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Assessing the sustainability of energy technological systems in Southern Africa: A review and way forward

机译:评估南部非洲能源技术系统的可持续性:回顾与未来之路

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The field of technology assessment is not new, but it continues to be relevant today more than ever, especially in the energy sector. Issues related to climate change, energy security and sustainability in general are at the core of all energy policies and strategies. The development of new and more sustainable energy technologies are needed to address these challenges. As part of this, energy technology assessment tools can help decision-makers with the identification of sustainable energy solutions, in order to integrate them in long-term energy policies and strategies. The concept and practice of sustainable development has subsequently manifested in the technology assessment field. This implies the re-classification of technology assessment into ecological, economic and social (and other) goals. In the Southern African context, specifically, there is no formal and coherent approach to energy technology assessment from a sustainability perspective. Governments in the region are finding it challenging to establish national policies concerning energy technology assessment. Indeed, the review reveals the limited use of the term "technology assessment" in energy evaluation studies in Southern Africa. Energy sustainability assessments may be reported, but certainly not from the perspectives of the technology management community, and, although a number of studies have discussed the issues of sustainability in technology assessment, none account for technology sustainability assessment from a holistic perspective. The paper argues that it is in this area that further research is needed.
机译:技术评估领域并不是什么新鲜事物,但是今天它比以往任何时候都更加重要,特别是在能源领域。通常,与气候变化,能源安全和可持续性有关的问题是所有能源政策和战略的核心。需要开发新的和更可持续的能源技术来应对这些挑战。在此过程中,能源技术评估工具可以帮助决策者确定可持续能源解决方案,以便将其纳入长期能源政策和策略中。可持续发展的概念和实践随后在技术评估领域得到体现。这意味着将技术评估重新分类为生态,经济和社会(及其他)目标。特别是在南部非洲,从可持续性的角度来看,没有正式和连贯的方法进行能源技术评估。该地区各国政府发现建立有关能源技术评估的国家政策具有挑战性。确实,该审查揭示了南部非洲能源评估研究中“技术评估”一词的使用有限。可能会报告能源可持续性评估,但肯定不是从技术管理界的角度进行的,尽管许多研究都讨论了技术评估中的可持续性问题,但没有一个从整体角度考虑技术可持续性评估。该论文认为,这是需要进一步研究的领域。

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  • 来源
    《Technology in society》 |2011年第2期|p.145-155|共11页
  • 作者单位

    Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies, School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, Sustainability Institute, South Africa;

    Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies, School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, Sustainability Institute, South Africa;

  • 收录信息 美国《工程索引》(EI);
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类
  • 关键词

    technology assessment; sustainability; energy technologies; southern Africa;

    机译:技术评估;可持续性;能源技术;非洲南部;
  • 入库时间 2022-08-17 13:07:16

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