Idealism, pragmatism, and the power of compromise in the negotiation of New Zealand's Zero Carbon Act

Discursive choices made by policy entrepreneurs are an important factor in the development of climate change acts (CCAs). This article examines the extent to which such choices reflect the strategic need for CCA entrepreneurs to compromise pragmatically and modulate their policy preferences in order to secure the agreement needed for CCA adoption. Drawing upon theoretical insights from discursive institutionalism (DI) and policy entrepreneurship, this article analyses discursive choices during negotiations surrounding the New Zealand Zero Carbon Act (ZCA). The analysis shows that endogenous political-ideological constraints compelled entrepreneurial actors to modify first-choice preferences for emissions reduction legislation by reframing their coordinative discursive interventions to accommodate potentially oppositional groups. Further research is required into the conditions under which such strategies become discursively operational, to provide guidance to climate policy entrepreneurs as CCAs continue to diffuse globally

Power without pollution An R and D strategy for electricity generation with near-to-zero emissions

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EFFECTS OF NANOFLUID'S BASE FLUID ON A VOLUMETRIC SOLAR COLLECTOR

Due to the limited availability of fossil fuels and their harm to the environment, the importance of sustainable energy production has been revealed. In this context, inexhaustible energy can be obtained by using environmentally friendly renewable energy sources. It offers a good solution in energy production due to the lesser effects of solar energy on the environment. Thanks to the improvements and developments in nanotechnology, the thermal performance of solar collectors is improved by adding nanoparticles to the base fluid. In this study, heat transfer and fluid flow are investigated in a volumetric solar collector using different nanoparticles and base fluids. Discrete Ordinate Method is chosen as the radiation model to examine the absorption, scattering, and emitting effects of nanofluid. The results show that hybrid nanofluids increase the overall performance of the collector due to a higher level of radiation absorption capacity than pure water and mono nanofluids. Thus, hybrid nanofluids are a suitable heat transfer fluid for solar energy applications