• The Philippines: How to Leapfrog from a Complicated Renewable Energy Sector to an Attractive One 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Chan, Hoy-Yen; Kresnawan, Muhammad Rizki; Merdekawati, Monika; Øverland, Indra; Sagbakken, Haakon Fossum; Suryadi, Beni; Utama, Nuki Agya; Yurnaidi, Zulfikar (ACE Policy Brief;10/2020, Research report, 2020)
      The Philippines set the target of increasing the share of renewable energy in its energy mix from 16.9% in 2019 to 26.9% by 2030. This ambitious target requires significant additional investment in renewable energy. It has ...
    • Renewable energy and geopolitics: A review 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Øverland, Indra; Scholten, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This article reviews the literature on the geopolitics of renewable energy. It finds that while the roots of this literature can be traced back to the 1970s and 1980s, most of it has been published from 2010 onwards. The ...
    • Renewable Energy Policies of the Central Asian Countries 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Øverland, Indra; Eshchanov, Bahtiyor; Abylkasymova, Alina; Aminjonov, Farkhod; Moldokanov, Daniyar (Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT);16, Research report, 2019)
      This data article surveys the government policies in support of renewable energy in the five Central Asian republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It begins by providing general information ...
    • Russia’s Reorientation to the East: How Much Does Economy Matter? 

      Vakulchuk, Roman (NUPI Policy Brief;, Research report, 2017)
      This policy brief assesses Russian involvement in the growing Asia-Pacific economies, and offers an overview of the Far Eastern dimension of Russia’s economic relations with its major Asian partners, 2010–2016. It ...
    • Semipalatinsk nuclear testing: the humanitarian consequences : Report prepared for the Second Conference on Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Nayarit, Mexico, 13–14 February 2014 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Gjerde, Kristian Lundby; Belikhina, Tatiana; Apsalikov, Kazbek (1-2014;NUPI Report, Research report, 2014)
    • Sharing the Spoils: Winners and Losers in the Belt and Road Initiative in Myanmar 

      Mark, SiuSue; Øverland, Indra; Vakulchuk, Roman (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This article studies the impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on economic actors in Myanmar. It hypothesizes that the BRI has strong transformative potential, because Chinese projects are likely to transform ...
    • Singapore: How to Attract More Investment in Renewable Energy? 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Chan, Hoy-Yen; Kresnawan, Muhammad Rizki; Merdekawati, Monika; Øverland, Indra; Sagbakken, Haakon Fossum; Suryadi, Beni; Utama, Nuki Agya; Yurnaidi, Zulfikar (ACE Policy Brief;11/2020, Research report, 2020)
      Singapore has limited renewable energy potential due to its small surface area and the limited space available. Solar power has the greatest potential. Given the country’s limited spare land, rooftops and vertical spaces ...
    • Solar Power Potential of the Central Asian Countries 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Øverland, Indra; Eshchanov, Bahtiyor; Abylkasymova, Alina; Aminjonov, Farkhod; Moldokanov, Daniyar (Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT);18, Research report, 2019)
      This data compilation surveys the solar energy potential of the five Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It also provides data on installed and planned solar power ...
    • Thailand: Improving the Business Climate for Renewable Energy Investment 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Chan, Hoy-Yen; Kresnawan, Muhammad Rizki; Merdekawati, Monika; Øverland, Indra; Sagbakken, Haakon Fossum; Suryadi, Beni; Utama, Nuki Agya; Yurnaidi, Zulfikar (ACE Policy Brief;12/2020, Research report, 2020)
      Thailand is among ASEAN’s renewable energy leaders. It attracted more than USD 10.7 billion of investment in renewable energy from 2006 to 2018. The country’s total installed capacity of renewable energy represented over ...
    • The GeGaLo index: Geopolitical gains and losses after energy transition 

      Øverland, Indra; Bazilian, Morgan; Uulu, Talgat Ilimbek; Vakulchuk, Roman; Westphal, Kirsten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    • Using satellite data and machine learning to study conflict-induced environmental and socioeconomic destruction in data-poor conflict areas: The case of the Rakhine conflict 

      Aung, Thiri Shwesin; Øverland, Indra; Vakulchuk, Roman; Xie, Yanhua (Others, 2021)
      This paper studies socioeconomic and environmental changes in the neighboring areas Bangladesh-Myanmar border from 2012 to 2019, thus covering the period before and after the 2017 Rakhine conflict in Myanmar and outflux ...
    • Vietnam: Six Ways to Keep Up the Renewable Energy Investment Success 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Chan, Hoy-Yen; Kresnawan, Muhammad Rizki; Merdekawati, Monika; Øverland, Indra; Sagbakken, Haakon Fossum; Suryadi, Beni; Utama, Nuki Agya; Yurnaidi, Zulfikar (ACE Policy Brief;13/2020, Research report, 2020)
      Vietnam is one of the most attractive destinations for renewable energy investment in ASEAN. In 2018, the country attracted USD 5.2 billion. In 2019, the share of renewable energy in the energy mix was 9%, thus already ...
    • A void in Central Asia research: climate change 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Daloz, Anne Sophie; Øverland, Indra; Sagbakken, Haakon Fossum; Standal, Karina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      This article assesses the extent to which the academic community engaged with climate change in Central Asia between 1991 and 2021. The article finds that climate change has been neglected in the field of Central Asia area ...
    • Wind Power Potential of the Central Asian Countries 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Øverland, Indra; Eshchanov, Bahtiyor; Abylkasymova, Alina; Aminjonov, Farkhod; Moldokanov, Daniyar (Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT);17, Research report, 2019)
      This data article surveys the wind energy potential of the five Central Asian countries; Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The dataset presents the theoretical wind power supply capacity in ...