Issue 02/2013
| Employment Impact Assessment Studies – Is There a Best Approach to Assess Employment Impacts of RET Deployment? Dr. sc. agr. Barbara Breitschopf, Dr. Carsten Nathani, Dr. Gustav Resch The use of renewable energy (RE) sources plays a significant role in increasing the security of energy supply and mitigating climate change. Whereas these roles are undisputed, there is an ongoing discussion about the employment impacts of promoting RE deployment. So far no common methodological approach has been developed on how to assess employment impacts of RE deployment. This paper represents the result of a project (IEA-RETD), which intention is to elaborate guidelines for the assessment of employment impacts and to provide insights on impact mechanisms for modelling RE deployment effects. Therefore, the different focus of gross and net impact assessment studies is elucidated and relevant aspects of these studies are discussed. Further, a few selected methodological approaches for impact assessment studies are outlined as well as the results of the recommended assessment approach are briefly presented. |
| Social Acceptance and the Development of the North Sea Offshore Grid Dr. Magdalena A. K. Muir This article considers social acceptance and the development of marine renewable energy and grid infrastructure for a sustainable, secure, and competitive European energy future. The North Seas Countries Offshore Grid Initiative and the European Union’s Regulation on Guidelines for Trans-European Energy Infrastructure are considered in this respect. Declarations and recent marine initiatives of the Renewables- Grid-Initiative are examined to determine how they might support the development of greater social acceptance for marine grid infrastructure for the northern seas of Europe. Finally, recommendations are made for a regulatory framework to support the development of social acceptance for offshore grid infrastructure in these seas. |
| “What’s in a Smell?” LLM Daisy G. Tempelman, Anna Butenko This article examines the odorisation process of biomethane before it is injected into the natural gas grid in the Netherlands. Odorisation of biomethane is accompanied with risks and inadequate odorisation might have substantial legal and physical consequences. This article attempts to address one of the technical risks related to the odorisation of biomethane, which is the odor masking due to a trace component in the biomethane. Furthermore, this article investigates the liability and responsibility with regards to this odor masking in the light of the European Union’s Product Safety Directive. It can be concluded that it remains unclear who can be held responsible if the biogas producer is not the one who injects the biomethane into the gas grid (biomethane injector). Moreover, the European product liability regime does not cover all aspects in case damages occur due to inadequately odorised biomethane. |
| Renewable Energy Development in Two Selected African Countries: An Overview and Assessment Shehu Usman Yamusa II, Dr. Abdul Haseeb Ansari Government officials, academics, independent researchers and private investors have been working since the energy crises in the 1970s towards maximizing alternative and new renewable energy sources. The traditional sources of energy are based on exhaustible natural resources; therefore, the energy that is cleaner and more sustainable for the development of the world economy is a sine qua non. The economy of a country is measured with the consumption of energy per capita. Least developed and developing nations of Africa are hard pressed to increase their power generation and maximize other sources of energy. But due to their inherent limitations in terms of financial resources, lack of sophisticated technology, lack of sufficient foreign aid, and ever growing populations, their energy needs are going to increase in times to come of financial institution to exploit the available sources for energy generation depend on that. This paper attempts to provide an overview and assess the situation in two selected African countries: Nigeria and Algeria. The paper identifies some barriers and explores the way forward in these countries for successful energy generation by all possible means. |
| Offshore Renewable Energy Development in the British Islands: Legal and Political Risk - Part 1: Energy Policy and Electricity Market Reform Prof/Dr Glen Plant Offshore renewable energy (ORE) development forms a central pillar of UK plans for a largely decarbonised economy by mid-century. To reach ambitious climate change targets and a related renewable energy target, however, step changes are needed in levels of investment in offshore generating stations, electricity transmission networks and related supply chains. Key aims are driving down costs and delivering short-term certainty and longer-term visibility for investors. The law will play a major part in meeting both aims, through two mechanisms: electricity market reform, discussed in this first part of a two-part article; and removing barriers by improving major infrastructure planning, marine planning, licensing consents, environmental management, electricity grid access and marine use accommodation processes, all discussed in the second part to appear in the September issue of RELP. |
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