Construction Of Energy Infrastructure Research Articles

China-Africa Energy Development Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative

This article explores the cooperation between China and African countries in the field of energy development within the framework of the “Belt and Road Initiative”. The authors analyze the key areas of cooperation, such as the construction of energy infrastructure, the development of renewable energy sources, technological exchange, and project financing. The reasons why China actively invests in Africa’s energy sector are examined, including ensuring energy security, resource accessibility, and strengthening diplomatic relations. The authors also consider the advantages and challenges of such cooperation for both parties and its impact on economic development and energy security in the region. The study examines China’s role in assisting African countries in achieving sustainable development through the development of renewable energy sources and improving energy efficiency. Various projects and initiatives that have been implemented or planned within this cooperation are also discussed in the article. The authors draw conclusions about the significance and prospects of China-Africa energy cooperation within the “Belt and Road Initiative”. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the topic, analyzing China’s contribution and its implications for African countries.

Clean energy-based rural low carbon transformation considering the supply and demand of new energy under government participation: A three-participators game model

Since the 20th century, human society has developed rapidly, and with the continuous development of urbanization, serious environmental pollution problems have followed. Actively studying the development of new energy industry has become an important issue around the world. Rural energy is an important foundation of rural economic and development. Promoting green energy transformation and development in rural areas is an inherent requirement to meet people’s needs for a better life and an important part of building a modern energy system. This study constructs a tripartite evolutionary game model of the government, new energy enterprises and farmers, and analyzes the evolutionary path and stable strategy of the three participants in the process of energy industry transformation. The results show that (1) moderate or high level of government subsidies for farmers use of new energy can promote the development of new energy industry, while low level of subsidies is not conducive to the development of rural new energy industry. (2) When the government’s investment in new energy infrastructure construction is low, farmers will choose to use new energy passively. When the government’s investment in new energy infrastructure construction is moderate or high, farmers will choose to actively use new energy, and new energy enterprises will evolve to actively produce new energy under the circumstance of active use by farmers. (3) Under the current development situation of rural new energy industry, the smaller the proportion coefficient of pollution control costs borne by new energy enterprises formulated by the government, the more conducive the evolution of new energy enterprises to actively produce new energy. Perfect farmers use of new energy countermeasures for the benign development of new energy industry is of great significance. Therefore, from the perspective of evolutionary game, we should promote the transformation of environmental governance to public governance mode. A basic framework for a tripartite coordination mechanism among farmers, the government and enterprises will be established. At the same time, the establishment of specific systems and policies will guide the interests of farmers, the government and new energy enterprises, so as to truly realize the positive development of the new energy industry driven by the participation of three parties.

Factors Affecting Wind Power Efficiency: Evidence from Provincial-Level Data in China

As a significant energy consumer, China is under tremendous pressure from the international community to address climate change issues by reducing carbon emissions; thus, the use of clean energy is imperative. Wind power is an essential source of renewable energy, and improving the efficiency of wind power generation will contribute substantially to China’s ability to achieve its energy-saving and emission reduction goals. This paper measured the wind power efficiency of 30 provinces in China from 2012 to 2017 using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method. Moran’s I index and the spatial Durbin model were applied to analyse the spatial distribution of the wind power efficiency and the spatial effects of influencing factors. The results show obvious differences in the spatial distribution of wind power efficiency in China; specifically, the wind power efficiency in the eastern and western regions is higher than that in the central areas. Moreover, wind power efficiency has a significant positive spatial correlation between regions: the eastern and western regions show certain high-high clustering characteristics, and the central area shows certain low-low clustering characteristics. Among the influencing factors, the fixed asset investment and carbon emission intensity of the wind power property have a negative impact on the efficiency of regional wind power production, while the urbanization process and carbon emission intensity have significant spatial spillover effects. The optimization of the economic structure, technological innovation and the construction of energy infrastructure are expected to improve the regional wind power efficiency. The results present a new approach for accurately identifying the spatial characteristics of wind power efficiency and the spatial effects of the influencing factors, thus providing a reference for policymakers.

UKRAINE AND THE GULF STATES: COOPERATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR

For a long time, the oil reserves of the Gulf countries have made the country one of the most important energy suppliers. To improve Ukraine's energy market, a partnership that supports both parties must create. In this article we discuss the energy sector in Ukraine, current and future challenges, and how relations with the Gulf States can help to resolve these challenges. The importance of the Persian Gulf region to Ukraine is due to the significant potential for mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation. Cooperation with the Gulf states in the energy sector is of particular strategic importance for strengthening Ukraine's energy security by diversifying energy sources, as these countries have 54% of the world's proven oil reserves and 40% of natural gas. In the energy market of the Persian Gulf countries, Ukraine has to compete with leading European and Asian countries, which requires systematic activities and coordination of efforts between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and some public and private oil and gas companies. Ukraine's cooperation with the Gulf States can provide Ukraine with ample opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation and the implementation of large-scale economic projects. First of all, Ukraine could take an active part in the construction of energy infrastructure in the Gulf countries. Using the geostrategic location, unique opportunities of Ukraine as a transit country for energy resources from East to Europe, the Government of Ukraine should develop a set of political, economic and scientific-technological measures aimed at the practical supply of Middle Eastern hydrocarbons to Ukraine. A special role should be played by the comprehensive elaboration of the routes of supply of Iraqi oil and Iranian gas to Ukraine. The current volatile situation in and around these countries, especially with regard to Iran's nuclear program, should not hamper work on energy transport corridor projects from the Persian Gulf to Ukraine. Subject to the active actions of relevant Ukrainian ministries and agencies, the energy and financial resources of the Persian Gulf sub region in 5—10 years can play a key role in Ukraine's efforts to diversify energy supplies and create a reliable energy security system.

Fault Location Algorithm in Distribution Networks Considering Distributed Capacitive Current

In recent years, with the expansion of urban scale and construction of energy infrastructure, more cities construct underground cables to replace overhead lines from the perspective of environment and safety. Thus, more distributed capacitive current flows back to distribution networks under fault conditions and affects the accuracy of fault locating. This paper proposes an iterative modification method of capacitive current to decrease the uncertainty of complex equations with micro synchronous phasor measurement unit (μPMU) data. Firstly, the initial fault location is calculated by using phasor measurement data without the shunt effect of grounding capacitance. Then, the capacitive current is estimated by the initial fault location distance, and the location result is modified by an iterative strategy. Finally, after iteration modification, a more accurate real number solution for complex equations can be obtained for complicated distribution networks with the uncertain capacitive current. The simulation results of a real underground distribution network and a modified IEEE 33 node test feeder in MATLAB/Simulink show that the proposed algorithm has higher accuracy than the traditional methods which do not have the iterative modification method of capacitive current under different fault locations, fault resistances, fault types and the neutral point grounding modes.

Just electrification: Imagining the justice dimensions of energy access and addressing energy poverty

Billions of people live without access to modern energy services around the world, the majority of whom are in sub-Saharan Africa. In order to address this issue, efforts to increase energy access, especially in electrification for the energy-poor, have increased globally. However, current electrification planning largely relies on techno-economic criteria and fails to incorporate ethical and fairness considerations. These deficiencies in the planning phase result in the construction of energy infrastructure that fails to provide energy services to those who need them the most further exacerbating energy access inequalities at a local level. This paper aims to consider an approach for a justice-based electrification planning framework that reevaluates the electrification planning and decision-making process.

УКРАЇНА–РОСІЯ: ФОРМАТ ГЕОЕКОНОМІЧНОЇ ТА ГЕОПОЛІТИЧНОЇ КОНФРОНТАЦІЇ

The article reveals challenges and prospects of Ukraine in the conditions of transitive world order crisis in Eastern European context. The issue of strengthening national security and protection of the territorial sovereignty of the post-Soviet countries and Eastern European countries in connection with the aggression of Russia and the occupation of part of the Ukrainian territories has been mainstreamed. The confrontation between Russia and the post-Soviet countries is a conflict of two civilizational systems, the struggle of two opposing worldviews and paradigms of a new world order. It has been proved that Russia’s Eurasian integration projects were aimed at attracting Ukraine and maintaining it in the sphere of Russia’s geo-economic and geopolitical influence. The creation of integration associations in the post-Soviet space is intended to become one of the instruments of revival of the Eurasian empire, in particular at the expense of the destruction of the national economy and the sovereignty of Ukraine. A key result of the Revolution of Dignity was the signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU which destroyed Russia’s strategy to engage Ukraine in the Eurasian integration area. It is confirmed that after the Russian Federation’s unsuccessful actions to involve Ukraine in Eurasian integration structures through the use of managed pro-Kremlin power, Moscow abandoned this option and switched to a scenario under which the strategy of fomenting and supporting separatism in the south-eastern regions of Ukraine was implemented. The strategy to create a pseudostates on the territory of Ukraine in one way or another involves the issues of infrastructure and transit of Russian energy resources to the European Union. The formation of Novorossiya at the expense of Ukrainian sovereignty also included support from individual EU Member States to accelerate the construction of energy infrastructure bypassing Ukraine as a failed state. The annexation of Crimea became a non-standard geostrategic step in Russia, which led to the violation of the border of the sovereign state for the first time since the end of World War II. In general, the Crimea is an important sacred phenomenon and a geostrategic asset for the Russian Federation. Given the opening of new military bases in Belarus, the preservation of the Russian military contingent in Transnistria and the Donbas, as well as the creeping geopolitical displacement of Ukraine from the Black and Azov Sea, the latter automatically finds itself in a kind of geopolitical “garrotte” while losing access to the sea. In the end, Russian aggression aimed at destabilizing Ukraine also had internal political significance for Russia, since Europeanization of Ukraine and its political and economic success would become a new geopolitical trend and would call into question the effectiveness of the authoritarian regime of Russia and other post-Soviet countries. All this would become a clear example for the Russian society of the positive consequences of the democratic transformations of the great Orthodox state. However, while the Russian Federation has achieved some tactical advantages in Ukraine, thereby slowing its rapprochement with the EU and NATO, designing instability strategically prevents any involvement of Kyiv in Eurasian integration projects, further alienating it from Russia, making Ukraine more pro-Western and anti-Russian. Keywords: Ukraine, foreign policy, national security, Russian Federation, Eastern Europe, ODED-GUAM, Baltic-Black Sea Commonwealth

Sustainable Development of Power Retailers and Industrial Parks in China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Energy infrastructure construction is a top priority and focus for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and this drives dramatical demand for significant energy consumption growth and investment funds in BRI countries. In response, the concept of a regional power grid of an industrial park (RPGIP) has emerged as a new energy infrastructure, where the industrial power supply, load, and grid are integrated to form a balanced and independent regional power grid. Moreover, dramatically increased market competition on the retail side of the electricity market challenges developing countries striving to achieve sustainable development of power retailers. This paper proposes that power retailers transform into energy saving companies (ESCOs) to participate in the electricity management of an RPGIP. By using a financing scheme realized by asset securitization, power retailers can smoothly participate in the construction and operation of a power system of BRI that contributes to accelerating energy infrastructure construction, the electricity management of the RPGIP, and sustainable development of power retailers in BRI countries. Furthermore, this study provides a game analysis for achieving maximum benefits of power retailers and industrial consumers in the implementation of the financing scheme.

Potencjalne możliwości eksportu gazu ziemnego z Basenu Morza Śródziemnego do Europy

<p>Zasoby ropy naftowej oraz gazu ziemnego, jakie odkryto w basenie Morza Śródziemnego (BMŚ), mogą w perspektywie czasu wpłynąć na sytuację geopolityczną w regionie. Teoretycznie nowe złoża gazu ziemnego mogą być wydobywane przez Cypr, Egipt, Grecję, Izrael, Liban, Syrię oraz Turcję. Jednak niestabilność polityczna w regionie oraz brak uregulowania terenów spornych opóźni zarówno prace poszukiwawcze, jak i wydobywcze, a w niektórych przypadkach może przyczynić się do zablokowania koncesji. Zasadniczym celem artykułu jest odpowiedź na pytanie, czy państwa BMŚ mogą stać się eksporterami gazu ziemnego? W jaki sposób surowiec ten mógłby być dostarczany do Europy. Czy śródziemnomorski gaz stanie się w najbliższych kilkunastu latach istotnym źródłem dostaw do Unii Europejskiej, a także czy wpłynie na integrujący się rynek energii w Europie? W artykule wykorzystano metodę analizy politologicznej, metodę czynnikową, zastosowano teorię geopolityki i posłużono się techniką prognozowania. Wnioski z przeprowadzonej analizy badawczej wskazują, że w obecnej sytuacji geopolitycznej śródziemnomorski gaz może być co najwyżej uzupełniającym źródłem dla Europy, lecz wymaga to podjęcia wysiłku inwestycyjnego na budowę infrastruktury energetycznej, która pomimo deklaracji poszczególnych państw, nie zostanie zbudowana w deklarowanych terminach.</p>

Impacts of Infrastructure on One Country’s Trade— An Analysis based on the “new Eurasian Continental Bridge Economic Corridor” along the “One Belt One Road”

In nowadays context of global economic integration, China has proposed the “One Belt One Road” Strategy in 2014, which fits into the new changes in global economy and finds us a new growth in economy development. This article has selected the panel data of 23 countries along the “new Eurasian Continental Bridge Economic Corridor” in 2002-2016 and analyzed the influences of one country’s economic infrastructure and social infrastructure upon its national trades using the fixed effect model. The research result shows that the construction of energy infrastructure may produce less obvious negative effects on one country’s national trade while the influences of the railway and aviation infrastructure will be varied because of the different natural endowments of the country. And one country’s trade will increase as construction of communication infrastructure develops. For social infrastructure, the effects upon one country’s trade are not obvious from education infrastructure construction, scientific research infrastructure construction, medical infrastructure construction and environmental infrastructure construction.

Resilience, Sustainability and Risk Management: A Focus on Energy

The natural and subsequent human disasters of March 11, 2011 in Japan have brought into focus more than ever the importance of resilience and risk mitigation in the construction of energy infrastructure. This article introduces some of the critical issues and discusses the implications of energy in alleviating or exacerbating the risks of natural disasters. Additionally, it presents a framework for considering the risks of energy systems from a broad perspective. The connection is drawn between design for sustainability and the risks associated with energy systems in natural disasters. As a result of the assessment, six criteria are proposed for energy systems to contribute to societal resilience in the face of natural disasters—they should be: (1) Continuous; (2) Robust; (3) Independent; (4) Controllable; (5) Non-hazardous; and (6) Matched to demand.