A Transdisciplinary Analysis of Just Transition Pathways to 100% Renewable Electricity
A 2021 dissertation which seeks to answer the question: what are the technical, policy, and perceptual pathways, barriers, and opportunities for just transition to 100% renewable electricity in the U.S., at a state and local levels?
[Originally posted at https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2290&context=etdr]
Scoping Paper: Human Rights and the Energy Transition in Kenya
A 2022 scoping paper which explores the human rights dimensions of renewable energy and the energy transition in Kenya. It seeks to serve as a resource for stakeholder engagement and discussion in working towards a human rights-based energy transition in Kenya.
[Originally posted at https://www.humanrights.dk/sites/humanrights.dk/files/media/document/Kenya%20Energy%20Transition%20and%20Human%20Rights%20Scoping_accessible.pdf]
Eskom Transformed: Achieving a Just Energy Transition for South Africa
A 2020 report which presents the case for a modern national power utility – a New Eskom. Unfortunately, in the public discourse around energy in South Africa, the word ‘Eskom’ has become an expletive. To suggest that a reformed publicly utility can and must play a new and perhaps expanded role in shaping the country’s energy future as it transitions away from coal sounds ludicrous. But this is exactly what the situation demands, and this report explains why.
[Originally posted at https://www.tni.org/en/publication/eskom-transformed-achieving-a-just-energy-transition-for-south-africa]
Southeast Asia’s Road to Recovery: Towards a Just Regional Energy Transition
A 2021 report which provides a regional analysis of an energy transition that builds on a 100% renewable energy goal for Southeast Asia by 2050 using the region’s renewable energy from wind, water, geothermal, and solar sources. This report suggests that this vision of energy future for the region requires changes in technologies, institutions, and policies to usher in a just energy transition. [Originally posted at https://th.boell.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/Towards%20a%20just%20regional%20energy%20transition.pdf]
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Union Experiences and Lessons from Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Nigeria and Spain
A 2019 report which highlights case studies of unions turning Just Transition agreements into legislation, investment, and collective bargaining agreements in Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Nigeria and Spain.
[Originally posted at https://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/191120_-_just_transition_case_studies.pdf]
Our Green Business Transformation – What We Did and Lessons Learned
This April 2021 document outlines the green transformation steps taken over a decade by Ørsted, a Danish renewable energy company with a focus on wind. It is the company’s document and information.
Windy Waters: Unlocking the Potential of U.S. Offshore Wind
A July 2021 report from the U.S. Bipartisan Policy Center that assets “offshore wind has an important role to play in that expansion, particularly given its ability to provide reliable electricity generation, at all hours of the day and during all seasons of the year, near major coastal population centers. Offshore wind also represents a significant economic opportunity: a robust domestic industry could deliver large benefits in job creation and manufacturing activity while tapping a growing global market for clean energy technologies”
[Originally posted at https://bipartisanpolicy.org/download/?file=/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/BPC_OSW_IssueBriefV5-1.pdf ]
U.S. Offshore Wind Power Economic Impact Assessment
A March 2020 report by the American Wind Energy Association (an industry association) claiming that “Market projections anticipate between 20,000 to 30,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind capacity will be operational by 20301, representing between $28 – $57 billion of investment in the U.S. economy.”