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2024/2025 KAN-CCBLO2301U Energy Transition for Sustainable Development in Latin America
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| Energy Transition for Sustainable Development in Latin America |
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| Language | English |
| Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
| Type | Mandatory (also offered as elective) |
| Level | Full Degree Master |
| Duration | One Semester |
| Start time of the course | Spring |
| Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
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Study Board for BSc and MSc in Business, Language and Culture,
MSc
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| Last updated on 24-06-2024 | |
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Many Latin America countries conventionally rely on hydropower and fossil fuels to produce energy. Considering climate change and international agreements such as the Paris agreement, the governments of several such countries are seeking to diversify their energy matrices by incorporating more renewable or green energy from nonconventional sources, including wind (onshore and offshore), solar, biomass and waste, tidal and geothermal. This is known as energy transition or diversification.
To expedite the energy transition, the governments of several Latin America countries have revised their energy policy. Energy policy deals with how a country generates, stores, converts, transports, and distributes energy. However, policies for energy diversification also affect energy supply and demand and may introduce trade-offs with development and environmental goals and therefore with the achievement of international policies such as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Because the design and implementation of energy policies are critically influenced by factors including the legal system, governmental will for public good, the national economy, and sociocultural aspects of energy sources and use, there is a risk that accelerating an energy transition may contribute to exacerbate the problems of inequality and of fair access to energy, resources, and societal wellbeing that are common to this region.
Multinational enterprises (MNEs) can play a key role in supporting the design and implementation of energy policies for energy transition. In this respect, there are several approaches that aim to provide more sustainable long-term energy solutions in emerging markets by rethinking end-user access and supply. These include bottom-up approaches, collaborative agreements, and the integration of civil society into decision-making processes.
In this course, some of the strategies developed by MNEs and public organizations will be discussed in relation to energy policy in Latin America countries. The theoretical areas covered by the course are, therefore, energy planning and policy, institutional theory, energy democracy, energy justice, environmental justice, energy poverty and governance. |
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| This course aims to develop students’ skills
through individual and collaborative activities designed to promote
participation regarding the sharing of opinions, experiences,
views, thoughts, and knowledge. The case study approach is the
principal teaching-learning strategy.
Through the case study method, students will practise and apply theory and knowledge to real-world problems. Students will collaboratively (in teams) identify and clarify the problems presented, analyse the information found on each case, formulate and evaluate options, and present and defend their recommendations. The case study method aims to develop students’ critical thinking, information analysis, and problem-solving skills. One of the principal objectives of this learning strategy is that the students assume a key role in the learning process. |
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| There will be regular opportunities for student feedback throughout the course, e.g. via class exercises, office hours, and in-class case study discussions, in addition to regular participation and two-way communication in lectures. Students are encouraged to make use of these opportunities to enhance their learning experience. The lecturer will also, where possible, be readily available for a one-to-one dialogue in both lecture breaks and following each lecture session. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brannstrom, C., Gorayeb, A., de Sousa Mendes, J., Loureiro, C., Meireles, A. J. de A., Silva, E. V. da, Freitas, A. L. R. de, & Oliveira, R. F. de. (2017). Is Brazilian wind power development sustainable? Insights from a review of conflicts in Ceará state. In Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Vol. 67, pp. 62–71). Elsevier Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.08.047
Carvajal-Romo, G., Valderrama-Mendoza, M., Rodríguez-Urrego, D., & Rodríguez-Urrego, L. (2019). Assessment of solar and wind energy potential in La Guajira, Colombia: Current status, and future prospects. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 36, 100531. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SETA.2019.100531
de Melo, C.A., Jannuzzi, G.D.M., Bajay, S.V., 2016. Nonconventional renewable energy governance in Brazil: lessons to learn from the German experience. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 61, 222–234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.03.054.
Gómez-Navarro, T., Ribó-Pérez, D., 2018. Assessing the obstacles to the participation of renewable energy sources in the electricity market of Colombia. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 90, 131–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.03.015.
Ramirez, J. (2021). Contentious Dynamics Within the Social Turbulence of Environmental (In)justice Surrounding Wind Energy Farms in Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Business Ethics, 169(3), 387-404. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04297-3
Ramirez, J., Velázquez, D. A., & Vélez-Zapata, C. (2022). The Potential Role of Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions in Colombia's Areas of Limited Statehood for Energy Diversification towards Governance in Energy Democracy. Energy Policy, 168, 19. [113135]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113135
Sovacool, B.K., 2021. Clean, low-carbon but corrupt? Examining corruption risks and solutions for the renewable energy sector in Mexico, Malaysia, Kenya and South Africa. Energy Strategy Rev. 38, 100723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2021.100723.
Walker, G., Devine-Wright, P., 2008. Community renewable energy: what should it mean? Energy Policy 36, 497–500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2007.10.019. |
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