SWOT analysis of renewable energy sector in Mazowieckie Voivodeship (Poland): current progress, prospects and policy implications

Igliński, Bartłomiej; Skrzatek, Mateusz; Kujawski, Wojciech; Cichosz, Marcin; Buczkowski, Roman

doi:10.1007/s10668-021-01490-1

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“…SWOT analysis is a straightforward, popular and well-known technique, that implies that an organization's resources (which constitute its strengths and weaknesses) should match the demands and pressures from its external environment (manifested as a set of opportunities and threats) as effectively as possible and, with change, stay matched in dynamic and turbulent times [42]. Several authors have used this approach for similar studies [43,44] to evaluate the current situation and future prospects by simultaneously considering internal and external factors [45].…”

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Climate Change and Impact on Renewable Energies in the Azores Strategic Visions for Sustainability

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The energy sector is the largest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, but could also be seriously affected by climate change, calling into question society’s current consumption patterns. In this communication, climate projections based on a set of numerical models of global circulation are used to simulate the climate until the end of the century and keep in mind the alternative scenarios of pollutant emissions. Apart from solar energy, the results for the Azores region show a negative impact on the production and consumption of renewable energies. In the regional context, this issue assumes special relevance, given the geographical constraints, such as territorial discontinuity and insularity. Based on these assumptions, measures and recommendations are pointed out for the sectors that most penalize greenhouse gas emissions, considering the energy sustainability in the Azores and the commitments and goals assumed under international agreements.

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Climate Change and Impact on Renewable Energies in the Azores Strategic Visions for Sustainability

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“…In a system, uncertainty grows proportionally with complexity, and in the case of the CE concept, with addition to the intrinsic factors related to the functioning of the system, there are dominant uncertainties related to community behaviour, attitudes and practices which can best be described using SWOT analysis. The SWOT analysis applied to the CE concept should fundamentally focus on innovative social transformation (social innovation) as an essential factor that ensures the successful implementation of CE in developing countries [31].…”

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Social innovation for community energy in developing countries – new models and a Mozambican case study

Fábio¹,

Silva²,

O’Regan³

et al. 2022

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In recent decades, the transition from fossil fuels to the use of renewable energy sources has profoundly changed the world's energy landscape. This in turn has given rise to the concept of energy transition based on the principle of the "three-D's", Decarbonization, Decentralization and Digitalization. The emergence of the concept of community energy suggests a "fourth-D", denoting democratization as a pillar underlying the concept of community energy. This concept is where energy is produced by and for the community, placing the citizen and community at the center as key actors in the entire energy value chain (generation, distribution, consumption, and associated services). This work aims to discuss the social innovation model suitable for the implementation of energy democratization, which leads to the successful penetration of the concept of community energy in developing countries, especially Mozambique, which is a use case study explored in this paper. We explain how this social innovation model can promote socio-economic empowerment, sustainable industrial and human development, and energy inclusion that contributes to environmental balance and social stability in rural communities in Mozambique. The global energy landscape is not uniform in terms of access to energy sources and this debate in developing countries is still relevant and significant, as a considerable number of citizens do not have accessibility to electricity and are still seeking access to it for the first time (energy inclusion). But beyond the social innovation through energy inclusion, we also discuss new innovative modular ways of implementing Distributed Energy Resource (DER) based on typical Photovoltaic (PV) panels and energy storage (batteries). A modular approach for the implementation of smart grids can promote a more cost-effective organic growth, distributing resources more evenly and avoiding oversizing or undersizing of rural electrification systems. Such modularization would also allow new partners or new equipment sets to be added to the infrastructure smoothly. Finally, we suggest the introduction of an AI-based algorithm capable of adapting the smart grid management to new infrastructure modifications (addition of new prosumers or consumers). The algorithm proposed would be able to help control the quality and cost of power for all participants, reduce operation and maintenance costs of the systems, and balance generation and consumption. With that, the suggested modular implementation in conjunction with AI-based smart grid management will provide smart grids that can reduce costs of investment and fair consumption and generation balance that, with time, can promote local sustainable industrial and human development in a virtuous circle to boost social transformation.

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“…The results showed that digital energy transformation is an effective approach to optimize energy allocation and improve energy planning. Igli nski et al 47 developed renewable energy in Poland. In this study, SWOT analysis was used to identify strategies.…”

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Determination of optimal renewable energy growth strategies using SWOT analysis, hybrid MCDM methods, and game theory: A case study

Almutairi

Dehshiri

et al. 2021

Intl J of Energy Research

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Summary Due to population growth and industrial development, Iran is facing the challenge of energy supply in various industrial, power plant, agricultural, and residential sectors. While most of Iran's energy supply comes from fossil fuels, these fuels have devastating environmental impacts. Therefore, Iran has to invest more in its renewable energy sources. Given that many locations of Iran have significant wind, solar, and geothermal potential, this study used a combination of SWOT, multicriteria decision‐making approaches, and game theory to identify the best renewable energy development plans for the country. The Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA) technique was applied to weight the criteria and sub‐criteria. Impact on the environment, resource potential, and power generation cost with weights of 0.218, 0.182, and 0.145 was recognized as the most important sub‐criteria, respectively. To rank the factors in each SWOT dimension, namely, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, the Grey Additive Ratio ASsessment (ARAS‐Grey) method was then used. Using the game theory and fuzzy Shapley value, the best combination of renewable energy development strategies was determined to be SO1ST3WO1WT1 with a value of (1.72, 0.58, 0.3). The development of high‐efficiency wind and solar technologies and the minimization of output fluctuations and loss through energy storage methods such as hydrogen production and battery banks were identified as the best strategy combination for renewable energy development in Iran.

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SWOT analysis of renewable energy sector in Mazowieckie Voivodeship (Poland): current progress, prospects and policy implications

Cited by 25 publications

References 52 publications

Climate Change and Impact on Renewable Energies in the Azores Strategic Visions for Sustainability

Climate Change and Impact on Renewable Energies in the Azores Strategic Visions for Sustainability

Social innovation for community energy in developing countries – new models and a Mozambican case study

Determination of optimal renewable energy growth strategies using SWOT analysis, hybrid MCDM methods, and game theory: A case study

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