The role of renewable energy policies for carbon neutrality in Helsinki Metropolitan area
Permalink
Citation
Dahal , K , Juhola , S & Niemelä , J 2018 , ' The role of renewable energy policies for carbon neutrality in Helsinki Metropolitan area ' , Sustainable Cities and Society , vol. 40 , pp. 222-232 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2018.04.015
| Title: | The role of renewable energy policies for carbon neutrality in Helsinki Metropolitan area |
| Author: | Dahal, Karna; Juhola, Sirkku; Niemelä, Jari |
| Contributor: | University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) University of Helsinki, Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme |
| Date: | 2018-07 |
| Language: | eng |
| Number of pages: | 11 |
| Belongs to series: | Sustainable Cities and Society |
| ISSN: | 2210-6707 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/313960 |
| Abstract: | Abstract Renewable energy policies are necessary for achieving carbon neutrality which is the main goal for climate change mitigation. The cities in the Helsinki Metropolitan area have committed themselves to significantly reducing carbon emissions through various climate measures including some measures for renewable energy utilization. We use multilevel perspective (MLP) and renewable energy frameworks to examine the role of renewable energy policies to carbon neutrality in the Helsinki Metropolitan area and base our analysis on various policy documents and semi-structured interviews. Our findings show that current renewable energy policies in the Helsinki Metropolitan area are weak and many challenges exist. Nevertheless, many options are available for improving existing policies. The cities have many opportunities to adopt various energy policy measures, including small-scale renewable energy production in building premises, renewable energy integration to district heating, demand-side solutions for energy utilization, and increasing budgets and subsidies to renewable energy production and enhancement of the social acceptance of renewable energy. Such additional policies are needed to reach carbon neutrality in the Helsinki Metropolitan area. |
| Subject: |
1172 Environmental sciences
renewable energy carbon neutrality energy transition energy policies Energy transition MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS POWER JUSTICE TRANSITION Renewable energy Carbon neutrality Energy policies UK EFFICIENCY ELECTRICITY |
| Rights: |
Files in this item
Total number of downloads: Loading...
| Files | Size | Format | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1_s2.0_S2210670718300532_main.pdf | 782.4Kb |
View/ |
This item appears in the following Collection(s)
-
Articles from TUHAT CRIS [38570]
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
(2017)With a purpose to comprehend intention-behaviour gap about acceptance of solar energy and solar community concept (houses and/or block of flats under specific solar power plant) among Finnish respondents, this qualitative study found respondents’ positive responses towards solar energy and their rationality and honesty in admitting their real behaviour. It focuses on the qualitative interpretation of individual’s intention that corresponds to specific behaviour. In terms of their ‘impression in principle’ by thinking solar energy as a non-polluting, inexhaustible and renewable energy source although all respondents were positive, the highest numbers were non-adopters. However, they were optimists. They mentally accepted (acceptance in principle) solar energy. They would adopt it later on after being satisfied with their most contextual conditions (‘impression in practical’). This study provides recommendations that indicate more future adoption and future research direction.
-
(2020)Integration of renewable energy and optimization of energy use are key enablers of sustainable energy transitions and mitigating climate change. Modern technologies such the Internet of Things (IoT) offer a wide number of applications in the energy sector, i.e, in energy supply, transmission and distribution, and demand. IoT can be employed for improving energy efficiency, increasing the share of renewable energy, and reducing environmental impacts of the energy use. This paper reviews the existing literature on the application of IoT in in energy systems, in general, and in the context of smart grids particularly. Furthermore, we discuss enabling technologies of IoT, including cloud computing and different platforms for data analysis. Furthermore, we review challenges of deploying IoT in the energy sector, including privacy and security, with some solutions to these challenges such as blockchain technology. This survey provides energy policy-makers, energy economists, and managers with an overview of the role of IoT in optimization of energy systems.
-
(2018)Effects of the isospin-symmetry breaking (ISB) beyond mean-field Coulomb terms are systematically studied in nuclear masses near the N = Z line. The Coulomb exchange contributions are calculated exactly. We use extended Skyrme energy density functionals (EDFs) with proton-neutron-mixed densities, to which we add new terms breaking the isospin symmetry. Two parameters associated with the new terms are determined by fitting mirror and triplet displacement energies (MDEs and TDEs) of isospin multiplets. The new EDFs reproduce MDEs for the T = 1/2 doublets and T= 1 triplets, and TDEs for the T= 1 triplets. Relative strengths of the obtained isospin-symmetry-breaking terms are not consistent with the differences in the NN scattering lengths, a(nn), a(pp), and a(np). Based on low-energy experimental data, it seems thus impossible to delineate the strong-force ISB effects from beyond-mean-field Coulomb-energy corrections. (C) 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.