The ASEAN climate and energy paradox

Denne artikkelen ser på misforholdet mellom ASEAN-landenes store sårbarhet for klimaendringer og beskjedne innsats for å bekjempe klimaendring.

Why Choose to Cycle in a Low-Income Country?

Forskning om sykling har fokusert på i-land. Denne artikkelen tar for seg sykling i u-land og ser på hva som får folk til å sykle der og hvilke fordeler dette gir.

Vietnam: Six Ways to Keep Up the Renewable Energy Investment Success

Vietnam is one of the most attractive destinations for renewable energy investment in ASEAN. In 2018, the country attracted USD 5.2 billion. In 2019, the share of renewable energy in the energy mix was 9%, thus already exceeding the 7% target set for 2020. If Vietnam is to continue its success and compete...

Thailand: Improving the Business Climate for Renewable Energy Investment

Thailand er ledende på fornybar energi blant ASEAN-landene. Fra 2006 til 2018 tiltrakk Thailand seg mer enn 10,7 milliarder USD i investeringer i fornybar energi. Landets kapasitet for fornybar energi utgjorde i 2019 over 60% av den totale kapasiteten i ASEAN-området. Fornybare energikilder utgjorde...

Sharing the Spoils: Winners and Losers in the Belt and Road Initiative in Myanmar

Denne artikkelen analyserer virkningen av Kinas BRI på forskjellige økonomiske aktører in Myanmar. Den hypotiserer at BRI kan føre til store endringer, fordi kinesiske prosjekter vil endre Myanmars økonomi på mange måter. Artikkelen drøfter også hvordan BRI kan endre konflikt-dynamikker i Myanmar

Singapore: How to Attract More Investment in Renewable Energy?

Singapore has limited renewable energy potential due to its small surface area and the limited space available. Solar power has the greatest potential. Given the country’s limited spare land, rooftops and vertical spaces on high-rise buildings are of particular importance. Singapore set a target of producing...

The Philippines: How to Leapfrog from a Complicated Renewable Energy Sector to an Attractive One

The Philippines set the target of increasing the share of renewable energy in its energy mix from 16.9% in 2019 to 26.9% by 2030. This ambitious target requires significant additional investment in renewable energy. It has been estimated that the Philippines could attract USD 20 billion in renewable...

Myanmar: How to Become an Attractive Destination for Renewable Energy Investment?

Myanmar is endowed with abundant renewable energy resources, and its solar potential is the greatest in the Greater Mekong Subregion – yet, this potential remains largely untapped. The country’s 50% electrification rate remains the lowest in ASEAN, and the government plans to electrify the entire country...

Malaysia: How to Scale Up Investment in Renewable Energy

Malaysia set a target of 20% renewables in the energy mix by 2025, an 18% increase from the 2% it had in 2018. One of the planned measures is the development of large-scale solar power. To reach the target, it will be necessary to attract a total of USD 8 billion of renewable energy investment during...

Lao PDR: How to Attract More Investment in Small-Scale Renewable Energy?

Lao PDR adopted the Renewable Energy Development Strategy in 2011 and set a target of 30% small-scale renewables in the energy mix by 2025. The country relies heavily on large hydropower in electricity production and is an attractive investment destination for hydropower. At the same time, Lao PDR has...

Indonesia: How to Boost Investment in Renewable Energy

Indonesia, the largest country in Southeast Asia, has considerable renewable energy potential. However, this potential remains largely underexploited. Fossil fuel subsidies are a major obstacle to the deployment of renewable energy on a large scale. Investment in renewable energy is limited compared...

Cambodia: Five Actions to Improve the Business Climate for Renewable Energy Investment

Cambodia has not attracted significant investment in renewable energy until mid-2020 and, unlike other ASEAN countries, has not set exact renewable energy targets. Despite this, the country is viewed as a model to learn from for other ASEAN countries implementing solar power auctions. In order to keep...

Energy democracy as a process, an outcome and a goal: A conceptual review

Denne artikkelen gir oversikt over de forskjellige måtene energidemokrati er blitt konseptualisert på.

Russian Oil Companies in an Evolving World: The Challenge of Change

Denne boken handler om de fem største oljeselskapene i Russland og hvordan de håndterer endring.

Brunei Darussalam: How to Build an Investment Climate for Renewable Energy?

Brunei Darussalam has yet to make major progress in renewable energy and become an attractive destination for investors. Only 0.05% of Brunei’s electricity came from renewable energy sources, while 99.95% was based on fossil fuels. In 2014, the country set a renewable energy target of 10% in the power...

The new oil? The geopolitics and international governance of hydrogen

While most hydrogen research focuses on the technical and cost hurdles to a full-scale hydrogen economy, little consideration has been given to the geopolitical drivers and consequences of hydrogen developments. The technologies and infrastructures underpinning a hydrogen economy can take markedly different...

Russian Renewable Energy: Regulations and outcomes

This chapter reviews the development of the legal framework for renewable energy in Russia and discusses the current state of renewable energy in the country. The Russian support scheme for renewable energy is elaborated in detail for both the wholesale and retail energy markets, and the outcomes of...

The geopolitics of renewables: New board, new game

This policy perspective sums up the main input of four members of the Research Panel for IRENA's Global Commission on the Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation. The geographic and technical characteristics of renewable energy systems are fundamentally different from those of coal, oil, and natural...

The missallocation of climate research funding

The window of opportunity for mitigating climate change is narrow. Limiting global warming to 1.5 °C will require rapid and deep alteration of attitudes, norms, incentives, and politics. Some of the key climate-change and energy transition puzzles are therefore in the realm of the social sciences. However,...