2013 Awards for Excellence
Article Type: 2013 Awards for Excellence From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 25, Issue 1
The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for
Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
Renewable energy in the Pacific Island countries: resources, policies and issues”
Anirudh Singh
School of Engineering and Physics, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
Abstract – The aim of this paper is to identify the factors that are responsible for the slow development of the renewable energy sector in the Pacific Island countries (PICs), and suggest ways of overcoming them. – The paper compares the energy situation in Australia and Germany to that in the PICs, and the state of energy development in the PICs to its African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) counterparts. – The paper finds that policy frameworks are important pre-requisites to the development of renewable energy. In addition,the absence of a science and technology base in the PICs is a serious impediment to the development of the renewable energy sector in these countries. It is found that the PICs are lagging behind in policy frameworks and institutional capacity building requirements as compared to other ACP countries. – Policy frameworks must be established as an essential pre-requisite to the development of renewable energy in the PICs. In addition, ways and means must be found to address the lack of proper attitudes amongst decision-makers to the value of a science base in development. – The paper identifies the underlying impediments to the rapid development of the renewable energy sector in the PICs, and suggests what could contribute to the lack of an appropriate science base that is considered as a requirement to development.
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This article originally appeared in Volume 23 Number 3
Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
The following article were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award
"Observations on groundwater-surface water interactions at River Vantaa, Finland"
Kirsti Korkka-Niemi, Anna-Liisa Kivimäki and Kirsti Lahti, Maria Nygård, Anne Rautio, Veli-Pekka Salonen and Petri Pellikka
This article originally appeared in Volume 23 Number 2,
Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
"A proposed decision-making framework for a national infiltration SuDS map"
Rachel A. Dearden and Simon J. Price
This article originally appeared in Volume 23 Number 5,
Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
"A review of energy efficiency policy and measures for industries in Latvia"
Llga Ozolina and Marika Ro
This article originally appeared in Volume 23 Number 5,
Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
Outstanding Reviewer
Abul Quasem Al-Amin
