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Janaina Ottonelli, Lira Luz Benites Lazaro, Jose Celio Silveira Andrade, Simone Abram
Summary: In Latin American countries, there are many challenges in the sustainable development of solar photovoltaic CDM projects, such as technology transfer, community engagement, and gender equality. The main barriers to implementing these projects are regulation and lack of incentives.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lisa Craiut, Constantin Bungau, Paul Andrei Negru, Tudor Bungau, Andrei-Flavius Radu
Summary: This paper uses bibliometric analysis to examine the research on technology transfer in the context of sustainable development and evaluates its relevance in terms of scientific impact and citations. The study finds that the United States, China, and England are the major contributors to this field, and the most influential journals include Sustainability, Environmental Science & Technology, and Applied Energy.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mehmet Caglar, Cem Gurler
Summary: This study aims to classify global countries based on the progress of Sustainable Development Goals, in order to understand implementation challenges, country disparities, and prioritized actions. The results revealed that countries can be grouped into 5 clusters, with those having more advanced socioeconomic and politico-cultural structures tending to have better SDGs progress.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
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Development Studies
Rosa Puertas, Luisa Marti
Summary: This research aims to investigate the uniformity of sustainable development goals across different regions and identify socioeconomic characteristics that contribute to sustainable development. The results indicate inequalities between different dimensions and highlight the significant impact of socioeconomic characteristics associated with geographic location on the disparities between municipalities.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
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Annette Dietmaier, Thomas Baumann
Summary: Deep groundwater aquifers are important resources for emergencies and pre-industrial water supply. The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) ensures their protection. Fluctuations in hydrochemical state of Upper Jurassic wells in Bavaria and Austria indicate potential unsustainability due to new exploitation activities. A new workflow using clustering algorithms provides a novel method to assess these fluctuations and establish thresholds for sustainable development.
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Carmen-Pilar Marti-Ballester
Summary: This study examines the impact of sustainable energy-focused institutional shareholders on corporate sustainable energy performance. The findings suggest that institutional investors play a significant role in driving improvements in corporate sustainable energy and environmental performance.
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Economics
Wenzhi Tang, Shaofu Du, Li Hu, Bill Wang, Yangguang Zhu
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) on investors and host firms, finding that host firms prefer to be leaders while investors may prefer to be followers if customers are environmentally sensitive. The study also suggests that coordinated mechanisms can improve the system's performance, but excessive government intervention can have adverse effects on CDM technology investment and profits.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2022)
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Construction & Building Technology
Gholamreza Roshan, Masoumeh Moghbel, Mohammad Taleghani
Summary: The main objective of this study is to classify the bioclimatic regions in Iran for optimal environmental planning. By analyzing meteorological data from 155 synoptic stations during 1995-2017 and using five bioclimatic indices, Iran was divided into five different bioclimatic regions based on analysis and clustering.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shuo Xu, Jianping Ge
Summary: Locally tailored energy options can better contribute to the sustainable development of clean heating in northern China. Based on a comprehensive evaluation index system, this study used a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method to design suitable clean heating energy options. The results suggest that electric and biomass heating should be the main future trends in rural areas, while natural gas or electric heating is more suitable for provinces with high economic and renewable energy technology levels. Provinces with significant resource advantages should develop corresponding heating energy sources, and heat pump heating should be encouraged.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2023)
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Economics
Yuan Chen, Jie Zhang, Hui Chen
Summary: The research focuses on the sustainable tourism modeling in 23 provinces of China based on the annual data from 2010 to 2021. The findings reveal that the increase in the general level of prices has a significant and long-term adverse effect on the sustainable development of the tourism industry in Chinese provinces. Additionally, foreign direct investment has a positive short-term and long-term impact on the sustainable development of the tourism industry in high-income provinces, but a negative impact in low-income provinces. Recommended policies include promoting green financing market and green FDI development.
ECONOMIC CHANGE AND RESTRUCTURING
(2023)
Review
Development Studies
Ruohan Tang, Joonho Moon, Gyeong Ryun Heo, Won Seok Lee
Summary: This study analyzed and compared sustainable development and sustainable tourism development over the past 10 years using text mining and clustering methods. Four potential research areas were identified, and a visual network knowledge structure was presented to provide valuable references for future research directions.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qin Zhang, Haoran Zhang, Yamin Yan, Jie Yan, Jijiang He, Zhengbing Li, Wenlong Shang, Yongtu Liang
Summary: With the continuous development of offshore wind power and clean oil fields, the introduction of wind power into the offshore oil and gas field energy system has attracted much attention. By building a new robust optimization model for energy system, the economic and environmental performance of different scenarios were simulated. The results show that wind power access can reduce carbon emissions and total annual cost of the system.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Environmental Studies
Lorea Mendiola, Pilar Gonzalez
Summary: The study found that population density affects motorised transport, diversity is important for public transport and non-motorised trips, and urban design characteristics influence all modes of transport. Additionally, spatial dependence has an impact on motorised transport, indicating potential externalities. Furthermore, the socio-economic characteristics of an area can affect the modal split in transport.
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Energy & Fuels
Andre Bolt, Ibrahim Dincer, Martin Agelin-Chaab
Summary: This study proposes a design for a new renewable integrated multigeneration system that can produce natural gas and methane. The system utilizes solar energy and wind energy to generate electricity and store thermal energy. The system has various useful outputs including electrical power, heat for space heating, cooling and domestic hot water. The performance of the system under different operating conditions has been extensively investigated.
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Business
Zainorfarah Zainuddin, Mohammad Iranmanesh, Ming-Lang Tseng, Behzad Foroughi, Tengku Adeline Adura Tengku Hamzah
Summary: This study explores the interrelationships between external and organizational factors in the implementation of clean development mechanisms. It highlights the mediating role of expected business benefits and the moderating effect of organizational resources on mechanism implementation. These findings provide insight for policymakers and managers to enhance the extent of mechanism implementation.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.