Towards a European Green Deal: The evolution of EU climate and energy policy mixes

Skjærseth, Jon Birger

doi:10.1007/s10784-021-09529-4

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“…The lower reflecting shell ( 6) is also attached to it. Between the underwater dome (1) and the surface shell (2), atmospheric air is pumped at a pressure that compensates for the water pressure on the dome (1). In this case, the underwater dome (1) can have both a spherical shape and the shape of a smoothed parabolic cylinder.…”

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“…At present, there is no doubt that the widespread dissemination of the ideas of green energy and, more broadly, the formation of an environment-friendly society is not only a technical, but also a social problem [1], [2]. Therefore, this issue is inseparable from environmental education, which main aim is transforming the collective conscience to the ecological one [3]- [5].…”

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Small Green Energy: Implementation through Gamification of the Educational Process

Seidaliyeva¹,

Niyazova²,

Kopishev³

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on New Technologies

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Several new devices related to the field of small green energy, which have a social significance for countries such as the Republic of Kazakhstan, are proposed, particularly, a combined vehicle based on a dirigible with increased travel capability, as well as non-trivial focusing systems that significantly simplify pointing at the Sun. It is shown that at the first stages of the introduction of such devices, it is advisable to use them for the gamification of the educational process. This is justified, first, by the fact that the introduction of small green energy systems into widespread use is not only a technical, but also a social problem, respectively, any nontrivial innovations in this area are initially advisable to introduce in the form of children's games.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Small Green Energy: Implementation through Gamification of the Educational Process

Seidaliyeva¹,

Niyazova²,

Kopishev³

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on New Technologies

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“…In this context, the European Union (EU) is the leading region because (i) it is reaching its GHG emissions reduction targets set for 2020, (ii) it has planned to further cut emissions by at least 55% by 2030, and (iii) it aims to become the world's first climate-neutral continent by 2050 [4,5]. However, despite the EU ambitious goals, global warming and environmental pollution need to be counteracted at a worldwide level, particularly in countries extremely dependent on fossil resources, as well as rich of RES and processes with high energy recovery potential.…”

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The IRC-PD Tool: A Code to Design Steam and Organic Waste Heat Recovery Units

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The Algerian economy and electricity generation sector are strongly dependent on fossil fuels. Over 93% of Algerian exports are hydrocarbons, and approximately 90% of the generated electricity comes from natural gas power plants. However, Algeria is also a country with huge potential in terms of both renewable energy sources and industrial processes waste heat recovery. For these reasons, the government launched an ambitious program to foster renewable energy sources and industrial energy efficiency. In this context, steam and organic Rankine cycles could play a crucial role; however, there is a need for reliable and time-efficient optimization tools that take into account technical, economic, environmental, and safety aspects. For this purpose, the authors built a mathematical tool able to optimize both steam and organic Rankine units. The tool, called Improved Rankine Cycle Plant Designer, was developed in MATLAB environment, uses the Genetic Algorithm toolbox, acquires the fluids thermophysical properties from CoolProp and REFPROP databases, while the safety information is derived from the ASHRAE database. The tool, designed to support the development of both RES and industrial processes waste heat recovery, could perform single or multi-objective optimizations of the steam Rankine cycle layout and of a multiple set of organic Rankine cycle configurations, including the ones which adopt a water or an oil thermal loop. In the case of the ORC unit, the working fluid is selected among more than 120 pure fluids and their mixtures. The turbines’ design parameters and the adoption of a water- or an air-cooled condenser are also optimization results. To facilitate the plant layout and working fluid selection, the economic analysis is performed to better evaluate the plant economic feasibility after the thermodynamic optimization of the cycle. Considering the willingness of moving from a fossil to a RES-based economy, there is a need for adopting plants using low environmental impact working fluids. However, because ORC fluids are subjected to environmental and safety issues, as well as phase out, the code also computes the Total Equivalent Warming Impact, provides safety information using the ASHRAE database, and displays an alert if the organic substance is phased out or is going to be banned. To show the tool’s potentialities and improve the knowledge on waste heat recovery in bio-gas plants, the authors selected an in-operation facility in which the waste heat is released by a 1 MWel internal combustion engine as the test case. The optimization outcomes reveal that the technical, economic, environmental, and safety performance can be achieved adopting the organic Rankine cycle recuperative configuration. The unit, which adopts Benzene as working fluid, needs to be decoupled from the heat source by means of an oil thermal loop. This optimized solution guarantees to boost the electricity production of the bio-gas facility up to 15%.

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“…The articles contribute both empirical and conceptual insights on the development of the EGD. Although analysis of the EGD is in its early stages (Bloomfield & Steward, 2020;Dupont et al, 2020;Skjaerseth, 2021), and necessarily preliminary as we await the agreement and implementation of the policies and legislation associated with the EGD at the time of writing, the thematic issue contributes to knowledge by building on past developments in EU climate governance across several areas of focus, and analysing these developments in light of the conceptual lens of turbulence.…”

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“…Further, these crises added to the general lack of unity among member states on climate policy more broadly, with a persistent division between Poland and its allies and the rest of the EU member states on the degree and scope of climate policy ambition (Skovgaard, 2014), meaning that the internal, organisational context around climate governance was also turbulent. Crisis can certainly provide opportunity, but the EGD seems-at least on paper-to move far beyond what would have been considered a feasible governance option, even in 2018 (Kulovesi & Oberthür, 2020;Skjaerseth, 2021). It may itself be a source of turbulence for other governance domains.…”

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European Union Climate Governance and the European Green Deal in Turbulent Times

Dupont

Torney

2021

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In December 2019, the European Commission published the European Green Deal (EGD), an overarching policy framework to achieve climate neutrality in Europe by 2050. This thematic issue aims to understand the origins, form, development, and scope of the EGD and its policy areas. It uses the concept of turbulence to explore and assess the emergence of the EGD and the policy and governance choices associated with it. Focusing on different levels of governance, different policy domains, and different stages of policymaking, each contribution raises pertinent questions about the necessity of identifying sources of turbulence and of understanding how to govern with such turbulence, rather than against it. Overall, the articles in this issue demonstrate that, while specifying contextual factors, researching the sources of and responses to turbulence provides useful insights into the development, direction, and potential durability or advancement of EU climate governance.

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Towards a European Green Deal: The evolution of EU climate and energy policy mixes

Cited by 118 publications

References 32 publications

Small Green Energy: Implementation through Gamification of the Educational Process

Small Green Energy: Implementation through Gamification of the Educational Process

The IRC-PD Tool: A Code to Design Steam and Organic Waste Heat Recovery Units

European Union Climate Governance and the European Green Deal in Turbulent Times

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