Sustainable Energy Access for Communities: Rethinking the Energy Agenda for Cities

Sustainable Energy Access for Sustainable Communities - Introduction by a Social Scientist.- Local Dimensions of Sustainable Energy Governance: Case Study.- Can Municipalities Lead the Energy Transition? On Available Policy, Competences and Requirements for Action.- Local Action for Energy Sustainability: A Review of Policies’ Impact.- Techno-Economic Assessment of Renewable Energy Potential in Cities: Case Studies of Solar Photovoltaic, Waste-To-Energy and Wind Energy.- Management of Intermittent Solar and Wind Energy Resources: Storage and Grid Stabilization.- Modelling Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities: Case Studies of LEAP, ENPEP-BALANCE, and Moces.- Hidden Costs of Decarbonizing Utility Generation: Investment on Grid Stability & Contribution of Renewable Energies.- Democratization of Energy Planning: On a New Planning Tool Tailored to the Needs of Developing Countries.- Innovation for the Better: How Renewable Energy Technologies Improve Living Standard.- Energy Potential of Crop Residues in Senegal: Technology Solutions for Valorization.- Energy in Development Objectives: How the Energy Ecological Footprint Affect Development Indicators?.- Electricity Consumption in Working-Class Districts: Case Studies of Grand Yoff and Grand Dakar.- Cookinations: Mechanisms to Decouple Wood Production and Food Preparation in Sub-Urban Areas.- Citizen Awareness of the Social Dimension of Energy: Lessons From a Survey in Dakar.

Reinhard Haas is the head of the Energy Economics Group, a specialized department in the Institute of Energy Systems and Electric Drives of the Vienna University of Technology (Austria). He has more than 20 years of research and working experience in the field of energy economics, and published more than 80 papers in peer-reviewed international journals. Aminata Fall is the coordinator of SEA4cities at the Vienna University of Technology (Austria) Energy Economics Group, where she recently completed a doctorate of Social and Economic Sciences. She has about 9 years of professional experience in sustainable energy management through previous employments in UNIDO, and ECREEE.