The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia–East Asia Summit (ERIA–EAS) Energy Outlook was updated in 2017–2018 through a revision of macro assumptions, such as economic and population growth as well as crude oil prices in the current lower price situation. This outlook also incorporates more recent information on the EAS17 member countries’ energy-saving goals and action pl…
Kebutuhan energi yang terus meningkat di tengah keterbatasan sumber daya energi fosil, serta tuntutan global untuk mengurangi emisi gas rumah kaca, telah menempatkan energi baru terbarukan (EBT) sebagai solusi utama yang tidak dapat ditunda. Indonesia, dengan kekayaan alam yang melimpah dan beragam, memiliki potensi EBT yang luar biasa. Namun, ironisnya, pemanfaatan sumber daya ini masih sangat…
Why the market will never solve the Climate Crisis RECENT TECHNICAL ADVANCES mean it is typically cheaper to produce electricity from renewable sources than from fossil fuels. Yet, around the world, the transition to green energy is happening too slowly if it is happening at all. As Brett Christophers argues, the problem is rooted in the absurdist nature of capitalist priorities: saving the …
Renewable Energy Finance: Theory and Practice, Second Edition integrates the special characteristics of renewable energy with key elements of project finance. Through a mixture of fundamental analysis and real-life examples, readers learn how renewable energy project finance deals mix finance, public policy, legal, engineering and environmental issues. This book investigates the economics of la…
The last decade has seen a revolution in global energy. First, we saw explosive growth in demand from Asia's rising powers, which fueled fears about scarcity and conflict. But we've also seen an American revolution in technology and markets, resulting in a dramatic increase in sup-ply. This is strengthening America's hand in the worldbut it's not without complications. There are major securit…
Climate Change Impacts on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Net Zero Emissions and Sustainability identifies and assesses climate change impacts on the nexus of food, energy, and waste. It also strives to examine how to contribute to net zero emissions through the water-energy-food nexus. This book elaborates the roles of water, energy, and food nexus in the 4th Industrial Revolution for environm…
This book analyses the trilemma between growth, energy security and climate change mitigation and, breaking from scholarly orthodoxy, challenges the imperative that growth must always come first. It sets forth the argument that a steady-state approach is a more appropriate conceptual mindset to enable energy transition, sets out a steady-state energy policy, and assesses the projected outcomes …
Activists, scientists and policymakers around the world have long argued that we need to find sustainable and secure solutions to the world's energy demands. At issue for citizens worldwide is whether we are scientifically literate enough to understand the potential policy choices before us. Understanding Energy and Energy Policy is a one-stop resource for understanding the complexities of e…
Energy security has become a top priority issue for the United States and countries around the globe, but what does the term ""energy security"" really mean? For many it is assuring the safe supply and transport of energy as a matter of national security. For others it is developing and moving toward sustainable and low-carbon energy sources to avoid environmental catastrophe, while still other…
Security of Energy supply is a major concern for all modern societies, intensified by skyrocketing demand in India and China and increasing international competition over fossil fuel deposits. Energy Security: An Interdisciplinary Approach gives A comparative analysis from both consumers' and producers' perspectives. It uniquely combines economics, geology, international relations, business, hi…