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Country study
Implementation risk
Consequential risk
Greece – energy efficiency
in public and private
buildings
Technology (investment)
• Lack of financial capacity
to support implementation
of technology
Policies and politics
• Political inertia; poor
prioritisation
• Bureaucratic complexity
of energy efficiencyassociated processes
Policies and politics
• Tariff deficit
overburdening the
renewable energy sources
fund
Social-economic
• Further impoverishing
low-income households
Pathways using renewable household-level technology at the community level
Indonesia (Bali) – biogas in
agriculture sector
Technology (investment,
supply chain and
management)
• Initial investment needs
• Accessibility and
sustainability of feedstock
• Poor maintenance and
infrastructure
• Collective management
issues in the case of
larger biogas systems
Policies and politics
• Inadequate monitoring
practices
• Lengthy and
bureaucratic process to
apply for governmental
biogas programmes
• Subsidy of fossil fuels
• Lack of long-term
incentives for biogas use
Technology impact
• Unfiltered hydrogen
sulphide (H 2 S) in biogas
installations
• Methane leakage
• Unsuitable technology for
local conditions
Social-economic
• Shifting on household
gender division of labour
Kenya – sustainable
charcoal technologies
Technology (investment and
supply chain)
• High cost of more
efficient production
technologies and limited
financing options
• Competition from
alternative clean cooking
fuels
• Limited capacity within
charcoal producer
associations
Policy and politics
• Weak enforcement of
formal regulations
Technology impact
• Efficient cooking
technology can have
possible environmental
rebound effects from
improved efficiency
Socio-economic
• Increased costs of
sustainable charcoal and
improved charcoal
cookstoves
• Potential loss of
livelihoods within
informal charcoal sector
Note
This table provides a summary of risks and does not make a distinction across various pathways
identified in each country study.
Table 14.2 Continued
Country study
Implementation risk
Consequential risk
Greece – energy efficiency
in public and private
buildings
Technology (investment)
• Lack of financial capacity
to support implementation
of technology
Policies and politics
• Political inertia; poor
prioritisation
• Bureaucratic complexity
of energy efficiencyassociated processes
Policies and politics
• Tariff deficit
overburdening the
renewable energy sources
fund
Social-economic
• Further impoverishing
low-income households
Pathways using renewable household-level technology at the community level
Indonesia (Bali) – biogas in
agriculture sector
Technology (investment,
supply chain and
management)
• Initial investment needs
• Accessibility and
sustainability of feedstock
• Poor maintenance and
infrastructure
• Collective management
issues in the case of
larger biogas systems
Policies and politics
• Inadequate monitoring
practices
• Lengthy and
bureaucratic process to
apply for governmental
biogas programmes
• Subsidy of fossil fuels
• Lack of long-term
incentives for biogas use
Technology impact
• Unfiltered hydrogen
sulphide (H 2 S) in biogas
installations
• Methane leakage
• Unsuitable technology for
local conditions
Social-economic
• Shifting on household
gender division of labour
Kenya – sustainable
charcoal technologies
Technology (investment and
supply chain)
• High cost of more
efficient production
technologies and limited
financing options
• Competition from
alternative clean cooking
fuels
• Limited capacity within
charcoal producer
associations
Policy and politics
• Weak enforcement of
formal regulations
Technology impact
• Efficient cooking
technology can have
possible environmental
rebound effects from
improved efficiency
Socio-economic
• Increased costs of
sustainable charcoal and
improved charcoal
cookstoves
• Potential loss of
livelihoods within
informal charcoal sector
Note
This table provides a summary of risks and does not make a distinction across various pathways
identified in each country study.
Table 14.2 Continued