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Energy & Fuels
Piotr Olczak, Dominik Kryzia, Dominika Matuszewska, Marta Kuta
Summary: This paper examines the allocation of funds to PV micro-installations in Poland under the My Electricity program, identifying inequalities between provinces and suggesting territorial project selection criteria based on factors like disposable income and household numbers. The analysis shows improvements in fund distribution in the second edition of the program compared to the first, with potential for further optimizations to support provinces with higher income and more households.
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Economics
Jelle Meus, Sarah De Vits, Nele S'heeren, Erik Delarue, Stef Proost
Summary: This study provides an overview of renewable subsidy schemes focusing on their impact in a uniformly-priced market zone. Different support instruments, including feed-in tariffs, sliding feed-in premiums, fixed feed-in premiums, investment-based subsidies, and capacity-based subsidies, are analyzed using a German case study. The research shows that investment- and capacity-based subsidies are not equivalent, and sliding feed-in premiums can be a viable alternative to fixed premiums in mitigating investment risks.
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Energy & Fuels
Nebojsa Corovic, Branka Gvozdenac Urosevi, Nenad Kati
Summary: This paper discusses a comprehensive set of new measures to reduce the consequences of climate change, highlighting the need for a holistic approach and potential challenges. It specifically focuses on detailed suggestions for the energy transition process in the Republic of Serbia.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Evance Chaima, Jijian Lian, Chao Ma, Suzgo Kaunda, Sheila Kavwenje, Mwabuke Nkhata, Stanley Phiri, Patsani Kumambala
Summary: This study aims to fill the gap in electricity demand modeling in Malawi and provide policy insights for the country's electricity future. The study employs a projection methodology using demographic, economic, and government policy trends, and analyzes three different electricity use scenarios. Through this study, insights and recommendations regarding the status of Malawi's electricity sector and policy influence can be provided to various planners and stakeholders in the power sector.
ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chengcheng Xiong, Mohd Sayuti Hassan
Summary: This study explores the evolution of China's renewable heat policies and evaluates the effectiveness of the current policy system. The results show that regulation-based instruments are preferred and renewable heating has received increasing policy attention.
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Economics
Marc Melliger
Summary: Multi-technology auctions are a popular tool in the EU for supporting renewable electricity, but they may lead to dominance of certain technologies, posing reliability issues for some countries' power systems. Statistical analysis reveals that 80% of multi-technology auctions from 2011-2020 were skewed, favoring one technology strongly or exclusively. General design elements and context factors cannot explain this phenomenon, suggesting that auction-external factors may be the key factors. However, the aggregated outcome across different rounds, years, and countries remains relatively balanced, although this balance may change in the future if skewed outcomes persist. Policymakers should consider technology-specific auctions for promoting diverse and targeted renewable deployment if they cannot manage the risks associated with skewed auction outcomes.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mustafa Tevfik Kartal, Ugur Korkut Pata, Ozer Depren, Sinan Erdogan
Summary: Meeting energy needs and ensuring ecological sustainability are important tasks. This study investigates the influence of nuclear power and renewables on achieving carbon neutrality in major nuclear power countries. The findings show that nuclear energy reduces carbon emissions in Russia, while solar and wind power contribute to emission reduction in the U.S., Russia, and France. However, China's use of nuclear and renewables for carbon neutrality is inefficient.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Maria P. Pablo-Romero, Antonio Sanchez-Braza, Anna Galyan
Summary: The study reveals that most of the 17 transition economies have set national renewable energy targets and adopted various promotion measures. Significant differences have been found in the application of renewable energy measures and improvements in installed capacity among different countries.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Review
Energy & Fuels
Mazaher Haji Bashi, Luciano De Tommasi, Padraig Lyons
Summary: Ireland's ambitious renewable energy targets, limited interconnections with neighboring power systems, and lack of potential for large-scale mechanical energy storage make battery energy storage a crucial option for accessing necessary domestic flexibility resources in the Irish electricity sector. By implementing policies that align national-level regulations and market instructions with European level directives, the full potential of battery energy storage units can be realized.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
(2022)
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Economics
Forson Peprah, Samuel Gyamfi, Eric Effah-Donyina, Mark Amo-Boateng
Summary: Despite the adoption of net metering in Ghana, prosumption faces various challenges including policy and regulatory gaps, inelastic electricity tariff structure and the reluctance of distribution system operators to accept prosumers into the grid.
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Economics
Deborah Werner, Lira Luz Benites Lazaro
Summary: Policies can drive the transition to renewable energy by promoting sustainable energy and climate practices. The success of these policies relies on political will and public support. Governments worldwide are implementing measures to incentivize renewable energy and drive changes in energy systems.
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Thermodynamics
Yi Li, Tianya Liu, Jinpeng Xu
Summary: China has been advocating and developing renewable electricity to protect the environment and achieve sustainable development. This study investigates the influencing factors of non-renewable and renewable electricity production in China and compares them. The empirical results show that economic growth and electricity production capacity have a long-term relationship with renewable and non-renewable electricity production, while aging only has a long-term relationship with renewable electricity production. Furthermore, a short-term causal relationship exists between economic growth, aging, electricity production capacity, and renewable and non-renewable electricity production.
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Economics
Trieu Mai, Wesley Cole, Nathaniel Gates, Daniel Greer
Summary: The study shows that state-level clean energy policies make significant contributions to total clean energy generation nationwide and reduce power sector CO2 emissions to some extent. However, these policies often lead to increases in electricity prices and system costs, with costs being highly sensitive to the future prices of clean energy technologies.
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Energy & Fuels
Barbara Breitschopf, Abigail Alexander-Haw
Summary: The study found that renewable electricity procurement auctions do not increase financing costs, and the technology type and the state of development of the finance sector in the specific country have a significant impact on the cost of capital. To promote the deployment of renewable energy technologies, policymakers should focus on general financial conditions, the type of remuneration scheme, and risk mitigation.
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
(2022)
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Economics
Kangoh Lee
Summary: This paper analytically studies the long-run effects of renewable portfolio standards on electricity prices and finds that the effects depend on the nature of the long-run average cost. The paper also discusses the differences between the long-run effects and the short-run effects, as well as the effects of increasing the stringency of an existing standard versus introducing a new standard.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nicholas Rohde, K. K. Tang, Lars Osberg, Prasada Rao
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2016)
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Health Policy & Services
Dong Chen, Dennis Petrie, Kam Tang, Dongjie Wu
HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
(2018)
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Area Studies
Jianhong Qi, Kam Ki Tang, Da Yin, Yong Zhao
Summary: This article investigates the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on China's global image and finds that international opinions on China are diverse. The BRI has increased China's favorability in the related countries, particularly gaining more approval from foreign voices. The BRI is believed to affect China's global reputation through trade, infrastructure, debt, and people-people interactions. Additionally, older, better educated, wealthier individuals living in urban areas tend to view China more favorably after the launch of the BRI.
JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA
(2023)
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Economics
Jack Leggett, Bryan Morgan, Kam Ki Tang
Summary: This article aims to improve students' mathematical skills and grades through repeated quizzing of building-block concepts. Data analysis shows that repeated quizzing can improve students' grades and is slightly associated with final exam scores.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC EDUCATION
(2022)
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Economics
Dominic Byrne, Do Won Kwak, Kam Ki Tang, Myra Yazbeck
Summary: This study fills the gap in the existing literature by examining the unintended effects of retirement on spouses with long-term health conditions (LTHCs) and investigates the impact on their health outcomes. The research found that the husband's retirement has a positive impact on the wife's quality-adjusted life years (QALY) and other physical and mental health outcomes. The redistribution of domestic workload is identified as a key transmission mechanism of the spousal spillover effects.
ECONOMICS & HUMAN BIOLOGY
(2023)
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Economics
Dain Jung, Do Won Kwak, Kam Ki Tang, Myra Yazbeck
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of job conditions on mental health shocks unrelated to the labor market and finds that job insecurity and job stress exacerbate the adverse effects. It also reveals gender heterogeneity, with female workers being more affected by job insecurity and job stress.
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Economics
Nicholas Rohde, Kam Ki Tang, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Lars Osberg, Prasada Rao
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2020)
Article
Economics
Do Won Kwak, Carl Sherwood, Kam Ki Tang
EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS
(2019)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
K. Renuka Ganegodage, Alicia N. Rambaldi, D. S. Prasada Rao, Kam K. Tang
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2017)
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Economics
Nicholas Rohde, Kam Ki Tang, Lars Osberg, D. S. Prasada Rao
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2017)
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Economics
Nicholas Rohde, K. K. Tang, Lars Osberg
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Nicholas Rohde, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Kam Ki Tang, Prasada Rao
APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE
(2016)
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Economics
Juyoung Cheong, Do Won Kwak, Kam Ki Tang
EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS
(2016)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Dong Chen, Dennis Petrie, Kam Tang, Dongjie Wu
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2020)
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Economics
Juyoung Cheong, Do Won Kwak, Kam Ki Tang
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2018)
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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.