Renewable Energy (eBook)

David Elliott is Emeritus Professor of Technology Policy at the Open University UK. Elliott’s expertise is in renewable energy policy, on which he has written extensively. He has worked on a range of projects, including an OU-led New Europe-New Energy programme (2003-2011), together with co-author Terence Cook.Terence Cook is a Research Fellow at the Open University, UK. He has extensive field work experience of projects and practices in developing countries, most recently working for the EU’s Technical Assistance Facility in Eastern and Southern Africa, in support of the UN Sustainable Energy for All programme.

1.Introduction: sustainable energy for all (2k words- draft done)1.1Mitigating climate change  Setting out the global energy policy context and its drivers   1.2 Global energy priorities    Issues for the developed and developing world reviewed     1.3 Beyond mega projects   The limits to ‘top down’ government and corporate intervention   2. Spreading renewables: the EU and beyond (10k words- draft done)   2.1 EU enlargement Energy policy challenges and issues in the accession countries     2.2 The starting situation- and the Baltic area energy options  with a Lithuania case study of decommissioning Soviet era nuclear plant     2.3 Economic and political drivers for change New Europe-new energy policy initiatives   2.4 The Balkans and beyond  Renewable options in the East, in and outside the new EU   2.5. Subsequent progress in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond Progress review in the EU pre-accession candidate countries   2.6. The Russian potential The influence of Russia on the region and future prospects    2.7 Beyond Europe and the West Going south- to the developing world   3. Spreading renewables south- with new power infrastructures (~20k words, half done in draft)   3.1 Green energy for Africa Overview of the technological state of play and key issues 3.2 Ghana   Case study on setting up Ghana’s Renewable Energy Fund 3.3 South Africa   Large scale projects grid extension v off-grid local projects 3.4 Kenya  Case study of energy- from- waste for Nairobi’s giant municipal dump   3.5 Uganda   Case study of monitoring Sustainable Energy for All targets for energy access   3.6 Technical Aid  The role of technical expertise and policy aids   3.7 Institutional problems Internal and external policy conflicts   3.8 Effectiveness assessments  Measuring success, but of what?   3.9 Conclusions   Are the aid programmes working?   (An extra case study/analysis section may be added)  4. Supporting and promoting renewables: aid and beyond   (~15k words, half done in draft)   4.1 Supporting renewables  The existing aid and technical support programmes   4.2 The limits of aid and corporate involvement Pitfalls of commercial motivations   4.3 Financing renewable expansion   Feed-in Tariffs v Competitive Auctions   4.4 Choosing the right technology Renewable options for the future   4.5 Corporate involvement and social progress The need for institutional and corporate change   4.6 Conclusions: Sustainable Africa New policy options for the future   5. Conclusions: all change (2k words) New frameworks for change