
Geopolitical Strategies for Renewable Energy Access, Development, and Growth
- 1st Edition - December 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Paul C. Okonkwo
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 4 2 0 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 4 2 1 - 6
Geopolitical Strategies for Renewable Energy Access, Development, and Growth offers a thorough and unified structure for understanding and navigating the interconnections betwee… Read more
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- Explains the complex interplay between technology, geopolitics, policy, and economics in the renewable energy sector
- Provides ideas on how to negotiate intricate geopolitical processes and promotes further collaboration towards energy transition
- Draws on a range of case studies to illustrate different approaches, challenges, and solutions
- Presents several scenarios as possibilities for coherent geopolitical progress towards renewable energy
2. International cooperation and partnerships in the renewable energy sector
3. Investment opportunities in the global renewable energy market
4. Role of multilateral organizations in promoting renewable technologies
5. Security concerns and solutions for renewable energy infrastructure
6. Regional variances in approaches to harnessing renewable energy technologies
7. Geopolitical risks and opportunities in the shift to sustainable energy practices
8. Innovation and research in advancing geopolitical trajectories for renewable energies
9. Governance structures for coherent implementation of geopolitical trajectories in energy transition
10. Emerging markets and geopolitical dynamics of clean tech adoption
11. Commodity geopolitics: Electric Vehicle demand and its impact on the global balance of power
12. Commodity geopolitics: Financial innovation, currency exchange risk, and innovative solutions
13. Cases studies of geopolitical issues regarding access to renewable energy technologies
14. Unified geopolitical trajectory for renewable energy technology access scenarios
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Paul C. Okonkwo
Dr. Paul C. Okonkwo is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at Dhofar University in Salalah, Oman. His research focuses on renewable energy and on exploring innovative solutions that address the pressing challenges of sustainable development. With wide-ranging experience in environmental engineering, corrosion, failure analysis, tribology, and renewable energy, Dr. Okonkwo has taught at universities and conducted research projects across the Middle East, Africa, and Australia. He has published 12 conference papers, 8 book chapters, and over 70 research articles in internationally recognized journals, as well as speaking at major conferences and working on significant grant-funded research projects. Dr. Okonkwo was previously a postdoctoral researcher at Qatar University (Qatar) and Deakin University (Australia), and was previously awarded the UNESCO/CHINA: The Great Wall Fellowship Award as a Senior Research Scholar.