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The Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hafner, Manfred.
Other Authors: Tagliapietra, Simone.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2020.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Lecture Notes in Energy Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Contents
  • About the Editors
  • The Global Energy Transition: A Review of the Existing Literature
  • 1 Europe
  • 2 United States
  • 3 Russia
  • 4 Mena
  • 5 The Impacts of the Energy Transition on Economic Growth and Income Distribution
  • 6 The Global Energy Transition and the Global South
  • 7 The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy
  • 8 Minerals and Metals for Low-Carbon Technologies
  • 9 Governing the Global Energy Transition
  • 10 Financing the Global Energy Transition
  • References
  • Regional Insights
  • The European Union and the Energy Transition
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Status of the European Energy Transition
  • 3 The New Political Context from 2019: Pressure for Accelerating and Deepening the Energy Transition
  • 4 Strategic Economic Challenges Ahead
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • US Clean Energy Transition and Implications for Geopolitics
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 U.S. Climate Policy: Struggling for Speed, Scale, and Durability
  • 3 Headline Trends in the U.S. Clean Energy Transition
  • 4 Federal Policy for Clean Energy
  • 5 State-Level Policies for Clean Energy
  • 6 Clean Energy Policies in U.S. Cities
  • 7 Geopolitics and the U.S. Clean Energy Transition
  • 8 Conclusions
  • References
  • China: Climate Leader and Villain
  • 1 China's Changing Energy Landscape
  • 1.1 A Voracious Appetite for Fossil Fuels
  • 1.2 Changing Policy Priorities
  • 1.3 China's 'Energy Revolution': The Nexus Between Energy and Technology
  • 2 Climate Leader or Climate Villain?
  • 2.1 Electrification Before Decarbonisation
  • 2.2 China Commercialises and Exports Clean Tech
  • 2.3 How Green Are the Belt and Road?
  • 2.4 The US and China: A Quest for Technological Dominance
  • 2.5 Controlling Critical Resources
  • 3 A Brave New World
  • References
  • Implications of the Global Energy Transition on Russia.
  • 1 What Is Energy Transition and How Does It Affect Different Countries?
  • 2 Russia's Role in the International Energy and Climate Change Landscape and Energy Geopolitics
  • 3 The Direct Influence of Energy Transition on Russia
  • 4 Russian Climate Policy and the Paris Agreement
  • 5 Businesses Promoting Green Technologies in Russia
  • 6 National Technology Policy
  • 7 Indirect Influence
  • 8 Energy Transition Limits Demand for Fossil Fuels and Constrains Russian Energy Exports
  • 9 Carbon Tracking of Internationally Traded Goods and The Creation of Border Carbon Adjustments (BCA) Challenge Russia's Non-energy Exports
  • 10 Difficulties in Attracting International Financing for Fossil Fuel Projects
  • 11 Russia's Potential for Energy Transition and Its Geopolitical Implications
  • 12 Energy Efficiency
  • 13 Renewable Energy Sources
  • 14 Russia's Decentralization and Distributed Energy Resources Potential
  • 15 Nuclear
  • 16 Hydrogen
  • 17 Conclusions on Geopolitical Implications for Russia
  • 18 Overall Conclusion
  • References
  • A Fine Balance: The Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition in MENA
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Nature of the Regional Energy Economy
  • 3 Regional Conflict and Weak States
  • 4 Economic Restructuring and Resilience
  • 5 Future-Proofing the Hydrocarbon Industry
  • 5.1 Current and Future Challenges
  • 5.2 Value Generation, Internalisation and Demand Defence
  • 6 Retooling the Domestic Energy System
  • 6.1 Alternative Energy Sources
  • 7 Shifting Strategies in the Geoeconomic Transition
  • 8 Conclusions
  • References
  • Addressing Africa's Energy Dilemma
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Understanding the Energy Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 2.1 Energy Access Is the Priority of the Region
  • 2.2 Structural Constraints to Gas and Renewable Energy Penetration in the Power Mix
  • 2.3 The Ongoing Transition
  • 2.4 Case Studies.
  • 3 Geopolitical Dynamics
  • 3.1 International Dependence and Regionalised Energy Systems
  • 3.2 Socio-Economic Implications and Security Risks
  • 4 Conclusions
  • References
  • In-Depth Focus on Selected Issues
  • Technologies for the Global Energy Transition
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Power Sector
  • 2.1 Renewable Energy Sources
  • 2.2 Energy Storage and Other Flexibility Solutions
  • 2.3 Other Generation Sources
  • 2.4 Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
  • 3 The Industry Sector
  • 3.1 Cement
  • 3.2 Steel
  • 3.3 Chemicals
  • 3.4 Information and Communication Technologies
  • 4 The Transport Sector
  • 4.1 Road Transport
  • 4.2 Rail Transport
  • 4.3 Aviation
  • 4.4 Shipping
  • 5 The Buildings Sector
  • 5.1 Space and Water Heating
  • 5.2 Space Cooling
  • 5.3 Lighting, Appliances, and Cooking
  • 6 Conclusions: Strategies and Policy Recommendations
  • 6.1 Strategies to Decarbonize the Power Sector
  • 6.2 Strategies to Decarbonize the Industry Sector
  • 6.3 Strategies to Decarbonize the Transport Sector
  • 6.4 Strategies to Decarbonize the Buildings Sector
  • 6.5 An Integrated Systems Perspective Needed
  • References
  • Policy and Regulation of Energy Transition
  • 1 Overview and Background
  • 2 Policy Classification
  • 3 Renewable Energy
  • 3.1 Renewable Energy Policy Evolution and Geographical Spread
  • 3.2 Renewable Electricity Policies
  • 3.3 Renewable Heat and Transport Policies
  • 4 Energy Efficiency
  • 4.1 Energy Efficiency Policy Classification
  • 5 Nuclear Energy
  • 6 Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS)
  • 7 Conclusions
  • References
  • The Role of Policy Design and Market Forces to Achieve an Effective Energy Transition: A Comparative Analysis Between the UK and Chinese Models
  • 1 The UK: A Case Study of Market-Led Energy Transition
  • 2 Early Processes of Decarbonisation
  • 3 Reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions.
  • 4 A Market-Led Decarbonisation
  • 5 Towards Net-Zero
  • 6 Subsidy-Free Shift
  • 7 Electrification of Transport
  • 8 China: A Case Study of Government-Led Energy Transition
  • 9 Paving the Path to Energy Self-sufficiency
  • 10 A Leader in RET Manufacturing
  • 11 A Government-Led Decarbonisation
  • 12 From Tariffs to Zero-Subsidies
  • 13 Conclusion
  • References
  • Financing the Sustainable Energy Transition
  • 1 Indroduction
  • 2 The Tables Are Turning
  • 2.1 Countries Have Made Global Commitments
  • 2.2 Investors Are Changing, Mindsets Are Changing
  • 2.3 ESG, SRI and Impact Investments Outperform Traditional Investments
  • 3 Channelling Investments to Meet Global Energy Demand Sustainably Remains a Challenge
  • 3.1 Current Overreliance on Fossil Fuels
  • 3.2 Capital Markets in Developing Countries Are Underdeveloped
  • 3.3 Matching Financing with Projects Remains Problematic
  • 4 Could There Be a Perfect Match?
  • 4.1 Developing Countries Need to Develop Capital Markets to Enhance Liquidity and Increase Capital Flows
  • 4.2 Government Regulations to Create a Level Playing Field
  • 4.3 A Venture Capital Approach to Sustainable Investment Is Needed
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Minerals and the Metals for the Energy Transition: Exploring the Conflict Implications for Mineral-Rich, Fragile States
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Context and Background
  • 2.1 Green Energy and the Demand for Minerals
  • 2.2 A Note on Mining and Conflict
  • 3 Identifying Mineral-Rich Fragile States Critical to the Low-Carbon Transition
  • 4 Case Studies
  • 4.1 Cobalt in the DRC
  • 4.2 Rare Earths in China
  • 4.3 Nickel in Guatemala
  • 5 Supply Chain Governance
  • 6 Recommendations and Conclusions
  • References
  • The Impacts of the Energy Transition on Growth and Income Distribution
  • 1 The Impacts of the Energy Transition on Economic Growth and Income Distribution.
  • 2 Three Definitions of GDP
  • 3 Pricing Emissions
  • 4 Carbon Prices Are a Tax
  • 5 Consumption or Investment?
  • 6 Exports and Imports
  • 7 Income Distribution
  • 8 Employment
  • 9 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • The Global Energy Transition and the Global South
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 A Global South Perspective on the Energy Transition
  • 2.1 Innovation, Investment, and Low-Carbon Modes of Production
  • 2.2 The Limits of Adopting a 'Global South' Perspective
  • 3 Three Challenges for Countries in the Global South
  • 3.1 Technology and Value Chains
  • 3.2 Financial Risk and Path Dependency
  • 3.3 Trade
  • 4 Three Conceptual Lenses on the Emerging Geopolitics of the Energy Transition
  • 4.1 Realist IPE
  • 4.2 Critical IPE
  • 4.3 Dependency Theory
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Governing the Global Energy Transformation
  • 1 Energy Transition-Lost in Conceptualization?
  • 2 The Status Quo of Energy Governance and the Institutional Landscape
  • 3 The Energy Transitions and Their Geopolitical Impact
  • 4 Conclusions and Recommendations
  • References
  • Setting Up a Global System for Sustainable Energy Governance
  • 1 Energy Geopolitics: From Security Above Anything to Sustainability Among Everything
  • 2 Energy Governance Institutions-A Key to Sustainable Transformation
  • 3 Setting Up a Global System of Sustainable Energy Governance
  • 4 Looking Forward to Sustainable Energy Governance
  • References.

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