Essays about: "community-owned energy"

Found 3 essays containing the words community-owned energy.

1. 1. Mining solar and social innovation : exploring social innovation and the conditions that foster it in a Canadian, community-owned renewable energy project

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Luke Hamilton Wilson; [2016]
   Keywords : social innovation; sustainability science; socio-technical transition; community-owned energy; Western Canada; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : As a primary driver of climate change, energy systems are often affected by the type of “self-perpetuation and lock-in” that characterize so-called ‘wicked problems’. Although it has a relatively clean energy system, Canada still has provinces (e.g. READ MORE

3. 2. The importance of ownership for wind power project acceptance: Evidence from Swedish municipalities

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Marie Treschow; Diana Landelius; [2015]
   Keywords : wind energy; public acceptance; community ownership;

   Abstract : The transition into a renewable energy sector is becoming increasingly important in the face of climate change and aging nuclear power plants. While national policies on wind power development enjoy strong public support, individual projects are often met by local resistance. READ MORE

4. 3. Hybrid Power System for Eluvaithivu Island Sri Lanka

   University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologi

   Author : Kanagaratnam Ratneswaran; [2011]
   Keywords : Hybrid power system; Renewable Energy; Micro Grid; Isolated power system;

   Abstract : Government of Sri Lanka has policy target to achieve 100% electrification by end of year 2012. Grid-based electrification is possible up to maximum 95% of the population in Sri Lanka. Balance 5% of the electrification has to be mainly depending on off-grid technologies such as solar PV, wind, biomass and micro hydro. READ MORE