1st Edition

Renewable Energy for the Arctic New Perspectives

Edited By Gisele Arruda Copyright 2019
230 Pages 53 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 53 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 53 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores various facets of the transition to renewable energy in the Arctic region. It critically examines the adverse effects of fossil fuel extraction and use, environmental and social impacts of climate change, and the possibility of a low carbon energy system through innovation and technology. Drawing together a diverse range of contributors and considering a range of new... Read more

PART I: Overview – Low Carbon Arctic Energy System

Chapter 1. A Low Carbon Arctic Energy System? Challenges, Opportunities and Trends. Tom Marsik and Nathan Wiltse

PART II: Modalities of Energy in the Arctic

Chapter 2: Renewable Energy for the Arctic: New Perspectives. Gisele M. Arruda, Feb M. Arruda and Julianna Hogenson

Chapter 3: Geothermal Energy Development in the Arctic. Julianna Hogenson

Chapter 4: Modelling of Longyearbyen’s Energy System Towards 2050. Enzo A. J. Diependaal and Hans-Kristian Ringkjøb

PART III: Integrating Energy in the Arctic – Infrastructure and Communities

Chapter 5 - Towards Sustainable Energy Systems through Smart Grids in the Arctic. Gisele M. Arruda and Feb M. Arruda

Chapter 6 – Arctic resource development: a sustainable prosperity project of co-management. Gisele M. Arruda

PART IV: Arctic Energy, Investment and Legal Framework

Chapter 7: Energy and Arctic Investment. Sarah Sternbergh

Chapter 8: Corporations and the renewable energy transition in the Arctic. Dyveke F. Elset

PART V: Arctic Energy Policies and Standards

Chapter 9: Achieving high performance with business process and quality management within the Arctic energy industry. Melania Milecka-Forrest

Chapter 10: Enhancing Risk and Safety Management in large scale Renewable Energy Generation. Natalia Rocha-Lawton

PART VI: Arctic Energy and non-arctic world

Chapter 11: The Case for Increased UK - Nordic Electricity Interconnection and the Implications of Brexit. Nicholas Craig

Biography

Gisele M. Arruda is a professor in Circumpolar Studies in the field of Energy, Arctic, Climate Change, Environment and Society. The main topics of her research involve Arctic governance, Arctic Sustainable Energy Systems, Climate Change, Arctic Studies (Socio-environmental impacts of extractive-industries and resources development on environment and societies), Corporate Social Responsibility and multicultural aspects of Higher Education. She has been an advisor for governmental and non-governmental organizations as a strategist by influencing policymakers and supporting climate negotiations. She is the editor-in-chief for Arctic, Energy and Climate Change International Journal by Anvivo.org. She is the author of Renewable Energy for the Arctic: New Perspectives and Sustainable Energy Education in the Arctic: The Role of Higher Education, by Routledge.