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Cover Artificial intelligence and renewables towards an energy transition

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Artificial intelligence and renewables towards an energy transition / Mustapha Hatti editor. - Cham : Springer, c2021. - XIII, 990 p.

Cham : Springer, c2021

Cover Biofuels & hydrogen, harder-to-abate sectors energy transition strategy : shipping, aviation, trucking & petrochemicals, a research into the IOCs approach

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Ofili, Methadius Iweanya

Biofuels & hydrogen, harder-to-abate sectors energy transition strategy : shipping, aviation, trucking & petrochemicals, a research into the IOCs approach / Methadius Ofili. - Wroclaw : Amazon Fulfillment, c2022. - 81 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Wroclaw : Amazon Fulfillment, c2022

Abstract: It is suspected that the harder-to-abate sectors are not receiving the attention they deserve, compared to the ‘easier-to-abate’ sectors, towards addressing oil and gas GHG emissions. While previous research focused on the broad energy transition efforts and strategies of IOCs and their renewable energy investments/associated technologies, this research intends to answer the following open research questions:
*What harder-to-abate strategies have been adopted by IOCs, to enable them a ...; [Read more...] It is suspected that the harder-to-abate sectors are not receiving the attention they deserve, compared to the ‘easier-to-abate’ sectors, towards addressing oil and gas GHG emissions. While previous research focused on the broad energy transition efforts and strategies of IOCs and their renewable energy investments/associated technologies, this research intends to answer the following open research questions:
*What harder-to-abate strategies have been adopted by IOCs, to enable them achieve net zero compliance?
*How and to what extent, are these strategies/efforts, effective in addressing the harder-to-abate sectors and what is the implication for net-zero target?
* What are the adopted energy transition fuels that will effectively address these harder-to-abate sectors?
*Why are these strategies effective or ineffective and
*Why are these sectors said to be harder-to-abate and neglected?
This research was carried out investigate what energy transition strategies and to what extent the IOCs are addressing the harder-to-abate sectors of shipping, aviation, trucks and petrochemicals; why adopted strategies are ineffective/effective; why the sector is hard-to-abate/neglected, and what fuels have been adopted. Secondary data was collected from IRENA and the seven leading IOCs. Findings were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed, and show that IOCs have increased their harder-to-abate sector energy transition engagements, compared to previous years. Biofuels and hydrogen are the renewable fuels adopted for this difficult-to-electrify sector, which is not easily directly amenable to other sources of renewable energy. The ‘horizontal strategies’ of direct/own investments/projects, partnerships, strategic alliances, JV, stake and fuels purchases and outright acquisitions were employed by IOCs to grow their biofuel and hydrogen portfolios, while ‘vertical strategies,’ entail short and long term strategies. Biofuels represent short term strategy because they are readily deployable fuels requiring little or no engine modifications, while hydrogen represents long term strategy, as engine re-calibration, new distribution and dispensing infrastructures are required. Through the implementation of the horizontal strategy, the vertical strategies are accomplished, leading towards 2050 net-zero target. The IOCs are producing not only grey hydrogen, but also blue (CCS/CCUS-applied) and green hydrogen. Global green hydrogen production entails the electrolysis of water, using enormous amounts of renewable electricity. They now produce, not just bioethanol and biodiesel, but through technological innovation, have developed SAF, Bio-LNG, R-CNG, RNG, LCF and HVO biofuels. While these developments are commendable, they are not enough, as current sector investments must more than triple, annually, for net zero to be attained, otherwise, it will be an illusion

Cover The clean energy transition : policies and politics for a zero-carbon world

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Fiorino, Daniel J.

The clean energy transition : policies and politics for a zero-carbon world / Daniel J. Fiorino. - Hoboken : Policy press, 2022. - XIV, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Hoboken : Policy press, 2022

Abstract: Is the goal of a transition to clean energy at all realistic? If so, how could it be accomplished? Climate change poses a formidable challenge for twenty-first-century governments. Unless they can move to a clean energy system built on efficiency, renewables, electrification, and possibly complementary technologies like nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage, it will be all but impossible to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
In this book, Daniel Fiorino provides a comp ...; [Read more...]