Search for dissertations about: "ENERGY Politics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words ENERGY Politics.
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1. Local Politics of Renewable Energy: Project Planning, Siting Conflicts and Citizen Participation
Abstract : Renewable energy will play an important role in the transition to a sustainable energy system. With an increased maturity of renewable energy technologies, issues concerning implementation are becoming more important. READ MORE
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2. Experimenting for change? : The politics of accomplishing environmental governance through smart energy pilot projects
Abstract : This thesis investigates how smart energy experimentation arranges environmental governance in Sweden, focusing on the politics of such processes, against the background of an escalating environmental and climate crisis that necessitates urgent energy transformation. Empirically the thesis includes case studies of pilot projects in Stockholm, Malmö, Västerås, and on Gotland, and analysis of the policy landscape, mainly through text analysis and interviews. READ MORE
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3. The role of deep hydrocarbons in the global hydrocarbon budget
Abstract : Nowadays, the issue of global warming and related environmental problems got widespread awareness among scientific society, politics, the industry as well as it has affected our everyday life. The reason for such a negative impact on the atmosphere is attributed mainly to human activities. READ MORE
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4. Energy Efficiency in buildings in the Baltic states and the Nordic countries
Abstract : Improving energy efficiency in buildings is widely viewed as a cost-effective way of achieving climate and energy goals. The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) aims to enhance the energy performance of new buildings and increase the renovation rate of energy-inefficient older buildings in the European Union. READ MORE
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5. Steel Beyond Coal : Socio-Technical Change and the Emergent Politics of Steel Decarbonisation
Abstract : The steel industry is responsible for 8% of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and is the second largest user of coal after the power sector. The main emission source in steel production is the blast furnace, which converts iron ore and metallurgical coal into pig iron that is then further refined into steel. READ MORE