renewable energy
COP19 side event: Beyond Technology Transfer
Torun Room (B3), National Stadium Al. Ks. J. Poniatowskiego 1, WarsawThe STEPS Centre's energy and climate change co-convenor Dr Rob Byrne is presenting at a side event for COP19 entitled: Beyond Technology Transfer: Insights for the Technology Mechanism from low C energy policy research, organised by The Sussex Energy Group (University of Sussex) and SusTec (ETH Zurich) Summary Low-carbon technology transfer is a central aim of...
Energías renovables. ¿Cuáles son las oportunidades de desarrollo y qué obstáculos enfrenta la búsqueda de alternativas energéticas sustentables?
Centro Cultural Borges – UNTREF, Viamonte 525 C.A.B.A. Aula 3, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCentro Cultural Borges – UNTREF, Viamonte 525 C.A.B.A. Aula 3 Organizan: CENIT/UNTREF, Centro STEPS para América Latina El actual régimen de generación de electricidad en Argentina depende en exceso de la producción de gas y otros hidrocarburos que requieren grandes inversiones en exploración y explotación mientras que cierran el camino a otras alternativas. Sin embargo,...
Realising the Transition: Addressing the challenges of low carbon energy and development in Africa
Royal Society 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, LondonThe ‘Rising Powers, Clean Energy and the Low Carbon Transition in Southern Africa’ team, are running a one day international workshop titled ‘Realising the Transition: Addressing the challenges of low carbon energy and development in Africa’ in London on February 3rd 2015. The workshop will mark the culmination of our ESRC project on The Rising...
Seminar: Low carbon innovation paths in Europe and Asia: Divergence or Convergence?
Room 144, Jubilee Building University of Sussex, Falmer, United KingdomIDS/SPRU/STEPS Seminar The current technological shift from high to low carbon development coincides with a geographical shift: the rapid expansion of green production and innovation capacity in China and India. This constellation gives rise to the question: to what extent, how and why do the innovation paths in Europe and in Asia differ? The seminar...
STEPS Seminar: Yixin Dai – Chinese Renewable Energy Policy
‘Chinese Renewable Energy Policy – Policy Implementation, and Participation’ Yixin Dai, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University In order to reach its ambitious emissions targets, China has been promoting renewable energy through a series of top-down policies since 2006. Recent successes have seen wind turbine installation capacity exceed 100GW in 2014, and nuclear...
STEPS Seminar – Channing Arndt: ‘Faster Than You Think: The Global Energy Revolution and Developing Countries’
Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, United KingdomSTEPS Centre seminar with Channing Arndt, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute Institute of Development Studies, Room 221, 15 December 2017 An energy revolution is underway. Driven by an enormous and unexpected downward shift in the full cost of renewable generation technologies, global investment in renewable electricity generation has exceeded investment in conventional...