Renewable Policy Research Articles

The environmental sustainability implications of contrast media supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A document analysis of international practice guidelines

IntroductionTravel restrictions implemented during the acute phases of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted supply chain for critical radiology consumables including contrast media (CM) leading to shortages. Consequently, some departments had to restructure their clinical workflows in accordance to recommended guidelines to ensure safe continuity of patient care. This study aimed to summarise the temporary crisis-driven recommendations with implicit environmental sustainability essence and to analyse how these measures might inform the development of a more sustainable, long-term clinical guideline for safer and cost-effective CM usage without compromising diagnostic quality. MethodsDocuments were obtained through an electronic database search together with a relevant manual search in Google Scholar and relevant reference lists. The selected documents were subjected to a pre-defined eligibility criteria for inclusion. The READ approach was employed for document analysis and a thematic analysis of the obtained data was conducted. ResultsOf the 17 documents included, 70% (n = 12) emanate from the United States of America. The summary of the findings relate to minimising CM usage through strategic clinical approaches including optimisation of CM volumes, prioritisation of non-contrast imaging and/or alternative imaging depending on patient need without compromising diagnostic quality. ConclusionCritical lessons of sustainability essence are implicitly embedded in the policy guidelines issued during the periods of acute CM shortage in the COVID-19 pandemic. These lessons were themed around CM conservation based on: type and priority of medical imaging investigation, kind of imaging modality and use of smaller vials over multi-dose vials packaging.Implications for practice: The temporary crisis-driven strategies may offer critical lessons for post-pandemic service delivery to enhance patient safety while saving cost and promoting greener practice via strategic clinical and operational monitoring of CM through policy renewal, education and training and collaboration with industry partners.

Advances and Hurdles in Solar Energy in Rajasthan

Renewable energy is a sustainable and clean source of energy derived from nature. These technologies have long been recognized as an important part of the solution to address energy security concerns and ensure economic growth in an environment friendly manner. Deregulation has changed the traditional mission and mandates of power utilities in complex ways, and had large impacts on environmental, social, and political conditions for any particular country like India. The renewable energy based power generating systems can play a major role towards the fulfilment of energy requirements of restructured electricity market. In this paper, efforts have been made to summarize the availability, current status, environmental effects, promotion policies and future potentials & strategies of renewable energy options in India. Keywords— renewable energy based power plants, renewable energy sources, renewable policy, renewable tariff.

Motorized Insurance with Group of Data Analysis

Storing a policy of commercial and non-commercial vehicles. So, the policies are generated from different kind of authorized companies. In these applications the branch master can analyse what is the status of issued policies. The analysis is depended on issued data policy, starting date, ending date of policy and also to manage the next intent policies, so far a kind of activities in branches are handled by excels and paper work by this work, lakh of data losing and had problem with filter of existing customers. This application is based on web technology, we have one more portal for collect number of information of vehicles and insurance companies. Storing and accessing essential information related to insurance policies, including policy holder details, coverage terms, and effective data. This module serves as a reference point for users to quickly retrieve policy- specific information.In addition to the core modules focused on insurance policy management, our student project includes a Renewal Date Reminder module to ensure timely renewal of policies on an annual basis. The Renewal Date Reminder module is designed to streamline the renewal process and mitigate the risk of policy lapses by proactively notifying policyholders and administrators of upcoming renewal deadlines. Prior to the renewal date, the system generates personalized notifications to remind policyholders of the impending deadline. These notifications can be sent via email, SMS, or through the system's dashboard, depending on user preferences.

IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ON EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN IN JIJEL

This research document aims to highlight the role of rural development programs approved by the State in order to restore development to the rural world and to empower rural women through various programs and policies which enabled them to exercise their development role, despite the great challenges they encounter. The rural renewal policy has changed the lives of rural women, since thanks to the support funds allocated by the State, which make it possible to encourage rural women to develop and create private investment projects in various fields, traditional industries, agricultural and other industries. The role of rural Algerian women in this support has become apparent. In order to integrate women in the rural world, the State has set up local rural development projects with the objective of developing and improving the standard of living of the rural world. And develop women in particular. These projects have contributed to developing the work of women in agricultural and artisanal activities. We have noticed that rural women can support themselves and their communities and help build thriving rural economies if they have the opportunity to produce.

Assessing the impact of renewable energy policies on decarbonization in developing countries

This study offers the first consistent attempt to identify how energy sector decarbonization policies have affected the energy mix over the last four decades across more than 100 developing countries. It applies systematic regression analysis to five energy sector decarbonization outcomes and 75+ policy instruments aggregated into seven policy packages. Combining instrumental variables with country interactions and country and time-fixed effects in regional panels helps address potential endogeneity issues. Only a handful of energy policy packages significantly affect decarbonizing developing countries' energy mix, and they more often achieve a negligible or opposite result than intended three years after implementation. Policies that address counterparty risk have the highest immediate effect. Effects of renewable policies on different decarbonization outcomes improve slightly five and seven years after their implementation.

Analysis of the impacts of carbon neutral policy portfolios on the economy, environment, and residents' welfare based on computable general equilibrium models

The efficacy of the synergistic interplay of various programs about energy efficiency and emission reduction in China's endeavor to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality remains to be determined. This research constructed a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to examine the economic, environmental, social, and energy consequences of various policy combinations. Using data from the 2018 input-output table of China, we create 21 industry sectors and examine the combined impacts of different carbon policies. Our findings indicate that the effects of carbon emission reduction are more favorable when multiple carbon-neutral policies are implemented together, compared to the impact of a single policy. Among the various combinations of policies examined, the combination of feed-in tariff subsidy policy (FIT), renewable energy quota policy (RPS), carbon trading, carbon tax, and carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) technology proves to be the most effective. The study predicts that by 2060, this combination of policies could lead to a reduction of 32.5% in carbon dioxide emissions. At the same time, it was discovered that a combination of lower-intensity renewable energy quotas, carbon trading, carbon taxes, and higher-intensity subsidies for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies, the synergy indicator θ exceeds 1, indicating a more stable economy; When the carbon tax policy is more robust, and the remaining three policies are more minor, carbon emissions fall the most and are the most ecologically beneficial. Imposing excessively high renewable energy quotas while maintaining the same level of technology and substitutability between fossil fuels and electric energy sources will result in economic instability afterward. Therefore, we suggest that to attain balanced growth of the environment, society, and economy, the government should increase the function of policy combinations and balance several objectives.

Study of factors affecting customer patronage: engagement model of health insurance

PurposeImproving health outcomes requires a robust health-care service model that delivers cost-efficient services and increase customer patronage. The purpose of this study is to examine how service quality and convenience influence perceived value, satisfaction and customer patronage of health insurance policyholders. Based on contemporary research, this study further investigates the moderating role of trust, inertia, insurer type and word-of-mouth (WOM) on relationship between satisfaction and customer patronage.Design/methodology/approachThis study conceptualized the dimensions of SERVQUAL and SERVCON as drivers of perceived value leading to satisfaction and finally customer patronage in presence of four moderators. To test the hypotheses, data from 500 consumers who had a running health insurance policy was collected and analyzed using partial least square path modeling.FindingsThe results of this study showed service quality and convenience dimensions significantly affected perceived value. Perceived value strongly influenced satisfaction and customer patronage intentions. Satisfaction had a significant positive effect on patronage. WOM and trust moderated the satisfaction–patronage relationship for recommendation intention but not repurchase intention. The moderators had an indirect bearing on customer patronage.Social implicationsSuch an engagement ecosystem can be considered to be a revolution, as it will change the way businesses are conducted and how stakeholders interact with one another.Originality/valueThis study adapts and integrates the SERVQUAL and SERVCON models to health insurance domain. Second, this study conceptualizes a modified view of post-benefit convenience relevant for health insurance as policy renewal intention rather than returns/exchanges. This addresses a gap in the SERVCON scale's applicability to insurance services. This study also makes a novel attempt of examining implication of WOM and trust in health insurance domain.

WTO체제하의 중국 신재생 에너지 자동차 보조금 정책에 관한 연구

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to derive improvement measures for China's renewable energy vehicle subsidy policy under the WTO system. The parts of the new and renewable energy vehicle subsidy system enacted by China that are inconsistent with the WTO subsidy agreement are identified, and policy improvement measures are suggested. Design/Methodology/Approach - This study conducted existing literature studies and case analysis to derive improvement measures for China's renewable energy vehicle subsidy policy under the WTO system. First, the existing literature research analyzed previous studies on the renewable energy vehicle subsidy policy. Second, the case analysis identified the inconsistency of China's renewable energy vehicle subsidy policy with the WTO subsidy agreement based on the results determined in WTO-related dispute cases. Findings - Since it is stipulated that only renewable energy vehicle producers are eligible for subsidies under China's renewable energy vehicle subsidy policy, renewable energy vehicle subsidies establish the specificity specified in the WTO subsidy agreement. Local governments established factories locally and provided subsidies only to renewable energy companies using on-site facilities, which is a prohibited subsidy under the WTO subsidy agreement. Research Implications - First, prohibited subsidies must be removed by expanding the subject of subsidies or changing the payment method. Second, the central government should strengthen the supervisory capabilities of local governments. Third, it is necessary to encourage and expand the introduction of personal capital in the field of renewable energy infrastructure. Fourth, various support measures in addition to the subsidy policy should be added to reduce the suspicion of prohibited subsidies in other countries and promote industrial development.

Green transport fleet renewal using approximate dynamic programming: A case study in German heavy-duty road transportation

Governments and manufacturers are starting to enforce the European transport industry’s transition to sustainable mobility. Meanwhile, transport companies have begun to set their own emissions goals. To achieve these sustainably, they must develop efficient policies to renew their fleets with alternative-fuel vehicles. However, since future trends in relevant parameters are highly uncertain, fleet managers struggle to make informed decisions. We formulate fleet renewal as a sequential optimization problem, considering multiple technologies and operational clusters. Vehicle purchase, sales, depreciation, fuel, carbon, and electric battery prices are modeled as stochastic variables. We propose approximate dynamic programming to calculate fleet renewal policies that achieve emissions goals while optimizing total costs of ownership. This approach is tested in a case study of a German logistics service provider. We investigate optimal timings of purchases and sales for a heavy-duty truck fleet, considering four drivetrain technologies. Our approach can guide decision making in various fleet renewal settings. By applying it to the case study, we derive important managerial implications. The mobility transition will significantly increase transport fleets’ total cost of ownership. To minimize costs, companies should not move prematurely to low-emissions technologies, but hold vehicles for as long as possible to benefit from fewer purchases and sinking prices. The optimal policy depends on the distance driven. For short-distance operations, diesel trucks will remain the dominant technology in the next years, but will be replaced by battery electric trucks in the medium term. In the far future, trucks powered by electricity and hydrogen will be equally important.

Using deep learning to unravel the structural evolution of block-scale green spaces in urban renewal

Most urban green space (UGS) studies focus on city-level analysis, which is not conducive to urban renewal. We developed a new deep learning approach for characterising the structural evolution of block-scale UGS in urban renewal scenarios. Taking Beijing and Shanghai as models, we first segmented the study areas into block-scale grids and trained a random forest model based on a local climate zone framework to identify the spatial morphological classes of the grids. Second, we established a VGG16-based deep learning model to identify UGS structural types. Finally, we examined the associated patterns of grid spatial morphology and UGS structure under different renewal scenarios. We found that six distinct types of UGS structure are associated with different urban morphological classes. Spatial and temporal variations of UGS structures were observed in terms of direction of conversion, activity level, and extent of improvement to service level. Holistic and micro-renewal approaches drove positive evolution of block-scale UGS structures mainly by reducing building density and via precise optimization, respectively. Our results provide a reference for urban renewal policies and planning guidelines for block-scale UGSs in high-density cities.

Global trends and scenarios for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services from 1900 to 2050.

Based on an extensive model intercomparison, we assessed trends in biodiversity and ecosystem services from historical reconstructions and future scenarios of land-use and climate change. During the 20th century, biodiversity declined globally by 2 to 11%, as estimated by a range of indicators. Provisioning ecosystem services increased several fold, and regulating services decreased moderately. Going forward, policies toward sustainability have the potential to slow biodiversity loss resulting from land-use change and the demand for provisioning services while reducing or reversing declines in regulating services. However, negative impacts on biodiversity due to climate change appear poised to increase, particularly in the higher-emissions scenarios. Our assessment identifies remaining modeling uncertainties but also robustly shows that renewed policy efforts are needed to meet the goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Rethinking Indonesia’s Geothermal Foreign Direct Investment Policy: Certainty and Economic Analysis of Law Perspective

This study aims to anylize Indonesian government policy regarding the 100% ownership over geothermal sector projects by foreign direct investors, based on the certainty and effectivity using economic analysis of law perspective. This study is formulated as legal research, using statutory approach, conceptual approach, and comparative approach, as research method. The results of this Based on these explanations, it can be concluded that in terms of certainty, renewable energy investment policies in Indonesia, which frequently change, ultimately reduce the value of that certainty. This is different from Germany which tends to be more stable because it has a renewable energy policy that does not change too often, for example this can be seen in German policy regarding providing incentives to foreign investors. Furthermore, regarding the effectiveness of the policy of 100% ownership by foreign investors for geothermal development projects, based on EaL and game theory, this policy can be said to be effective. However, improvements are needed so that the policy does not conflict with SoNR principles. This improvement, for example, is by using the BOOT scheme used by the Philippines in relation to the geothermal development sector, not only can it be 100% owned by foreign investors without a certain period of time.

ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AT THE MUARA ANGKE PASSENGER PORT AS A MEANS OF SUPPORTING THOUSAND ISLAND TOURISM

Kepulauan seribu are also a frequently visited destination for domestic and foreign tourists and are among the priority destinations in Indonesia. The development of the passenger port in Muara Angke is an important step in supporting the tourism sector in Kepulauan Seribu. However, this development must also consider environmental impacts, including carbon emissions and the use of natural resources. Indonesia has taken steps towards developing renewable energy and policies that support it by implementing renewable energy at the Muara Angke Passenger Port will be in line with government initiatives to achieve energy targets national renewable. The method used is primary data, secondary data, by calculating the need for solar panels and wind turbines and collecting supporting data sourced from related websites. The results are 324 solar panels placed on the roof of the main building of the port where the wind turbine is placed on the west side. with a total of 6 units, on the east side of the port there are 6 units and on the south side of the port there are 4 wind turbine units

Achieving a high share of non-hydro renewable integration in Brazil through wind power: Regional growth and employment effects

Brazil is a case of the achievement of a high share of wind energy integration to an interconnected power system in an emerging market. A series of successful energy supply programmes and a strong renewable-oriented finance framework implemented since 2002, have promoted alternative renewables – wind installed capacity increased over 22-fold from 927 MW in 2011 to 21 GW in 2022, reaching 11.77% of total procured power. From this, about 90% are concentrated in Brazil's least developed region, the Northeast, where wind investment should create jobs and propel socioeconomic development. Despite that, there is no studies specific assessing the regional and economy-wide effects of those programmes, gap that this paper aims to fill by applying the regional Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model TERM-BR10. We assess that by modelling an alternative scenario for the period 2010-19 based on an official electricity matrix built in 2010, that projected 3.4 additional GW of wind power while not considering all the success of renewable policies, against the observed installed capacity expansion, where wind power was 3.7 times higher than what had been planned. Our results show that in the absence of renewable policies, Brazil would have faced economic losses such as GDP (−0.27%) and investment (−4.76%). The Northeast region would have been the most impacted in terms of GDP (−1.3%), real wage (−2.99%) and employment creation (−0.1%). We propose that such socioeconomic co-benefits are incorporated in energy planning, which could promote regional equality through renewable energy expansion.

A cooperative interprovincial management model under renewable portfolio standard policy accounting for employment factors

The vigorous development of renewable energy (RE) is the key to mitigating climate change, realizing energy transformation and thereby guaranteeing energy security. China formally implemented the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) in 2019 and has made certain advances, however, the spatial reverse distribution of RE supply and power consumption center and interprovincial barriers hinder the further development of the RPS. Therefore, this study considers the quota completion cost and employment factors comprehensively to construct a cooperative interprovincial management model (CIMM) of the RPS and address the interprovincial barriers while giving full play to provincial advantages. The minimum cost residual saving method is used to apportion the cooperation cost reasonably. Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia and Shandong are taken as case provinces to verify the model. The result shows that, compared to the territorial management model, the CIMM increases RE generation by 19.58% and employment creation by 19.19% and lowers quota completion costs by 3.84%. A sensitivity analysis verified the robustness of the model. This study provides a scientific interprovincial cooperation model and cost distribution method for the central government to realize the efficient utilization of RE, and promote the further development of RE. Finally, policy recommendations to promote RE cooperation are proposed.

Impact of renewable energy expansion policies on the economy, income distribution, and air pollution reduction

This study employs a recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model to evaluate the consequences of renewable energy (RE) expansion policies in South Korea, focusing on their impact on the economy, income distribution, and air pollution reduction. It assumes a scenario in which RE generation constitutes 20% of the total electricity generation by 2030. Various scenarios are explored, including those with and without emission regulations and those considering increased productivity of RE technology. Key findings suggest that expanding RE policies stimulates labor demand and revitalizes upstream industries. However, its effectiveness depends on increasing the efficiency of RE technologies. Carbon regulation, such as emissions trading schemes, reduces greenhouse gases and air pollutants, with environmental benefits outweighing GDP reductions. It decreases income inequality, whereas policies to promote RE exacerbate it, requiring corrective measures. Nevertheless, productivity improvements in the RE sector enhance income distribution.

Exploring the efficacy of renewable energy support policies in uncertain environments: A real options analysis

This paper explores the impact of various renewable energy support policies on investor behavior and environmental value. Specifically, the study investigates the effects of fixed feed-in tariff (FIT) and tradable green certificates (TGC) on investor’s flexibility and environmental value under conditions of uncertainty. Real options theory and envelope theory are employed to analyze these uncertainties, with an empirical analysis of China’s electricity market serving as the basis for the study. The results of the analysis demonstrate that the use of TGC can lead to higher environmental value for utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) projects in China. For onshore wind, substituting FIT with TGC may be more appropriate. However, for offshore wind projects, FIT may be more suitable due to their increased vulnerability to uncertainty. Additionally, the study finds that greater support is required for projects deployed under FIT policies.

INTEGRATING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES: A REVIEW

Integrating renewable energy solutions into the manufacturing industry presents a critical pathway towards achieving sustainability and reducing carbon footprints. This review paper aims to explore the challenges and opportunities associated with the adoption of renewable energy technologies in manufacturing settings. Through a comprehensive analysis of existing literature and case studies, the paper identifies key barriers to integration, including high initial costs, technological limitations, and the need for skilled workforce. Additionally, it examines the role of policy frameworks, financial incentives, and technological advancements in facilitating the transition towards renewable energy. The methodology involves a systematic review of peer-reviewed articles, industry reports, and governmental policies related to renewable energy adoption in the manufacturing sector. The paper highlights the importance of strategic planning, investment in research and development, and collaboration between stakeholders as essential components for successful integration. Key findings suggest that while challenges remain significant, the opportunities for cost savings, improved energy efficiency, and enhanced corporate reputation make a compelling case for the shift towards renewable energy. The paper concludes that with supportive policies, continuous technological innovation, and stakeholder engagement, the manufacturing industry can overcome existing hurdles and significantly contribute to global sustainability goals. The review calls for further research into scalable and sector-specific renewable energy solutions to facilitate wider adoption across the manufacturing industry.
 Keywords: Renewable Energy, Technological Innovation, Policy and Regulatory Support, Financial Mechanisms, Capacity Building, Infrastructure Development, Market Development.

An Analysis of Emerging Renewable Hydrogen Policy through an Energy Democracy Lens: The Case of Australia

As part of reducing carbon emissions, governments across the world are working on measures to transition sectors of the economy away from fossil fuels. The socio-technical regimes being constructed around the energy transition can encourage energy centralisation and constrain actor engagement without proper policy and planning. The energy transition is liable to have significant impacts across all of society, but less attention has been given to the role of democratic participation and decision-making in the energy system during this time. Using the energy democracy framework developed by Kacper Szulecki, we employ content analysis to investigate how Australia’s renewable hydrogen strategies at the Commonwealth and state levels engage with the broader objective of democratising energy systems. Based on our findings, we recommend ways to support a renewable hydrogen regime in Australia in line with the principles of energy democracy, such as community engagement, built-in participation, popular sovereignty, community-level agency, and civic ownership. This study provides a perspective on the energy transition that is often overlooked, and a reminder to policymakers that the topology of an energy transition can take many forms.

New entrant farming policy as predatory inclusion: (Re)production of the farm through generational renewal policy programs in Scotland

AbstractNew entrant policy, literature, and research offers an important angle for exploring where dominant agrarianism is reproduced and contested. As new entrants seek access to land, finance, and expertise, their credibility is filtered through a cultural and policy environment that favors some farming models over others. Thus, seemingly apolitical policy tools geared at getting new people into farming may carry implicit norms of who these individuals should be, how they should farm, and what their values should entail. A normative gaze of farming often masks the financial, cultural, labor relation, and land tenure dimensions that are the underlying drivers of agrarian change. This paper applies social reproduction theory to explore a diversity of social labor processes that new entrant farmers practice to arrive at the point of agricultural production. Interviews with new entrant and successor farmers in Britain (excluding Northern Ireland) are presented first, followed by an analysis of new entrant policy instruments over the last two decades in Scotland. We find that new entrant policy fails to engage with a crisis of social reproduction in the food system because of a commitment to agrarian ideals of the self-sufficient and entrepreneurial farmer. By inviting newcomers into a dynamic of increasing precarious and uncompensated labor, very often by way of family relations, new entrant policy may act as a form of “predatory inclusion.” We argue that to be successful in reproducing the agricultural sector, new entrant farmer policy must be first a policy at attending to relations in the social sphere. Recognizing and supporting the diversified strategies farmers take on to assemble land for production would not only drive more just policy, but set the conditions for a more adaptive food system.