Handbook on the Geopolitics of the Energy Transition

Edited by Daniel Scholten, Strategic Advisor Energy and Sustainability, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), the Netherlands

Contents:

1 Introduction: the geopolitics of the energy transition 1
Daniel Scholten

PART I ENERGY GEOPOLITICS AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION
2 Geopolitics, geoeconomics and energy security in an age of transition towards renewables 20
David Criekemans
3 Energy systems – making energy services available 44
Aad Correljé
4 The political history of fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas in global perspective 67
Per Högselius
5 The facts and figures of the energy transition 84
Dolf Gielen and Francisco Boshell
6 US–China rivalry and its impact on the energy transformation: difficult cooperation fraught with dilemmas 107
Jacopo Maria Pepe, Julian Grinschgl, and Kirsten Westphal

PART II TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK: THE GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION
7 Transition to renewable energy and the reshaping of consumer–producer power relations 125
Kamila Pronińska
8 The geopolitics of energy transportation and carriers: from fossil fuels to electricity and hydrogen 141
Karen Smith Stegen, Julia Kusznir, and Cäcilia Riederer
9 Industrial competition – who is winning the renewable energy race? 158
Thomas Sattich and Stella Huang
10 Barrels, booms, and busts: the future of petrostates in a decarbonizing world 183
Thijs Van de Graaf
11 Critical materials – new dependencies and resource curse? 197
Emmanuel Hache, Gondia Sokhna Seck, Fernanda Guedes, and Charlene Barnet
12 Changing energy systems and markets from the ground up – citizens, cooperatives and cities 217
Colin Nolden
13 Exploring the geopolitical impacts of energy justice: an interdisciplinary research agenda 232
Christine Milchram and Morena Skalamera
14 The politics of sustainability: energy efficiency, carbon pricing, and the circular economy 247
Michaël Aklin and Patrick Bayer

PART III NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW INTERDEPENDENCIES
15 Solar powers – renewables and sustainable development around the world or geostrategic competition? 264
Thomas Sattich, Stephen Agyare, and Oluf Langhelle
16 Wind energy – experiences with onshore and offshore projects 282
Yaroslava Marusyk
17 A new life for old giants: hydropower and geothermal 300
Victor R. Vasquez
18 The potential of biomass 334
Joana Portugal-Pereira, Francielle Carvalho, Régis Rathmann, Alexandre Szklo, Pedro Rochedo, and Roberto Schaeffer
19 Hydrogen as carbon-free energy carrier and commodity 351
Ad van Wijk
20 A new hope for nuclear? 372
Elina Brutschin

PART IV RECALIBRATING ENERGY, INDUSTRY, FOREIGN, AND SECURITY POLICY
21 US defense strategy: forging an industrial orientation towards energy security and foreign policy 388
Amy Myers Jaffe
22 The EU’s external energy governance in the age of the energy transition 404
Marco Giuli and Sebastian Oberthür
23 China and the geopolitics of the energy transition 420
Duncan Freeman
24 The India story: ensuring energy access, security, justice, and sustainability for a fifth of humanity 431
Shuva Raha, Nandini Harihar, and Tulika Gupta
25 Energy transition dynamics in Southeast Asia 449
Muhamad Izham Abd Shukor, Nurjuanis Zara Zainuddin, and Noor Miza Razali
26 A renewable power in waiting? Australia’s changing energy geopolitics 468
Christian Downie
27 The global energy transition and Russian structural power: scenarios and strategic options 483
Filippos Proedrou
28 Geopolitical challenges of renewable energy adoption in MENA 498
Emre Hatipoglu, Aisha Al-Sarihi, and Brian Efird
29 Energy transformation and energy challenges in sub-Saharan African countries: a new paradigm for the 21st century? 513
Gondia Sokhna Seck, Emmanuel Hache, Edi Assoumou, and Rebecca Martin
30 Renewable energies in Latin America: resources, public policies, and geopolitics 535
Gonzalo Escribano, Lara Lázaro, and Eva Pardo

Index 551