Miguel Mendonca
Encyclopedia
Miguel Mendonça is a writer, focussing on sustainability
. He studied forestry, landscape management, journalism, geography, history, social science and environmental ethics. He is most associated with work on feed-in tariff
s, a renewable energy policy
. He has done advocacy and education work on this topic in a number of countries, contributing to their introduction in several. Much of this work was carried out while he served as Research Manager for the World Future Council
, an international NGO. He subsequently worked with The Converging World, a renewable energy
-focussed charity based in Bristol, England.
Miguel is now a freelance 'Holistic Investigator', working on a study of the future of Bristol's economy. This work seeks to understand several things: 1) the extent to which a local economy can be insulated from systemic shocks, 2) the definitions of 'sustainable' and 'resilience' in this context, 3) the relationships between the different actors within the economy, 4) money flows through the local economy, 5) the potential growth areas in the economy, and 6) the opportunities for grassroots economic initiatives such as social enterprise and cooperatives. His blog carries updates on the progress of this study.
Miguel has written and co-written a number of books, and many articles and papers. He is the author of Feed-in Tariffs: accelerating the deployment of renewable energy, published by Earthscan
in 2007. He is also co-author of Powering the Green Economy: The Feed-In Tariff Handbook (2009) and A Renewable World: Energy, Ecology, Equality (2009).
Sustainability
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...
. He studied forestry, landscape management, journalism, geography, history, social science and environmental ethics. He is most associated with work on feed-in tariff
Feed-in Tariff
A feed-in tariff is a policy mechanism designed to accelerate investment in renewable energy technologies. It achieves this by offering long-term contracts to renewable energy producers, typically based on the cost of generation of each technology...
s, a renewable energy policy
Renewable energy policy
Renewable energy policy is the principal driver of the growth in renewable energy use. As of 2011, 119 countries have some form of national renewable energy policy target or renewable support policy. National targets now exist in at least 98 countries...
. He has done advocacy and education work on this topic in a number of countries, contributing to their introduction in several. Much of this work was carried out while he served as Research Manager for the World Future Council
World Future Council
The World Future Council is an independent body formally founded in Hamburg, Germany on 10 May 2007. "Formed to speak on behalf of policy solutions that serve the interests of future generations", it includes members active in governmental bodies, civil society, business, science and the arts...
, an international NGO. He subsequently worked with The Converging World, a renewable energy
Renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...
-focussed charity based in Bristol, England.
Miguel is now a freelance 'Holistic Investigator', working on a study of the future of Bristol's economy. This work seeks to understand several things: 1) the extent to which a local economy can be insulated from systemic shocks, 2) the definitions of 'sustainable' and 'resilience' in this context, 3) the relationships between the different actors within the economy, 4) money flows through the local economy, 5) the potential growth areas in the economy, and 6) the opportunities for grassroots economic initiatives such as social enterprise and cooperatives. His blog carries updates on the progress of this study.
Miguel has written and co-written a number of books, and many articles and papers. He is the author of Feed-in Tariffs: accelerating the deployment of renewable energy, published by Earthscan
Earthscan
Earthscan is an English language publisher of books and journals on climate change, sustainable development and environmental technology for academic, professional and general readers....
in 2007. He is also co-author of Powering the Green Economy: The Feed-In Tariff Handbook (2009) and A Renewable World: Energy, Ecology, Equality (2009).
See also
- Herbert GirardetHerbert GirardetHerbert Girardet is co-founder of the World Future Council. His ten books include Earthrise , The Gaia Atlas of Cities , Creating Sustainable Cities , Cities, People, Planet , Shaping our Future , and Surviving the Century...
- Amory LovinsAmory LovinsAmory Bloch Lovins is an American environmental scientist and writer, Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has worked in the field of energy policy and related areas for four decades...
- Benjamin K. SovacoolBenjamin K. SovacoolBenjamin K. Sovacool is a Visiting Associate Professor at Vermont Law School and founding Director of the Energy Justice Program at their Institute for Energy and Environment. He was formerly an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore.Sovacool's research...
- Renewable energy commercializationRenewable energy commercializationRenewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years. First-generation technologies, which are already mature and economically competitive, include biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal power and heat...