Myths and facts about electricity in the U.S. South

Does clean energy contribute to economic growth? Evidence from Nigeria

“…This result apart from being in line with expectation shows a very strong influence on economic growth in Nigeria. The finding corroborates recent literature of Pao and Li (2014) for MIST economies, Olugasa et al (2014) for a study in Nigeria, Pfeiffer and Mulder (2013) for developing countries and Brown et al (2012) for United State. This further shows that combustible renewables and waste is among clean energy endowment that facilitates economic growth in Nigeria.…”

“…Natural endowment of solar, geothermal and wind has facilitated development and attracted global attention to their market. On the other hand Brown et al (2012) found six myths on clean electricity in the southern US that are either initiated by the public or spread among policymakers. Energy economic modeling mechanism was used to show that the myths are half-truths.…”

Universities as Models of Sustainable Energy-Consuming Communities? Review of Selected Literature

“…According to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, a sustainable and modern energy should be affordable for all and can act as a leverage point from which to transform lives, economies, and the planet as a whole. The surge of interest in energy efficiency measures recently pushed stakeholders in the southern United States to ask how much wasted energy can be avoided by expanding investments in cost-effective technologies and practices [52]. In the resultant study-which focused on residential and commercial buildings and industry (RCI), but is relevant to higher education due to the fact that University campuses function like small cities that contain plants for distributing energy and buildings with energy consumption levels comparable to commercial buildings [7]-Brown et al found the following:…”

“…Fewer new power plants would be needed with a commitment to energy efficiency. Nine policies (see [52] p. 21), (Table 4), can help offset the need to construct 49 GW of new plants to meet a growing electricity demand from the RCI sectors.…”

“…Table 4. Nine energy-efficiency policies (Adapted from [52]). There was also an emphasis on energy consumption as one of the principal parameters for assessing environmental performance of a facility highlighted by activities of the Australian Greenhouse Office, the Australian Building Energy Council, the Australian Building Codes Board and the proposal to incorporate minimum energy efficiency requirements in the building codes [23].…”