Southeast Asian Energy Transitions

Southeast Asian Energy Transitions
Title Southeast Asian Energy Transitions PDF eBook
Author Dr Mattijs Smits
Publisher Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages 249
Release 2015-10-28
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1472448758

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Addressing the apparent tensions between modernity and sustainability in Southeast Asia, this book offers novel insights into the global challenge of moving towards a low-carbon energy system. With an original and accessible take on social theory related to energy transitions, modernity and sustainability, Mattijs Smits argues for a reinvigorated geography of energy. He also challenges universalistic and linear assumptions about energy transitions and makes the case for ‘energy trajectories’, stressing embeddedness, contingency and connections between scales.

Southeast Asian Energy Transitions

Southeast Asian Energy Transitions
Title Southeast Asian Energy Transitions PDF eBook
Author Mattijs Smits
Publisher Routledge
Total Pages 232
Release 2016-03-03
Genre Social Science
ISBN 131705217X

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Addressing the apparent tensions between modernity and sustainability in Southeast Asia, this book offers novel insights into the global challenge of moving towards a low carbon energy system. With an original and accessible take on social theory related to energy transitions, modernity and sustainability, Mattijs Smits argues for a reinvigorated geography of energy. He also challenges universalistic and linear assumptions about energy transitions and makes the case for ’energy trajectories’, stressing embeddedness, contingency and connections between scales. Contemporary and historical empirical examples from Southeast Asia, primarily Thailand and Laos, are drawn upon to show the importance of scale at regional, national, local and household levels. The transitions in the national power sectors here have been intimately related to discourses of modernity and state formation since the colonial era. More recently, plans for international cooperation and discourses of regional power trade have taken centre stage. Local energy trajectories are understood to be part of these transitions, but also as embedded in local social, political and spatial relations. Examining how energy practices go hand-in-hand with the dissemination of different technologies, this work shows the complexities of achieving sustainability in the context of rapidly changing energy modernities in Southeast Asia.

How Power Shapes Energy Transitions in Southeast Asia

How Power Shapes Energy Transitions in Southeast Asia
Title How Power Shapes Energy Transitions in Southeast Asia PDF eBook
Author Jens Marquardt
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Total Pages 266
Release 2016-12-01
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1317194683

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An understanding of the role of energy-related governance systems and the conditions required for a shift towards renewables in developing countries is urgently needed in order to tap into the global potential of low-carbon development. Although renewable energy sources have become technically feasible and economically viable, social and political factors continue to persist as the most critical obstacles for their dissemination. How Power Shapes Energy Transitions in Southeast Asia conceptualizes power for the field of sustainable energy governance. Based on empirical findings from the Philippines and Indonesia, the book develops an analytical approach that incorporates power theory into a multi-level governance framework. The book begins with a profound background on renewable energy development around the world and presents major trends in development cooperation. A power-based multi-level governance approach is introduced that is rooted in development thinking. Examining how coordination and power relations shape the development and dissemination of renewable energy technologies, the book also shows how decentralization affects low carbon development in emerging economies. Sparking debate on the ways in which energy transitions can be triggered and sustained in developing countries, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of renewable energy development and environmental politics and governance as well as practitioners in development cooperation.

The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions

The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions
Title The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions PDF eBook
Author Douglas Jay Arent
Publisher Oxford University Press
Total Pages 631
Release 2017
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0198802242

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A volume on the political economy of clean energy transition in developed and developing regions, with a focus on the issues that different countries face as they transition from fossil fuels to lower carbon technologies.

How Power Shapes Energy Transitions in Southeast Asia

How Power Shapes Energy Transitions in Southeast Asia
Title How Power Shapes Energy Transitions in Southeast Asia PDF eBook
Author Jens Marquardt
Publisher Routledge
Total Pages 264
Release 2016-12-01
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1317194675

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An understanding of the role of energy-related governance systems and the conditions required for a shift towards renewables in developing countries is urgently needed in order to tap into the global potential of low-carbon development. Although renewable energy sources have become technically feasible and economically viable, social and political factors continue to persist as the most critical obstacles for their dissemination. How Power Shapes Energy Transitions in Southeast Asia conceptualizes power for the field of sustainable energy governance. Based on empirical findings from the Philippines and Indonesia, the book develops an analytical approach that incorporates power theory into a multi-level governance framework. The book begins with a profound background on renewable energy development around the world and presents major trends in development cooperation. A power-based multi-level governance approach is introduced that is rooted in development thinking. Examining how coordination and power relations shape the development and dissemination of renewable energy technologies, the book also shows how decentralization affects low carbon development in emerging economies. Sparking debate on the ways in which energy transitions can be triggered and sustained in developing countries, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of renewable energy development and environmental politics and governance as well as practitioners in development cooperation.

Sustainable Development and Energy Transition in Europe and Asia

Sustainable Development and Energy Transition in Europe and Asia
Title Sustainable Development and Energy Transition in Europe and Asia PDF eBook
Author Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages 151
Release 2020-02-19
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 1119705215

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Asian and European countries have adopted different approaches to the conflicting priorities of economic growth and low carbon emissions. In this volume – based on the revised versions of papers presented at the 24th International Euro-Asia Research Conference held in 2019 – the contrasts between the schools of thought of each continent are explored thoroughly. Ranging from topics as diverse as city logistics, shareholder value and management practices, the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, Chinas geopolitical insights, sustainable agricultural development in India and the empowerment of women in Vietnam via microfinance, this book addresses sustainable development policies in China and Southeast Asia from many different perspectives.

Sustainable Energy Transition In South Asia: Challenges And Opportunities

Sustainable Energy Transition In South Asia: Challenges And Opportunities
Title Sustainable Energy Transition In South Asia: Challenges And Opportunities PDF eBook
Author S Narayan
Publisher World Scientific
Total Pages 209
Release 2019-07-18
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9811204330

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With South Asia's growing energy demand, governments in the region are facing the short-term pressures of facilitating energy access, while attempting to formulate long-term sustainable strategies. This book explores how the key economies of South Asia are addressing issues such as the diversification of energy consumption profiles and import sources, investments in renewables, enabling universal energy access, challenges to regional energy cooperation, greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, and the policy changes that can foster bilateral and multilateral action.As governments seek to ensure access to affordable, reliable, secure, sustainable and modern energy, trends and drivers are emerging and shaping the South Asian energy landscape. The first section of the book examines energy trends at the regional level, while the second section focuses on the internal and external challenges faced by India — the largest energy consumer in the region and the third-largest energy consumer in the world.The diverse perspectives in this volume provide a holistic snapshot of South Asia's ongoing low-carbon energy transition, and highlight the importance of the region working collectively to navigate the many obstacles.