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Thermodynamics
Bo Sun, Boyang Fan, Yifan Zhang, Jingdong Xie
Summary: Energy storage technology investment in China is hindered by policy and other uncertainties. This study proposes an investment decision model and solves the investment threshold and opportunity value using differential equations. The findings suggest that policy adjustment frequency and subsidy reduction intensity impact energy storage technology investment, with the latter having a greater influence. Technological innovation can mitigate the adverse effects of policy uncertainty. A minimum subsidy of 0.0246 USD/kWh is required for effective investment under relatively certain policies, while a subsidy of 0.0311 USD/kWh is necessary when uncertainties exist.
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Economics
Federica Daniele, Alessandra Pasquini, Stefano Clo, Enza Maltese
Summary: This paper examines the impact of simplification reforms on investment in medium-to-large-sized photovoltaic plants in a subset of Italian regions from 2009 to 2013. Using georeferenced administrative data, the study employs a stacked border diff-in-diff approach to analyze the effects of the reforms. The results show that the simplification reforms led to a 29 percentage point increase in installed capacity and an additional 12 MW of installations per quarter, accounting for approximately 10% of average quarterly installations during the study period.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhitao Xu, Adel Elomri, Tareq Al-Ansari, Laoucine Kerbache, Tarek El Mekkawy
Summary: Due to rapid urbanization, implementing photovoltaic systems in hydroponic farms can provide sustainable fresh food and clean energy supplies in urban areas. This study proposes an approach to analyze the impacts of PV system subsidy schemes on the design and planning of solar-assisted hydroponic farms and identifies incentive thresholds for profitable PV system adoption.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Lars H. Sendstad, Verena Hagspiel, Wilhelm Jebsen Mikkelsen, Ruben Ravndal, Martin Tveitstol
Summary: Renewable energy has received substantial public support over the past few decades, but its reliance on governments can lead to policy uncertainty, affecting private investors' decisions. Empirical findings suggest that retroactive policy changes significantly influence investment decisions in solar and onshore wind sectors, highlighting the importance of a stable policy environment for incentivizing investments by private firms.
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Energy & Fuels
Raquel Fernandez-Gonzalez, Elena Arce, Dolores Garza-Gil
Summary: This study analyzes the development of the photovoltaic solar energy market in Spain under economic crisis and institutional changes, finding that the incentive policy increased competitiveness and attracted small companies, although in recent years, there has been a gradual increase in large companies.
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Business, Finance
Qunxi Kong, Rongrong Li, Ziqi Wang, Dan Peng
Summary: In an environment of economic policy uncertainty, macroeconomic policy uncertainty inhibits the increase of firms' investment scale and efficiency while exacerbating the risk of overinvestment or underinvestment. Local economic policy uncertainty enhances a firm's investment scale but simultaneously exacerbates the risk of overinvestment or underinvestment, which in turn inhibits investment efficiency. Macro EPU promotes firms' R&D investment but inhibits their green investment, while local EPU inhibits R&D investment and promotes green investment.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Florian Egli, Churchill Agutu, Bjarne Steffen, Tobias S. Schmidt
Summary: The electrification cost in sub-Saharan Africa varies greatly, and solar-powered standalone systems significantly reduce the cost. On average, electrification can be provided at a cost of 7 cents per person per day. Policymakers should consider electrification cost curves for different countries to develop targeted policies.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Siamak Hoseinzadeh, Davide Astiaso Garcia
Summary: This research focuses on the city of Catania in Sicily, Italy, and uses HOMER software to simulate the use of photovoltaic panels, wind turbines, and fuel cells. The results indicate that photovoltaic panels provide the majority of energy and have higher efficiency compared to wind turbines and fuel cells.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Paul Simshauser
Summary: The establishment of the National Electricity Market in Australia focused on economic efficiency rather than distributional outcomes, leading to the possibility of fuel poverty in hot climates by the 2010s. The longstanding customer hardship policy in Queensland was poorly configured and excluded low income families, prompting the need for refinements to target this demographic more effectively.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Adelia Filosa Francisco Chicombo, Josephine Kaviti Musango
Summary: This paper examines energy transition pathways for urban households in the least developed countries, focusing on gendered energy transition pathways. The results highlight the influence of market rules, government, and civil society on different types of transition pathways. The study finds that government leadership can foster modern energy uptake and mainstream gender into national energy strategies and policy, improving households' well-being.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Thermodynamics
Charles Gyamfi Ofori, Godfred Alufar Bokpin, Anthony Q. Q. Aboagye, Anthony Afful-Dadzie
Summary: This study assesses the value of investment delay in renewable energy projects using real options analysis, showing that delaying investments until uncertainties are reduced and maximum benefit is obtained is valuable. High system capacities and favorable renewable energy policies are required to attract private investment in utility-scale renewable energy.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Amir Rahmani, Javad Mashayekh, Roohallah Aboojafari, Ali Bonyadi Naeini
Summary: Green finance and investment in renewable energy projects can contribute to addressing climate change and achieving sustainable development goals. This study used the theory of planned behavior model to assess households' investment intentions in renewable energy projects. The results showed that attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, evaluation of the regulatory framework, perceived risk, and perceived usefulness of power purchase agreements significantly influenced households' intentions to invest in renewable energy projects.
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Economics
Massimo Filippini, Adrian Obrist
Summary: This study compares the total energy consumption of households living in green certified buildings with those living in conventional buildings, finding that households in green certified buildings can save about 25% of total energy. The results suggest that energy policy measures, such as public information campaigns or subsidies for green certified buildings, can benefit energy savings and reduce emissions. However, it is important to consider that predicted energy savings may be higher than actual savings, impacting policy scenarios and measures implemented.
Article
Social Issues
Nan Zhang, Bon-Gang Hwang, Yujie Lu, Jasmine Ngo
Summary: The study proposes a six-step analytical procedure based on hybrid artificial neural networks (ANNs) to investigate the factors driving residential photovoltaic (RPV) system growth. The hybrid-ANN outperforms existing models in predicting and explaining RPV adoption behaviors. The study also identifies that unfamiliarity with RPV hinders adoption and emphasizes the role of social support, proposing practical policy implications for RPV development.
TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Vincenzo Bianco, Clara Marmori
Summary: This study analyzes the energy efficiency opportunities in the Italian residential sector and proposes a flexible model applicable to other countries. The model demonstrates that the target of saving 38.4 TWh by 2030 is achievable without a challenging effort and suggests that a more ambitious objective can be realistically achieved with more radical renovation measures and a larger number of buildings involved.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Vincent-Paul Sanon, Raymond Ouedraogo, Patrice Toe, Hamid El Bilali, Erwin Lautsch, Stefan Vogel, Andreas H. Melcher
Summary: This article analyzes the transition in inland fisheries and aquaculture in Burkina Faso and its implications in terms of natural resources management, food security, and livelihoods. The study found that technical and institutional changes have deeply shaped and transformed fisheries governance, with technological improvements increasing productivity and contribution to households' livelihoods.
Article
Forestry
Hua Qin, Hannah Brenkert-Smith, Jamie Vickery, Christine Sanders, Courtney G. Flint
Summary: This study examines the impact of forest disturbances caused by mountain pine beetle outbreak on local residents' perceptions and actions in north central Colorado. The findings suggest that local residents' risk perceptions and actions in response to the outbreak change over time, influenced by the communities' biophysical and socioeconomic vulnerability contexts. Successful forest ecosystem management requires attention to social complexity and temporal effects.
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Brett Alan Miller, William D. Pearse, Courtney G. Flint
Summary: Ponderosa pine forests in the southwestern United States are at risk due to high density, leading to the need for restoration. However, cost and institutional barriers hinder restoration efforts. A methodology for estimating carbon offsets from restoration was rejected by the American Carbon Registry, prompting a post-mortem analysis for future improvement.
Article
Agronomy
Christina Gugerell, Takeshi Sato, Christine Hvitsand, Daichi Toriyama, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Marianne Penker
Summary: The study found the importance of relational proximity in enhancing the attractiveness of Community Supported Agriculture by increasing trust, collaboration, and the sharing of values and knowledge within and across organizations in the food system. Focusing on relational proximity rather than spatial proximity may support alternative food networks such as Community Supported Agriculture.
Article
Geography
Marianne Penker, Silvia Scaramuzzi, Hanna Edelmann, Giovanni Belletti, Andrea Marescotti, Francois Casabianca, Xiomara F. Quinones-Ruiz
Summary: Compared to harmonised international food quality standards, local producers with geographical indication protection have the flexibility to adapt production rules. Through a comparative case study of France, Italy, and Austria, this research examines how constitutional and collective choice rules impact the negotiation and adaptability of food quality standards. The findings suggest that polycentric interlinkages facilitate the long-term conservation of product identity through broad legitimisation, highlighting the importance of local producer autonomy and product identity for the viability of geographical indications.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Geography
Hanna Edelmann, Xiomara F. Quinones-Ruiz, Marianne Penker
Summary: Relationship coffee models are characterized by a shortened value chain and efforts towards sustainability. Our case studies showed that these models led to recognition, reputation, and stable long-term relationships. However, they require coordination, communication, and farmer efforts to improve coffee quality.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Verena Radinger-Peer, Elisabeth Schauppenlehner-Kloyber, Marianne Penker, Katharina Gugerell
Summary: The effectiveness of transdisciplinary research collaborations relies on the expectations, experiences, skills, and disciplines of the team members involved. This study aims to identify and compare diverse expectations regarding collaboration in a specific project, challenging the dichotomy between science and practice. The findings suggest the importance of addressing diverging viewpoints and tensions early on in such projects to allocate resources and define success.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Maria Katelieva, Andreas Muhar
Summary: This study investigates success and sustainability factors for tourism offers based on intangible cultural heritage and proposes an assessment framework for communities. Using examples from rural Austria, the study demonstrates how packaging knowledge and practices into tourism offers can contribute to sustainable tourism development with shared benefits in rural areas.
JOURNAL OF HERITAGE TOURISM
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Courtney G. Flint, Bailey M. Holdaway, Caitlyn S. Rogers
Summary: This article explores the role of environmental organizations, focusing on rivers and watersheds, in guiding human-river relationship goals. Interviews with representatives from 64 river and watershed organizations in Montana, Utah, and Wyoming reveal a strong orientation towards steward and partner types of human-nature relationships. River-related goals depend on diverse knowledge integration, collaboration, partnerships, trust, and communication among humans.
RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Marta Lopez Cifuentes, Marianne Penker, Lisa Kaufmann, Fritz Wittmann, Valentin Fiala, Christina Gugerell, Christian Lauk, Fridolin Krausmann, Michael Eder, Bernhard Freyer
Summary: Urbanization processes bring growing challenges for global food systems. Urban actors are striving to address these challenges through sustainable diets, but the transformation towards sustainability is challenging and the local scope of action remains unclear. Co-production of knowledge between science and non-science is useful for analyzing context-specific solutions and may lead to more robust solutions.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Economics
Katharina Gugerell, Verena Radinger-Peer, Marianne Penker
Summary: This article introduces a conceptual model that can help organize and analyze systemic knowledge integration processes in transdisciplinary research. The model provides a more equal playing field for knowledge integration in heterogeneous groups and representation of marginalized groups. However, it also reveals the potential danger of reproducing power structures. Future research should focus on social boundaries, values, and emotions and their role in transdisciplinary knowledge integration.
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Ephraim Mpofu, Verena Radinger-Peer, Walter Musakwa, Marianne Penker, Katharina Gugerell
Summary: This article explores the narratives of two academic discourses of transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) and landscape governance (LG) and identifies their commonalities and differences. The study finds that TFCA is more focused on wildlife management, while LG is more governance-oriented. There has been a shift towards a more holistic social-ecological system approach in recent years.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Maria Garcia-Martin, Lynn Huntsinger, Maria Jose Ibarrola-Rivas, Marianne Penker, Ugo D'Ambrosio, Thymios Dimopoulos, Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez, Thanasis Kizos, Jose Munoz-Rojas, Osamu Saito, Karl S. Zimmerer, David J. Abson, Jianguo Liu, Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Irene Holm Sorensen, Peter H. Verburg, Tobias Plieninger
Summary: This article explores the multiple functions of seven landscape products worldwide, emphasizing that landscape products can improve food systems by promoting place-sensitive sustainability strategies and standards, thus addressing conflicts related to food production, social justice, and the environment.
Article
Environmental Studies
Florian Brossette, Claudia Bieling, Marianne Penker
Summary: This study uses the example of Black Forest common pasture organizations in Germany to propose a tripartite framework for under-use contexts. The research shows that design principles for under-use should consider social boundaries, achieve congruence of provision and appropriation, and match appropriators' rights and duties as well as incentives and motivations for management. Practical measures to support adaptation of common pasture organizations should incorporate multi-level governance and increase connectivity.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE COMMONS
(2022)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Hasmik Hovakimyan, Milena Klimek, Bernhard Freyer, Stefan Vogel
Summary: Weak stakeholder participation in higher education curricula development is a problem in Armenia. Research on the Organic Agriculture Master's program at ANAU involved various stakeholder groups and surveys with students. The study identifies lessons learned and the potential for the Organic Agriculture Master's program to serve as a model at ANAU and beyond.
SOCIAL SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Economics
Marie-Louise Arlt, David Chassin, Claudio Rivetta, James Sweeney
Summary: This paper examines the impact of real-time pricing and load automation on residential distribution systems. The study finds that implementing real-time pricing can result in an aggregate welfare gain of 39 USD per customer and year. However, it also notes that RTP and load automation may significantly increase peak system load. Introducing a market-based demand management system can further enhance welfare gains and reduce grid investment.
Article
Economics
Javier Jorquera-Copier, Alvaro Lorca, Enzo Sauma, Stefan Lorenczik, Matias Negrete-Pincetic
Summary: As countries update their climate ambitions, low-carbon hydrogen production and use present opportunities for emissions reductions and economic development. A case study for Chile shows that integrating hydrogen and electricity networks can lower system costs and enhance renewable integration, but policy support is needed to address concerns related to water and land use.
Article
Economics
Dawit Guta, Hisham Zerriffi, Jill Baumgartner, Abhishek Jain, Sunil Mani, Darby Jack, Ellison Carter, Guofeng Shen, Jennifer Orgill-Meyer, Joshua Rosenthal, Katherine Dickinson, Rob Bailis, Yuta Masuda
Summary: Household solid fuel use is detrimental to health and the environment. The Indian government's PMUY subsidy has successfully promoted the adoption of LPG by millions of households. However, there is limited understanding of the decision-making process to reduce solid fuel use after transitioning to cleaner fuels. This study found that factors such as household wealth, social status, education level, and the prevalence of LPG use in the village are positively associated with LPG consumption and the discontinuation of solid fuel use. On the other hand, factors such as distance to LPG refill delivery, household size, and the PMUY subsidy are negatively associated with the share of LPG use.
Article
Economics
Nicolas Morell-Dameto, Jose Pablo Chaves-Avila, Tomas Gomez San Roman, Pablo Duenas-Martinez, Tim Schittekatte
Summary: This paper assesses the performance of differently implemented forward-looking network tariff designs and proposes an innovative coordination mechanism to increase predictability in a future with many flexible customers. The study reveals that if large shares of customers synchronize their responses to highly time-varying and locational-specific network charges, it can lead to unexpected reinforcements.
Article
Economics
Alexandra Gritz, Guntram Wolff
Summary: Russia's weaponization of gas supplies shook the energy security of Central and Eastern Europe in 2022. The region responded by increasing alternative energy supplies and developing new gas supply routes. Renewable energy, nuclear energy, and hydrogen play important roles in the long-term. Mitigating the impact of this shock requires the EU to prioritize the integrity of its energy market.
Article
Economics
Jaroslaw Kantorowicz, Marion Collewet, Matthew DiGiuseppe, Hendrik Vrijburg
Summary: Economic costs are a major political obstacle to investing in climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. The method of financing plays a crucial role in determining public opposition to government green investments, with debt financing being less opposed than broad-based taxes. This study suggests that credit market tools, such as green bonds and debt for climate swaps, can be politically efficient in increasing support for green financing. Carbon taxes and wealth taxes are found to be the most preferred options.
Article
Economics
Kun Guo, Liyuan Luan, Xiaoli Cai, Dayong Zhang, Qiang Ji
Summary: This paper investigates China's energy trade stability using a survival analysis approach. It finds that the energy trade linkages between China and 153 other countries are complex and unstable, with short periods of trade with many countries. Geopolitically risky regions, such as the Middle East and Africa, have the lowest trade stability. Climate risks have significant effects on energy trade stability. The paper proposes several policy options to improve energy trade stability in China, with special attention to increasing global climate risks.
Article
Economics
Simona Bigerna, Piyush Choudhary, Nikunj Kumar Jain, Silvia Micheli, Paolo Polinori
Summary: This study estimates the willingness to pay of Indian urban consumers for a continuous supply of electricity using contingent valuation method. The findings show that the amount consumers are willing to pay depends on the duration of power outages, with households preferring shorter outages. Income and environmental attitude also positively influence higher willingness to pay. These insights can inform policymakers in designing more reliable and customer-centric energy generation and distribution models.
Article
Economics
Temilade Sesan, Unico Uduka, Lucy Baker, Okechukwu Ugwu, Ewah Eleri, Subhes Bhattacharyya
Summary: This study examines the impact of the regulatory framework on rural electrification and universal energy access goals in Nigeria's mini-grid sector. The findings suggest that while the current framework has fostered sector growth, additional measures are necessary to ensure equitable distribution of access among rural populations.
Article
Economics
Rui Shan, Noah Kittner
Summary: Energy storage is a cornerstone in decarbonization planning as it reduces operational costs and greenhouse gas emissions, while enhancing resilience and renewables integration. However, storage developers in different regions have varying economic and environmental considerations, thereby requiring policy intervention to achieve long-term emission reductions.
Article
Economics
Tung Durmaz, Sevil Acar, Simay Kizilkaya
Summary: This study investigates the phenomenon of strategic capacity withholding in the Turkish electricity market and its relationship with the capacity remuneration mechanism. The empirical results provide strong evidence of strategic capacity withholding and show that the capacity mechanism contributes to the duration of failures. The study offers important insights for policymakers, including the implementation of a random verification mechanism and restructuring of the capacity mechanism in Turkey.
Article
Economics
Tii N. Nchofoung
Summary: The study finds that oil price shocks have a negative impact on Africa's energy transition, particularly in rural areas and net crude oil exporting countries. However, oil price shocks cannot explain the urban-rural differences in clean energy access. Therefore, increasing investment in clean energy and technologies in rural areas is necessary to enhance the resilience of the energy sector to oil price shocks.
Article
Economics
Najia Saqib, Muhammad Usman, Ilhan Ozturk, Arshian Sharif
Summary: This study examines the impact of environmental technologies, financial growth, and energy use on ecological footprint and green growth. Environmental innovation and renewable energy deployment contribute to green growth, while financial expansion and non-renewable energy use have negative effects on the environment. The study also identifies causal relationships between different factors.
Article
Economics
Yessica C. Y. Chung, Noxolo Kunene, Hung-Hao Chang
Summary: The Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) is considered an innovative technology for building a green society. This study investigates the impact of REC purchases on stock return and volume in Taiwan between 2017 and 2021. The findings suggest that REC purchases have a positive effect on stock returns of manufacturing firms but not service firms. The frequency of REC purchases is also an important factor in the relationship between REC purchase and firm value. Additionally, the study reveals that public attention to environmental pollution plays a crucial role in positive stock returns and volume, while ESG disclosure is negatively associated with returns and volume.
Article
Economics
Seife Ayele, Wei Shen, Yacob Mulugetta, Tadesse Kuma Worako
Summary: This paper addresses the challenges of governing energy procurement from a mix of non-hydropower renewable energy sources supplied by independent producers. Building on political economy analysis and five case studies of independent producer projects from Ethiopia, it seeks to understand the root causes of the protracted delays and limited extent of procurement by independent producers. The key contestations lie in managing long term contracts, risk, uncertainty and in developing the institutional and human capacity to transition.
