EME 805
Renewable Energy and Non-Market Enterprise

4. Campaign Analysis

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4. Campaign Analysis

IV. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats analysis for each target

Internal conditions can typically be controlled, whereas external conditions need to be planned for or responded to.

Internal to the nonmarket target and supporting organizations, technical systems, policy domain, supply chain, etc.

  1. STRENGTHS: What are the main areas that can be relied upon for action, i.e., what are the main benefits underpinning need?
  2. WEAKNESSES: What are the known areas of vulnerability and lack of capacity, including short and longer-term considerations?

External to the nonmarket target/campaign, organization, technical system, and/or supply chain.

  1. OPPORTUNITIES: What are situations where strengths can be developed in an area of development and/or refinement?
  2. THREATS: What are the external variables that can corrode the ability to take full advantage of a strength or opportunity?

V. Assess the renewable energy and sustainability dimensions of your nonmarket targets.

  1. What five key indicators would be most useful in measuring sustainability in your project? Give reasoning and the units for analysis.
  2. What are three significant risks to sustainability addressed by your project? How are these risks measured and/or modeled?
  3. Can a life-cycle assessment view and/or levelized cost analysis better describe the costs involved in achieving your targets? If so, describe how.
  4. Will a decommissioning or recycling fund help or need to be included as part of the plan (towards achieving sustainability)?
  5. Asses for projected environmental impacts
    • Year 1: What kinds of environmental impacts are going to be seen immediately, e.g., in the initial groundbreaking?
      • Local
      • Regional
      • Global
    • Year 2-5: What are the projected impacts once a project or policy has been established and transitioned into a routine?
      • Local
      • Regional
      • Global
    • Year 5-10: What are the hidden costs (uncertainties) that could begin to emerge from a given project due to entropy, e.g., lack of maintenance?
      • Local
      • Regional
      • Global
    • Year 50: Within the range of decommissioning a project, what are the possible long-term costs and values in dismantling a project?
      • Local
      • Regional
      • Global
    • Year 100: Can the project require or address considerations of costs to future generations, environments, & infrastructures?
      • Local
      • Regional
      • Global
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