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The Renewables Readiness Assessment is a comprehensive tool for assessing the conditions existing in a country for the development and deployment of renewable energy, along with the actions required to improve those conditions. Designed and refined since 2011, the Renewables Readiness Assessment is a country-initiated, country-led process that identifies short- to medium-term actions for the rapid scale-up of renewables.
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This report aims to give a comprehensive overview of the work of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) - the European Commission’s in-house science service - in relation to the global energy challenge. The description of the JRC’s work in this area is divided into 7 chapters including renewable energy and energy efficiency. For each chapter, the detailed policy context is cited, showing clearly how and where the JRC provides its scientific and technical support to energy-related policies. Furthermore, an ample list of publications for further reading is proposed as well as useful scientific tools such as maps, energy calculators, specialised information systems and databases.
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A grassroots sustainable energy niche? Reflections from community energy case studies
25th June 2013
Topic(s): Domestic policy, Policy law and regulation, Public engagement, Renewables, Social research
The authors of the 3S Working Paper describe and consider the emerging community energy sector in the United Kingdom. If community energy in the UK is to contribute to a shifting energy mix towards decarbonisation, it requires imaginative policy support, recognition of its distinctiveness as an innovative sector (rather than attempts to make it fit the commercial ‘innovation’ mould), and appropriate support and resources. Community energy groups can be an influential and diverse force for change if supported effectively and empowered appropriately.
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The content within the Global CCS Institute Publications, Reports and Research Library is provided for information purposes only. We make every effort and take reasonable care to keep the content of this section up-to-date and error-free. However, we make no claim as to its accuracy, currency or reliability.
Content and material featured within this section of our website includes reports and research published by third parties. The content and material may include opinions and recommendations of third parties that do not reflect those held by the Global CCS Institute.
Biomass potential in Africa
17th June 2013
Topic(s): Biofuels / Bioenergy, Capacity development, Renewables
This report focuses on bioenergy in Africa, as this form of renewable energy represents almost 50% of the total primary energy supply for the African continent, and more than 60% of the Sub-Saharan TPES. Bioenergy is a strategic asset for Africa’s energy future and needs to be assessed in a transparent manner.
At IRENA’s behest, the German Biomass Research Centre has collected recent studies assessing bioenergy potential in Africa, compared their various methodologies, benchmarked the results, and identified the key dimensioning elements for those assessments.
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Insights from interviews, a survey and a workshop with potential end-users of the global atlas for solar and wind energy
1st June 2013
Topic(s): Public engagement, Renewables, Solar energy, Wind energy
The Global Renewable Energy Atlas is an open-access on-line resource intended to support well-informed energy policy and investment decisions. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have compiled feedback from end-users during this first phase to provide guidance for subsequent Global Atlas expansion. This joint report compiles responses and makes recommendations from extensive end-user consultations.
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Content and material featured within this section of our website includes reports and research published by third parties. The content and material may include opinions and recommendations of third parties that do not reflect those held by the Global CCS Institute.
EU energy in figures: statistical pocketbook 2013
1st June 2013
Topic(s): Economics, Energy efficiency, Renewables, Wind energy
The data contained in this pocketbook is drawn from several sources; the European Commission’s services; international organisations, such as the European Environment Agency and the International Energy Agency and, where no data is currently available, from the European Commission’s estimations.
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Content and material featured within this section of our website includes reports and research published by third parties. The content and material may include opinions and recommendations of third parties that do not reflect those held by the Global CCS Institute.
Renewable energy country profiles: European Union
1st June 2013
Topic(s): Domestic policy, Economics, Renewables
Renewable Energy Country Profiles provide a comprehensive picture of the situation with regard to renewable energy, including energy supply, electrical generation and grid capacity, and access. Energy policies, targets and projects are also considered, along with each country’s investment climate and endowment with renewable energy resources.
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Low-carbon development in small and medium-sized cities in the People’s Republic of China: challenges and opportunities
1st June 2013
Topic(s): Economics, Renewables
This Asian Development Bank Brief explains that Asian cities are growing, facing complex financial and human resources limitations, and could subsequently couple low-carbon development with socioeconomic growth.
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The report describes the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) work on their 2013 portfolio of Pacific energy projects, and summarises proposed assistance for 2014.
The ADB works to assist in the development of the energy sector in 14 Pacific developing member countries through technical assistance, loan, and grant financing. ADB provides support for the rehabilitation and expansion of power sector infrastructure, improvement of electricity access rates, expansion of renewable energy generation, and improvement of end-use efficiency.
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Intellectual property rights: the role of patents in renewable energy technology innovation
1st June 2013
Topic(s): Renewables
This working paper focuses on patents and describes the basics of what patents are and how they work, as well as presenting some ideas of how patents and their information can be used to encourage renewable energy technology innovation.
Some examples of the use of patent information to indicate the trends of technology developments, technology transfers and knowledge generation are assessed.
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A working paper from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) explaining methodological issues related to energy accounting for bioenergy and distributed renewable energy sources. The paper lists uncertainties and gaps that occur in statistics for these energy sources at different levels of the energy-balance table, proposing remedies to some of the identified problems. The remedies are incorporated into the IRENA Statistical Questionnaire that is this year being distributed to Member Countries.
The aim of this methodological work is to improve accuracy of global bioenergy statistics and identify the largest elements of distributed generation, currently rarely covered by national energy statistics. Statistical approaches need to be expanded as soon as possible to take proper account of bioenergy and distributed generation, in order to more accurately portray these growing sources of energy supply and consumption.
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Meeting carbon budgets: 2013 progress report to Parliament
1st June 2013
Topic(s): Energy efficiency, Policy law and regulation, Renewables
This is the fifth statutory report to Parliament on progress towards meeting carbon budgets.In considers the latest data on emissions and their drivers, and assesses progress in development and implementation of new policies which are required in order to reduce emissions. The report includes assessment at a range of levels: the whole economy; the nontraded and traded sectors; the key emitting sectors; and the devolved administrations.
The report concludes that there has been good progress in the implementation of some measures, notably loft and cavity wall insulation, boiler replacement, new car efficiency, investment in renewable power generation, and waste emissions reduction.
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