poverty, and sustainable energy technologies.
FOSSIL FUELS AND THE ENVIRONMENT by Adeniyi A. Afonja Pdf
Climate change is a major global issue today, and one of the most controversial. The debate is full of well-mixed ideals, myths and realities. The pro-climate change world has an aggressive global campaign machinery against fossil energy use which is believed to be the cause of global warming and climate change. The sceptics are just as strong: either they do not believe that the climate is changing, or they think human activities have nothing to do with it. Infusion of politics inspired by intra-country exigencies has further complicated the issues and it has become difficult to distinguish between realities, facts, and fiction. Ideals and myths are strong weapons for sensitizing and motivating global mitigation action on climate change, but it is also useful to know what is real or possible. Facing realities would help to focus on feasible, sustainable adaptation and mitigation actions that could help the world optimize energy use and deal with the consequences of climate change. Global warming is one of the major indicators of climate change, and extensive climate database shows that the average global temperature has been rising steadily from pre-industrial 14oC and, although there are many natural phenomena that can cause the Earth to heat up or cool, strong scientific evidence indicates that between 0.8oC and 1.2oC of the rise has been caused by human activities which release heat-trapping greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere, mostly in the last seven decades or so. This apparently small temperature rise can have very big impact on the global climate largely because the oceans which occupy around three-quarters of the Earth’s surface area absorb over 90% of the anthropogenic heat and much of the carbon dioxide. An increase in the average global temperature by even less than 1oC can have a profound influence on weather and climate in many ways, in particular, wind dynamics and the intensity, frequency and geographical spread of extreme weather; draught and desertification. Also, about 7 million deaths annually are associated with environmental pollution. Although there are many natural phenomena that can cause global warming and climate change, ample scientific evidence shows that human activities particularly in the last seven decades or so have exacerbated the negative impacts on weather, climate, human health and the survival of the ecosystem, with potentially devastating consequences which may resonate for centuries, even millennia. Fossil fuels have powered the global economy for centuries but also account for by far the largest share of anthropogenic emissions that have been causing profound environmental issues. Considering the pivotal role of fossil fuels in industry, transportation and building sectors of the global economy, the vital role fossil energy production and trading in country economies, security, and human development across all regions of the world, and the currently slow rate of decarbonizing energy, the dominance will likely persist for decades. This book discusses in depth the global energy resources, production and use by the different sectors of the economy, and associated environmental issues. The extensive recent publications on energy use and the environment are reviewed in depth, alternative pathways to a lower carbon energy global economy are discussed and strategies for adaptation and mitigation that could place the world on the pathway towards a sustainable environment are presented.
Alternative Energy and Shale Gas Encyclopedia by Jay H. Lehr,Jack Keeley Pdf
A comprehensive depository of all information relating to the scientific and technological aspects of Shale Gas and Alternative Energy Conveniently arranged by energy type including Shale Gas, Wind, Geothermal, Solar, and Hydropower Perfect first-stop reference for any scientist, engineer, or student looking for practical and applied energy information Emphasizes practical applications of existing technologies, from design and maintenance, to operating and troubleshooting of energy systems and equipment Features concise yet complete entries, making it easy for users to find the required information quickly, without the need to search through long articles
Tackling Long-Term Global Energy Problems by Daniel Spreng,Thomas Flüeler,David L. Goldblatt,Jürg Minsch Pdf
This book makes a case for a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach to energy research—one that brings more of the social sciences to bear. Featuring eight studies from across the spectrum of the social sciences, each applying multiple disciplines to one or more energy-related problems, the book demonstrates the strong analytical and policy-making potential of such a broadened perspective. Case studies include: energy transitions of households in developing countries, the ‘curse of oil’, politics and visions for renewables, economics and ethics in emissions trading, and carbon capture and storage.
The Routledge Handbook of Energy Security by Benjamin K. Sovacool Pdf
This Handbook examines the subject of energy security: its definition, dimensions, ways to measure and index it, and the complicating factors that are often overlooked. The volume identifies varying definitions and dimensions of energy security, including those that prioritize security of supply and affordability alongside those that emphasize availability, energy efficiency, trade, environmental quality, and social and political stewardship. It also explores the various metrics that can be used to give energy security more coherence, and also to enable it to be measured, including recent attempts to measure energy security progress at the national level, with a special emphasis placed on countries within the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), countries within Asia, and industrialized countries worldwide. This Handbook: • Broadens existing discussions of energy security that center on access to fuels, including "oil security" and "coal security." • Focuses not only on the supply side of energy but also the demand, taking a hard look at energy services and politics along with technologies and infrastructure; • Investigates energy security issues such as energy poverty, equity and access, and development; • Analyzes ways to index and measure energy security progress at the national and international level. This book will be of much interest to students of energy security, energy policy, economics, environmental studies, and IR/Security Studies in general.
Research Handbook on Energy, Law and Ethics by Malik R. Dahlan,Rosa M. Lastra,Gustavo Rochette Pdf
This Research Handbook offers crucial ethical perspectives on navigating the increasingly complex and contested landscape of contemporary energy law. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it brings together diverse scholarship and expertise from academia, international organizations, legal practice and the judiciary to address wide-ranging issues linking energy and law to ethical drivers such as wealth, peace and war, development, climate change, and use and abuse of natural resources.
Municipal Solid Waste Energy Conversion in Developing Countries by Suani Teixeira Coelho,Alessandro Sanches Pereira,Shyamala K. Mani,Daniel Hugo Bouille,William H.L. Stafford,Marina Yesica Recalde,Atilio Armando Savino Pdf
Municipal Solid Waste Energy Conversion in Emerging Countries: Technologies, Best Practices, Challenges and Policy presents contributions from authors from India, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, South Africa and China who come together to present the most reliable technologies for the energy conversion of municipal solid waste. The book addresses existing economic and policy scenarios and possible pathways to increase energy access and reduce the negative impacts of inadequate disposal. The book's authors discuss anaerobic digestion and other MSW conversion technologies, such as incineration and gasification. The environmental and social impacts of their introduction in small villages in emerging countries is also explored. Due to its focus on local authors and its pragmatic approach, this book is indispensable for bioenergy researchers and practitioners in emerging economies, as well as researchers, graduate students and professionals interested in developing waste to energy technology that can be implemented in those regions. It is also particularly useful to professionals interested in energy policy and economics, due to its assessment of policy and recommendations. Explores the opportunities and challenges for municipal solid waste to energy technology implementation in emerging economies, such as Brazil, India, South Africa and China Presents a detailed and updated overview of the commercial technologies available in these countries and their economic, environmental and social aspects Includes case studies which highlight best practices and successful local experiences Examines current economics and policy barriers for these technologies
Global Energy Assessment by Thomas B. Johansson,Anand Prabhakar Patwardhan,Nebojša Nakićenović,Luis Gomez-Echeverri Pdf
Independent, scientifically based, integrated, policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues for specialists and policymakers in academia, industry, government.
