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Balancing wind power deployment and sustainability objectives in Swedish planning and permitting
BackgroundWind power is a critical renewable energy technology in efforts to achieve the global climate targets. However, local impacts do occur,...
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Tackling grand challenges in wind energy through a socio-technical perspective
Wind power has an important role to play in tackling climate change. Key challenges in wind energy science and innovation must be overcome to...
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Scaling up community wind energy: the relevance of autonomy and community
BackgroundRenewable energy, especially wind power, is expanding rapidly in Sweden and elsewhere and has left the “niche” to become part of the...
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Facilitating circularity in city governance in the Republic of Serbia: a novel approach to modeling of energy efficiency big data mining
Efficient use of energy and other resources, as the basic postulates of the circular economy, is a prerequisite for the green transition to more...
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Regionally extended shared socioeconomic pathways for the offshore wind industry in Finland
Offshore wind energy is increasingly becoming an important part of European and global low-emission power systems. The aims of this paper are to...
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The International Development of Wind Energy
Wind energy is a universal resource. It can serve as a solution to a multitude of global energy problems not only in theory but also in fact.
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Spatial modelling and policy evaluation of the offshore wind potential for a small oceanic island: the case of Mauritius
The identification of offshore wind farms necessitates the consideration of multiple factors, including technical, social, economic, and ecological...
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Surface Coal Mine Production Scheduling under Time-of-Use Power Rates
Purpose of ReviewMining operations, similar to those in other heavy-industry applications, such as steel-making, are energy intensive. To offset...
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Enhancing environmental sustainability through corporate governance: the merger and acquisition perspective
BackgroundEnvironmental sustainability may be perceived as conflicting with economic development. Economic activities such as mergers and...
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The governance of energy transition: lessons from the Nigerian electricity sector
BackgroundThe rising need for transition towards more sustainable energy sources requires a rethink in the governance of energy systems. Arguably,...
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Transformative power production futures: citizen jury deliberations in Saskatchewan, Canada
BackgroundTransforming power production systems to achieve net zero emissions and address climate change will require deep structural changes,...
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Stakeholders’ perceptions of hydrogen and reflections on energy transition governance
BackgroundThere is a race to innovate, develop or create hydrogen production technologies to accelerate energy transition and create a hydrogen...
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Electrification, regulation and electricity access backlogs: regional development and border discontinuities across African power pools
Faced with decaying networks, poor revenue collections, and substantial sunk costs and operating losses, over the last two decades, many develo**...
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The “Wind Revolution” in Uruguay and the Role of the Public Sector in Guiding Energy Transitions
In the last 50 years, the total consumption of primary energy in Uruguay doubled and the structure by sources has been transformed, while an...
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Sustainable Transition with Chinese Characteristics: Rethinking Target- and Indicator-Based Governance
Purpose of ReviewChina has increasingly been perfecting its brand of administrative rationalism to deal with varieties of environmental issues. This...
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Conceptual framework for increasing legitimacy and trust of sustainability governance
While the quantity of sustainability governance initiatives and systems has increased dramatically, crises persist over whether specific governance...
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The Main Challenges of the Brazilian Energy Governance for the Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change
Given the importance of the energy sector and the necessity for an urgent energy transition worldwide, this research identifies the main challenges...
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The effect of public safety power shut-offs on climate change attitudes and behavioural intentions
As climate change accelerates, governments will be forced to adapt to its impacts. The public could respond by increasing mitigation behaviours and...
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An Overview of the Bangladesh Power Sector
This chapter systematically reviews the sectoral performance of the Bangladeshi power sector from post-independence starting from 1972 through post...
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How does electricity consumption of energy-intensive manufacturing affect the installed capacity of power generation? Empirical evidence under the background of China’s supply-side structural reform
Since the government implemented the supply-side structural reform, the growth of electricity consumption in energy-intensive manufacturing...
