Redrawing the Geopolitical Map: International Relations and Renewable Energies

Stegen, Karen Smith

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-67855-9_3

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“…A handful of studies have begun exploring renewables' impact on interstate energy relations (e.g. Rothkopf, 2009;Criekemans, 2011Criekemans, , 2018Casertano, 2012;Westphal, 2012;Scholten andBosman, 2013, 2016;Johansson, 2013;Overland, 2015Overland, , 2019Hache, 2016;Paltsev, 2016;O'Sullivan et al, 2017;Bazilian et al, 2017;Scholten, 2018;Smith Stegen, 2018;Escribano, 2019;Proedrou, 2018;Goldthau et al, 2019;Buschle and Westphal, 2019). In addition, various geopolitical aspects of the transition towards renewable energy, such as e.g.…”

Section: Renewable Energy: a Game-changermentioning

confidence: 99%

The geopolitics of renewables: New board, new game

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Section: Renewable Energy: a Game-changermentioning

confidence: 99%

The geopolitics of renewables: New board, new game

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“…Energy transition promotes the focus of energy supply to shift from outside to inside (Lacher et al, 2011). It has been argued that energy transition would lead to greater energy self-sufficiency, decreased interdependence among countries, and reduced geopolitical tensions and risks (Hoggett, 2014;Smith, 2018). Due to the geographical distribution and technological characteristics of new energy, few countries have triggered conflicts and created geopolitical motives to control it.…”

Section: Geopolitical Security and Conflicts Associated With Energy T...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several scholars hypothesised about the changing geopolitical roles of major countries after energy transition (Table 2) (Pascual, 2015;Stang, 2016;Smith, 2018;Overland et al, 2019). Smith Stegen (2018) defined the "winners" and "losers" of energy transition based on renewable energy potential, political acceptance, and traditional energy richness.…”

Section: Transformation Of Geopolitical Roles Owing To Energy Transitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Geopolitics of the energy transition

2023

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Geopolitics of energy transition has increasingly become the frontier and hot research area of world energy geography and global political science. Different historical periods are characterised by obvious differences in energy connotations, attributes, and geopolitical characteristics. In the new energy era, energy geopolitics becomes more diversified, complex, and comprehensive. In this paper, we compare the geopolitical characteristics of energy in the fossil fuel and renewable energy periods, and provide an overview of current study trends in new energy geopolitics. Recent research shows that the global energy transition will intensify the reconstruction of geopolitical patterns, change the relationship between geopolitical security and conflict dominated by traditional energy security, alter the role of different countries in global energy geopolitical games, reshape national energy relationships formed in the traditional oil and gas era. In addition, geopolitics will be affected by new energy technologies, availability of key rare materials, and energy cybersecurity measures. Despite considerable attention to this research topic, the likely geopolitical impact of energy transition remains uncertain, and there is still room for the development and improvement of the theoretical framework, technical methods, and research perspective. Looking forward to the future, the research into geopolitics of energy transition urgently needs to strengthen its theoretical basis and rely on the scientific and quantitative methods. The practical conclusions of the research into geopolitics of energy transition should strengthen major national energy security decisions, explore the geographical effect of energy transition, and determine the impact of energy transition on energy security. Research into geopolitics of energy transition should be carried out taking into account international academic frontiers such as climate change, "carbon peak" and "carbon neutral" goals, and global energy governance, to enrich the research perspective of world energy geography.

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“…Concerns have been raised about the environmental impact of bioenergy, the potential conflict with food production and the fact that bioenergy trade is vulnerable to the same supply risks as imported fossil fuels: exporters that control production and delivery could cut or reduce supply (Smith Stegen, 2018). But many countries are addressing the sustainability issue, including through stricter and more comprehensive regulation or the development of next-generation biofuels.…”

Section: Low-carbon Products and Energy Carriersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Interconnection, however, also presents risks, as electricity cut‐offs could become a foreign policy tool (Johansson, 2013; Moore, 2017; Smith Stegen, 2018). Furthermore, actions in one part of the grid—such as power outages—could immediately affect others (Scholten & Bosman, 2016; Smith Stegen et al., 2012).…”

Section: The Challenges Of Low‐carbon Energy Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%