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Accelerating renewable energy deployment is imperative to address the climate crisis, yet projects commonly face community resistance and local cancellation. Accordingly, interest has risen in social impact assessments (SIAs) to evaluate social viability and strengthen management. However, mainstream approaches overlook upstream political economy dynamics that shape projects and drive opposition. Analyzing renewable developments in Mexico reveals how international negotiations and national policies produce rushed, large-scale projects in marginalized territories, igniting rural social struggles. While SIA practices can be enhanced, upstream policies constrain their scope to reshape misaligned projects and performance to address complex sociocultural contexts. This prompts questioning why vulnerable regions bear concentrated impacts and the need to explore alternative development pathways, despite SIAs implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of district heating (DH) is a major objective of energy transition policies in France, since heating networks make it possible to massively use renewable energies. It is therefore important to understand the approach of energy transition adopted by local stakeholders. Interviews with stakeholders of five DH systems using more than 80% of renewable energies, lead to several observations. First of all, economic, environmental and social benefits of these networks are clearly identified by local actors. These benefits help to understand why those energies were chosen regarding local energies available, which can be sources of territorial value. District heating networks can be considered as collective projects, based on a shared vision of energy transition in the cities. Those projects imply very strong ambitions, driven by district heating stakeholders, who share a vision of future sustainable cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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India has been at the forefront of reducing the emission of the greenhouse gases even before the countries agreed upon the Paris Agreement. India has designed the National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC). The effort shows the sensitivity of the country towards the climate issues. The country has seen lot of progress in the direction from laying down the different mission under NAPCC in the year 2008 to submission of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, in 2015. The Country has been making strides to achieve the goals set out in the INDCC. It has been seen that goal pertaining to the installed capacity of renewable energy is on the path of being achieved before the schedule. The commitment with which Indian government has been working towards meeting its targets set out in the INDCC, shows the country is determined to contribute in achieving the climate neutrality, much essential to safeguard the Mother Earth and the humanity. The Researcher has discussed the Policy measures adopted by India in order to achieve the targets set out in the INDCC. The Researcher has relied on the Government data and Report of the independent institutions, in order to analysis the progress of the country with respect to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to recover the residual energy of the water in the water treatment plant using turbines instead of wasting energy in the dissipator as it is currently done by means of load- breaker valves. Analysis of the technical efficiency of the project and an assessment of the hydroelectric potential available were carried out and different options for the installation of turbines were proposed. The estimated maximum amount of energy that can be recovered is around 7.44 GWh, and the maximum amount of carbon emissions saved are 446.210 tons. The evaluation of the profitability of our project integrating an energy recovery device is fair.

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A large share of wind and solar in the electricity mix increases the part of fatal and intermittent productions which must be compensated by a back up system able to continuously equate supply and demand. The goal of the study is the dimension of this back up system. The analysis relies on information from wind and solar productions observed today in France and transposed to two scenarios considered for 2050: one with 100% renewables, the other with 50% renewables and 50% nuclear. For both cases, we compute the volume of electricity, which should be transferred annually by the back up system from times of productions surplus to those of deficits. In this operation, the back up must deliver a power and possess a capacity of storage, which are also evaluated. Knowing these required performances for the back up system, a review is made of its foreseeable constituents: exchanges with neighboring countries, adjustment of consumption, storages (gravitational, electrochemical and chemical) and, last but not least, adjustment of the supply with controlled, carbon-free, production sources (mostly hydroelectric and nuclear plants). At the end, this gives an insight on the realism of the scenarios, the efforts they require, and the uncertainties in their achievement. Even if our results could be modulated by other hypotheses, their main lesson would remain and cannot be disregarded in the conduct of the energy transition.

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Dans des régimes de politique publique britanniques et français peu propices aux projets coopératifs d’énergie renouvelable, comment peut-on expliquer l’émergence de ces initiatives depuis une décennie ? À partir de l’analyse de deux projets, l’article met à l’épreuve l’hypothèse de partenariats entre pouvoirs locaux et collectifs citoyens comme outils permettant de contourner les difficultés produites par les régimes nationaux. Dans le cas de Lorient, nous mettons en évidence que la régulation conventionnée entre la municipalité et Bretagne énergies citoyennes (BEC) permet d’atténuer les évolutions de l’instrument de tarif d’achat. Dans le cas de Nottingham, nous mettons en évidence que l’initiative envisagée par Meadows Ozone Energy Services Limited (MOZES) est altérée par le régime avec une coopération avec City Council de Nottingham qui ne permet pas de produire une régulation conventionnée contournant la barrière érigée par le régime national.

Women are a minority in the energy sector everywhere in the world—and Canada is no exception. Concerns about climate change and fossil fuel insecurity have ensured significant interest in Canada in the technologies and financing for transitioning to clean energy, but far too little attention is being paid to the employment equity implications of such a transition. Despite growing awareness that renewables like wind, solar, and bioenergy generate a much larger volume of employment than fossil fuels, even organizations committed to advocating for social justice in debates about environmental sustainability in Canada have never specifically mentioned gender inequity. This article identifies opportunities and constraints for women's employment in the renewable and clean energy sector in Canada. Broad findings from this research suggest that women can gain optimal traction from clean energy initiatives only if there are wider socially progressive policies in place. Since women's ability to take advantage of new energy-related employment options is often constrained by social barriers that limit their access to certain types of education, training, and employment, it is crucial social equity policies go beyond energy sector planning to optimize economic opportunities for women. The conversation about gender equity in Canada's green economy is currently incipient and tokenistic. Raising awareness is therefore urgent and critical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Dans le cadre de la résolution du problème de déficit énergétique et de la pollution environnementale due aux énergies fossiles, l’utilisation des énergies renouvelables (ER) constitue une solution idoine. Cependant, l’instabilité de ces sources demeure une des limites considérables à leur exploitation. Notre travail porte sur l’évaluation du potentiel éolien en intégrant le paramètre de la densité massique locale de l’air. L’extrapolation de la demande d’énergie permet de prédire la solution envisageable. Le but de ce travail est de vérifier si l’énergie éolienne peut satisfaire à la demande d’énergie dans le village Wouro Kessoum. Les résultats montrent que ce n’est qu’entre 8 heures et 17 heures de la journée que la puissance récupérable satisfait à la demande d’énergie pour 195 ménages de ce village.

Le Sénégal à la suite des crises énergétiques des années 2000 a créé au Ministère de l’Energie, un bureau chargé des statistiques énergétiques dont la mission est de recueillir les données relatives au secteur de l’énergie. Ainsi, une base de données existe à ce jour couvrant la période 2000-2013 et fait ici l’objet d’analyse approfondie. L’économie du Sénégal repose sur l’utilisation massive de la biomasse et des carburants d’origine fossile. La demande en énergie primaire était de 3.72 Mtep en 2013 (52 % énergie fossile, 47 % énergies renouvelables et 1 % chaleur fatale). Le secteur résidentiel représente 48 % de l’énergie consommée contre 30 % pour les transports et 16 % pour l’industrie, l’agriculture et les services ayant un rôle marginal. La biomasse domine dans le secteur résidentiel (83 %), alors que dans les transports, ce sont les énergies fossiles (100 %). L’industrie dépend des énergies fossiles à plus de 70 %. Les proportions d’électricité dans le secteur résidentiel et l’industrie sont faibles alors que la demande en électricité a une croissance de l’ordre de 6 % par an. L’étude montre une forte croissance de la demande en énergie, 3.4 % par an. Il convient d’élaborer des politiques en vue de combler le déficit chronique observé et prévoir l’évolution de la demande afin d’éviter des crises énergétiques futures. Les points à prendre en compte: la décarbonisation de l’économie, la sécurité énergétique du pays et le développement des énergies alternatives.

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L’agriculture a un poids économique mondial considérable. On parle même d’agrobusiness, même si cette notion est très américanisée, elle désigne, ainsi, toute activité agricole fortement capitalistique. Le secteur agricole est favorable à l’utilisation des énergies renouvelables, puisque c’est une activité qui demande de l’espace. Les immenses espaces agricoles en Algérie, notamment dans le Sud du pays sont en passe de devenir la nouvelle destination de beaucoup d’opérateurs économiques qui voient dans l’agriculture un créneau d’avenir.

Les espaces ruraux et périurbains constituent des réservoirs de ressources pour la production d’énergie renouvelable : foncier disponible dans des espaces éloignés des zones habitées, toits de bâtiments agricoles aménageables et biomasse mobilisable. Ils peuvent ainsi largement être exploités au bénéfice de la transition énergétique. L’étude de cas sur laquelle s’appuie cet article entend interroger la façon dont cette transition est pensée et mise en oeuvre sur un territoire souvent présenté comme exemplaire en matière de « dynamique énergétique ». L’enquête monographique menée sur le territoire rural des Mauges (région Pays de la Loire, France), labellisé « territoire à énergie positive pour la croissance verte », rend compte de la forte mobilisation d’acteurs locaux dans des projets de production d’énergie renouvelable : groupements d’achats de panneaux solaires photovoltaïques, filière bois-bocage-énergie, projet de construction d’unités de méthanisation et financement participatif d’un parc éolien. Unis par une conception entrepreneuriale de la transition énergétique, agriculteurs et particuliers tentent de se réapproprier les ressources locales, face à des investisseurs venant de l’extérieur du territoire. L’article analyse l’émergence et le montage de projets, en même temps que les motivations et profils des leaders. Derrière l’exemplarité du modèle affiché par ce territoire et le consensus qui semble unir la population locale autour de cette « dynamique énergétique », cet article explique en quoi les retombées économiques profitent avant tout à un petit groupe d’investisseurs dont beaucoup sont des agriculteurs qui cumulent responsabilités professionnelles et politiques locales.

Cet article propose d’évaluer la manière dont l’émergence de projets coopératifs de production d’énergie renouvelable a fait évoluer les régimes de politiques publiques nationaux dans deux pays souvent désignés par la littérature comme des « modèles » de politiques publiques énergétiques opposés : la France, idéal type étatique centralisé et le Danemark, idéal type coopératif. En mobilisant une enquête par entretiens et par analyse de documents de politique publique, l’article étudie les réactions des deux régimes à cette « nouvelle donne ». Il ressort de cela que les perspectives de redistribution du pouvoir au sein du secteur énergétique, portées par ces projets coopératifs, ont été neutralisées dans les deux cas, au fil de trajectoires qui sont cependant contrastées. Au Danemark, l’intégration des projets coopératifs dans le marché de l’énergie a été précoce, mais ces derniers se sont retrouvés progressivement marginalisés avec la disparition de la « majorité verte » qui les soutenait. En France, la prédominance d’une production d’électricité centralisée et la faible influence du parti écologiste ont empêché, dès l’origine, la levée des multiples barrières au développement de projets coopératifs. Elle les cantonne encore aujourd’hui aux marges du secteur énergétique.