Article
Environmental Studies
Anne Kallies
Summary: The energy sector in Australia is governed by both federal and state governments, with no mention of energy, environment or climate in the Constitution. Despite a tradition of cooperative federalism, legal frameworks struggle to respond in a timely manner to the rapid transition to a decarbonized energy system. The interaction between climate laws at state and federal levels and energy market legal frameworks needs to be considered.
TRANSNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Antonios Souris, Christian Stecker, Arne Jungjohann
Summary: Transport policy is crucial for achieving sustainable transport and mobility transition in Germany. However, the reform of road traffic regulations, which aimed at benefiting cyclists and pedestrians but at the expense of car drivers, failed to be implemented in its original scope due to party competition and cooperative federalism. This case study highlights how and why comprehensive transport policy reforms are hindered in Germany.
ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Economics
Joel Foramitti, Ivan Savin, Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh
Summary: The study compares the performance of emission tax and permit trading, finding that permit prices fall after successful abatement and can result in higher production levels but also drive emission-efficient firms out of the market. Scarcity rents under permit trading can further increase firms' profit rates, depending on market-clearing mechanisms and initial allocation.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xuejiao Ma, Najid Ahmad, Pao-Yu Oei
Summary: The study reveals an inverted U-shape relation between real GDP and CO2 emissions in France and Germany, with renewable energy significantly reducing carbon emissions and the tourism sector helping in carbon reduction efforts.
Article
Economics
Xiaochen Ma, Yanchun Pan, Manzi Zhang, Jianhua Ma, Wen Yang
Summary: This paper examines the impact of combined CET-FIP and CET-RPS policies on the development of renewable energy industry in China. The results indicate that both policies effectively reduce carbon emissions, with CET-RPS policy performing better in the long run for emissions reduction, and CET-FIP policy yielding stronger economic benefits. The impact of these policies varies at different stages of renewable energy development on electricity generation, company profits, and social welfare.
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Zia Ullah, Hasan Saeed Qazi, Ahmad Alferidi, Mohammed Alsolami, Badr Lami, Hany M. Hasanien
Summary: This study presents a novel method for optimizing energy trading within microgrids by using a hybrid of particle swarm optimization and gravitational search algorithms. The proposed approach promotes cooperative energy trading among microgrids and the main grid, considering network constraints and the uncertainty of renewable energy. Simulation results show that this method maximizes renewable energy utilization, reduces load burden on the main grid, and significantly decreases energy costs.
ALEXANDRIA ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2024)
Article
Thermodynamics
Yu Hu, Yuanying Chi, Wenbing Zhou, Jialin Li, Zhengzao Wang, Yongke Yuan
Summary: This paper investigates the role of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and Carbon Emission Trading (CET) in China's low-carbon energy transition by constructing a game model involving power users and thermal power manufacturers. The study analyzes the evolution of group strategies under different policy parameters and describes the characteristics of the system's transition between stable and unstable states. A dynamic and differentiated mechanism design for policy parameters is proposed to mitigate system oscillations. The simulation results provide insights into the interaction between market players' strategies and offer a quantitative framework for analyzing system stability, which can inform the implementation of RPS and CET in China and the setting of policy parameters.
Article
Environmental Studies
Diren Kocakusak, Jennifer Senick, Clinton J. Andrews
Summary: The desire to shift to non-carbon-emitting energy sources has become a priority supported by national, state, and local policies. In the U.S., diverse policies have contributed to the exponential growth of the solar industry, but local implementation processes also play a significant role. This paper investigates the effects of policy incentives and implementation disincentives on residential solar adoption in New Jersey.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Dirk Schindler, Leon Sander, Christopher Jung
Summary: The success of the German electricity mix transformation depends on the development and utilization of renewable energies. However, the current consumption of electricity exceeds the generation from renewable sources, leading to a supply-demand imbalance and significant residual loads. The natural variability of solar and wind power is identified as a major challenge for meeting Germany's electricity consumption in the near future.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Navroz K. K. Dubash
Summary: Fossil fuels should be conserved and used primarily in the areas where they have the greatest impact on human well-being.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xihui Haviour Chen, Kienpin Tee, Marwa Elnahass, Rizwan Ahmed
Summary: This study examines the impact of renewable and non-renewable energy sources on carbon emissions in the context of China's 14th Five-Year Plan. The findings indicate that renewable energy contributes to a decrease in air pollution, while non-renewable energy sources lead to an increase. Despite the government's investment in renewable energy, China's economy still heavily relies on traditional energy sources.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jiaqian Wu, Yu Chen, Lean Yu, Jinkai Li
Summary: This study proposes a simulation model to investigate the complex relationship between China's consumption side renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and domestic nationwide carbon emission trading (CET) scheme. The results show that both mechanisms can facilitate the expansion of renewable electricity, but the quota goals need to be reasonably set, and more demand incentive mechanisms are required for the tradable green certificates (TGC) market.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Review
Environmental Studies
Shu Wu
Summary: China's climate policies are globally important and will likely determine the success of global climate efforts due to its strong economic growth, coal-dominated energy structure, and enormous emission base. The study outlines China's climate governance, policy instruments, effectiveness, and challenges. China has evolved from a defender of development rights to a global leader. The primary policy instruments include target decomposition and assessment system, accounting and reporting system, and carbon emission trading scheme. Policy effectiveness varies spatially, temporally, and industrially, and brings non-climate spillover effects. Challenges faced by China include a lack of national law and policy diversity, tradeoffs between central and local governments, and inadequate public engagement. Policy implications include enacting a national law, optimizing the policy mix, balancing governmental tradeoffs, and enhancing public involvement.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Yongan Xu, Ming Li, Wen Yan, Jiancheng Bai
Summary: This study investigates the forecasting ability of the Climate Policy Uncertainty (CPU) index on the global renewable energy market returns. It shows that CPU is an excellent positive predictor of the returns of the renewable energy market, outperforming other predictors. The study also finds that a higher CPU index has a stronger predictive ability, especially after the Paris agreement. Additionally, the predictive power of CPU index enhances the economic gain on asset allocation.
Article
Business, Finance
Shengyi Yang
Summary: This paper examines the impact of carbon emission trading policy on firm's environmental investment using the Difference-in-Differences method. The results indicate that the establishment of a carbon emission trading system negatively affects corporate environmental investment. Additionally, the study finds that the reduction in environmental investment due to carbon emission trading policy is particularly significant in non-state-owned enterprises and mature large-sized enterprises. The analysis suggests that productive investment displaces green investment because of carbon emission regulation. Overall, this research contributes to the current environmental policy debates by informing policymakers about the investment decision-making behavior of microcosmic enterprises in response to carbon emission trading policy.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Geography
Valentin Meilinger, Jochen Monstadt
Summary: This article examines the challenges and conflicts in reconfigurations of urban wastewater flows for new policy ambitions in recycling and reuse in Los Angeles, California. Engineers are incrementally improving existing infrastructures to increase wastewater recycling, but face limitations due to path dependencies. Overall, the novel infrastructural practices are deeply political in nature.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Geography
Sara Macdonald, Jochen Monstadt, Abigail Friendly
Summary: Developing regional greenbelts poses multidimensional challenges to policymakers due to the incorporation of multiple functions and governance complexities. The institutional dimensions of contemporary greenbelt governance are often overlooked in the literature. A case study in the Greater Golden Horseshoe region in Southern Ontario, Canada, reveals that market pressures, growth coalitions, and institutional coordination problems hinder the successful implementation of growth management policies despite provincial government intervention.
TERRITORY POLITICS GOVERNANCE
(2023)
Editorial Material
Urban Studies
Jochen Monstadt
Summary: Urban research has not paid enough attention to the role of urban infrastructures in shaping and ordering urban temporalities. However, studying infrastructures empirically can reveal the relationship between infrastructural change and different temporal orientations, as well as how socio-technical systems affect contemporary and future urbanism through temporal ordering and reordering.
JOURNAL OF URBAN TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jochen Monstadt, Jonas Colen Ladeia Torrens, Mansi Jain, Rachel M. Macrorie, Shaun R. Smith
Summary: Recent debates on the governance of sustainability transformations in urban areas have highlighted the importance of infrastructures. The role of infrastructures in these transformations has been brought to the forefront, leading to the development of new governance approaches. These approaches include the evaluation of alternative infrastructure pathways through futuring, the implementation of these pathways through experimentation processes, and the coordination across different domains.
CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Valentin Meilinger, Jochen Monstadt
Summary: Cities worldwide are embracing integrated stormwater management to enhance urban sustainability. Los Angeles County has introduced a new stormwater tax to achieve sustainable stormwater futures. However, different actors have conflicting infrastructure designs. This paper explores shifting stormwater politics in Los Angeles by highlighting the social relations underlying technology. Technical disputes reflect uncertainties about the future stormwater system and engender the renegotiation of responsibility, knowledge orders, and stormwater management rationale.
Article
Environmental Studies
Shaun Smith, Jochen Monstadt, Kei Otsuki
Summary: This article explores the relationship between urban growth and energy infrastructures in Metropolitan Maputo, Mozambique. The study finds that urban growth dynamics shape the heterogeneity of energy infrastructures, which are influenced by commercial electrification procedures and the preferences of solar-home-system providers. The heterogeneity of energy configurations reflects divergent social conditions and energy service demands, but also reflects the capacities and pragmatism of local communities.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Geography
Valentin Meilinger, Jochen Monstadt
Summary: The article discusses two different gardening approaches adopted by Los Angeles during the California drought: technology-centered infrastructuring of gardens and nature conservation gardening with native plants. These approaches have important political implications in terms of urban space, water use, values, and citizen-expert relationships.
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHERS
(2023)
Article
Transportation
Eline Punt, Jochen Monstadt, Sybille Frank, Patrick Witte
Summary: This article investigates the governance of flood resilience at the Port of Rotterdam, highlighting the challenges and strengths of the institutional arrangements. The study reveals fragmentation and persistent institutional challenges in coordinating flood resilience, hindering the enhancement of resilience for critical infrastructure and port-city relationships.
MARITIME ECONOMICS & LOGISTICS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Joyce A. Eledi Kuusaana, Jochen Monstadt, Shaun Smith
Summary: Electricity is crucial for contemporary cities, but residents in Southern cities like Accra face challenges of fragmented access and limited reliability. To ensure resilience, residents employ alternative configurations and adaptive strategies during electricity service disruptions. By using urban resilience, vulnerability, and social practice theory, we examine the energy practices and strategies of urban residents in response to blackouts, emphasizing the relationship between resilience and practices. We argue for greater inclusion of electricity user perspectives in discussions of resilience and vulnerability related to critical infrastructure disruption.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Urban Studies
Joyce A. Eledi A. Kuusaana, Jochen Monstadt, Shaun Smith
Summary: The electricity supply in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is unreliable with frequent power cuts, but urban residents have found innovative and adaptive solutions to cope with the challenges and keep the city functioning.
JOURNAL OF URBAN TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mathias Koepke, Jochen Monstadt, Francesca Pilo'
Summary: This article explores the governance of heterogeneous electricity constellations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and identifies the various governance modalities that restrict the potential of sustainable energy transitions.
ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Urban Studies
Lazarus Jambadu, Francesca Pilo, Jochen Monstadt
Summary: Access to water supply remains problematic in African cities. Scholarly discussions on water supply have neglected the role of small-scale private actors in maintenance and repair. This paper explores the hybrid labor relations between private and public actors in maintaining and repairing water infrastructures, highlighting how private actors challenge the state's power.
URBAN RESEARCH & PRACTICE
(2023)
Article
Information Science & Library Science
Eline Punt, Jochen Monstadt, Sybille Frank, Patrick Witte
Summary: This study aims to fill the research gaps in governing cyber risks in seaports. By using the conceptualization of distributed responsibilities, uncertainties, and ambiguities to shape the governance of cyber resilience, the authors explore the case study of the Port of Rotterdam through interviews, observation, and analysis of policy documents and legislation. The findings reveal a challenge in balancing strategies for protecting computer systems against cyberattacks and strategies for anticipating disruptions. Lack of information exchange, inadequate knowledge, and disagreement hinder the coordination of these strategies. The lack of a comprehensive regulatory framework and economic incentives is the main obstacle to achieving cyber resilience in the port. The authors conclude that resilience at the Port of Rotterdam remains an ideal, with governance strategies awaiting institutionalization.
DIGITAL POLICY REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Lazarus Jambadu, Jochen Monstadt, Sophie Schramm
Summary: This study investigates the factors influencing maintenance and repair practices in urban water supply in African cities. Through the analysis of four variables, the study provides insights into the importance of place-based materialities and contextual knowledge in shaping these practices. The findings suggest the need for considering broader national and international relations in improving water supply.
WATER ALTERNATIVES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL ON WATER POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Sara Macdonald, Jochen Monstadt, Abigail Friendly
Summary: The greenbelt in Frankfurt, legally protected since 1991, has been seen as an effective response to development pressures. However, efforts to upscale it to the regional level through the establishment of the Regionalpark RheinMain have faced institutional complexities and coordination challenges, ultimately leading to localized initiatives and delegation of planning responsibilities to municipalities.
EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES
(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.
