Iran’s Energy Policy Current Dilemmas and Perspective for a Sustainable Energy Policy*

سال انتشار: 1384
محل انتشار: پنجمین همایش ملی انرژی
کد COI اختصاصی: NEC05_023
زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
تعداد مشاهده: 1838

نویسندگان

University of Osnabrück, Faculty of Social Sciences

چکیده

Iran is facing large challenges in the area of energy policy. In order to illuminate these challenges and the problems and possibilities they present, first I will analyze the current energy consumption patterns in Iran as well as the energy policy of the Iranian government – including its atomic energy programs. Based on this analysis, I will then formulate alternative concepts for Iran’s future energy and national security policy. The increase in energy usage in Iran is distinctly out of proportion with the development of economic productivity. Negative structural characteristics of this system are: first, an above-average energy intensity; second, an increase in energy consumption in the traffic sector; third, a high growth rate in the use of electric energy; and lastly, an above-average amount of stress to the environment. Traditionally, Iran’s energy policy has focused on satisfying the growing demand for energy by oil and, in the last fifteen years, by successively expanding natural gas. However, the further development of the natural gas supply only makes sense within the context of a holistic energy policy, which takes into account the principles of sustainable development. In the short term, such a policy would take advantage of both considerable energy-saving techniques, as well as potential renewable energy sources. In the long term, such a policy would strive for the complete transfer to renewable energy sources and technology. The atomic energy program is not a good answer to the future energy needs of Iran, and better solutions should be envisaged for Iran’s legitimate security concerns.

کلیدواژه ها

Uncontrolled Energy Consumption, a Holistic and Sustainable Energy Policy

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