energy policy Articles
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Energy policy in Latvia
The paper shows the energy policy of Latvia as a part of the national economic policy. It describes the situation in the Latvian energy sector's legislation, and discusses the measures for energy conservation policy and the tendencies of the main character parameters in the energy sector.Keywords: energy, policy, consumption emissions, overview, ...
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Energy Dialogues - Supporting the German Federal Government in its energy dialogues with the Us, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - Case Study
In light of Germany's ambitious goals to secure the success of the "Energiewende" and the global aims related to the energy policy set forth in the Paris agreement, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is pursuing to establish close energy policy cooperations with partner countries all over the world. The international formalized partnerships and yet ...
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Emerging policies for European energy
This paper gives an overview of the Conference on Emerging Policies for European Energy, convened by The Royal Institute of International Affairs in association with The British Institute of Energy Economy and the International Association for Energy Economics, London, 28-29 November 1994. Two opening sessions were mainly concerned with the context in which policies for European energy need to be ...
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Basic directions of the energy policy of the Republic of Belarus: prospects for the future
The major goal of the energy policy of the Republic of Belarus is to find ways and build mechanisms of balanced development and functioning of the fuel and energy complex (FEC), and to provide a reliable and effective energy supply for all branches of the economy and population that will ensure production of competitive products and achievement of living standards and quality of life of highly ...
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Study on the cointegration and causality between GDP and energy consumption in China
This paper studied the cointegration and causality relations between China's energy consumption and economic growth. It concludes that there is bi-directional causality, but no cointegration, between them; therefore, China may have underestimated the pressure from increasing energy demand and the impacts of energy policies on its economic growth.Keywords: energy consumption, economic growth, ...
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A regional coordination framework for renewable energy policy in the European Union
In order to have a transparent market for renewable electricity in the European Union (EU), it is necessary to track the flow of renewable electricity. With this in mind, the European Commission introduced a concept called 'Guarantee of Origin' in Directive 2001/77/EC. However, the principle of subsidiarity – that policy is made by the lowest competent authority – turned out to be in conflict ...
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Energy policy indicators for the assessment of the Euro-Mediterranean energy cooperation
The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership was initiated in 1995 and is highly motivated by the mutual interests that both parties have. The Mediterranean countries involved see it as a vehicle to associate themselves with their partner in the north and secure technical assistance provision for the development of their energy sector, while for EU the process is expected to create a favourable and stable ...
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Southeast energy policy briefs
The World Resources Institute (WRI)—together with the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA), Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), and Southface—compiled high-level overviews of regional opportunities to enhance energy efficiency, develop renewable electric power resources, and manage water-energy ...
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'Strong enterprise, weak government': energy policy making in China
China lacks a cohesive energy plan, but in light of its rapidly increasing energy consumption and low energy efficiency, it desperately needs one. Many different actors influence energy policy, with varying degrees of impact, as the methods of policy formulation are extremely ambiguous and fluid. Chinese energy policy has been characterised by bureaucratic overlap and competition, while free ...
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Risk-reducing problems of the Latvian gas supply
This paper reviews the energy policy of Latvia as a part of the national economic policy. It describes the legislative situation in the Latvian energy sector, and discusses the measures for energy conservation policy and the tendencies of the main character parameters in the energy sector.Keywords: energy policy, energy consumption, emissions, Latvia, gas supply, Central and Eastern Europe, CEE ...
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Energy Policy Scenarios to 2050
So much has changed in the world of energy since WEC last prepared scenarios in the 1990s. While these were updated at the turn of the century to take into account new assumptions about population, the prices of oil and gas, climate change, and technology developments, it became apparent that the real issues today are the emergence of massive new energy demand in China and India, the market power ...
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MDESRAP: a model for understanding the dynamics of electricity supply, resources and pollution
The inherent dynamic complexity of the energy policy design problem makes the conventional "closed-form" solution impossible. This paper contributes a dynamic simulation model as a possible solution. The model captures the dynamics of underlying sectors of electricity demand, investment, capital, resource, production, environment and costs and pricing. The existing feedback loops, nonlinearity ...
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Visual interactive structured modelling in energy policy and management
The modelling paradigm of structured modelling is based on a systematic identification of the elements and their relations in a system under investigation. The advent of user-friendly computation and information technologies has promoted the concept of structured modelling. Different modelling paradigms have been developed, including systems thinking, soft systems approach, and influence ...
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The development of the experience curve concept and its application in energy policy assessment
This paper presents some of the results of the project, EXTOOL, Experience Curves: A Tool for Energy Policy Programmes Assessment, funded by the European Commission. The objective of the project was to analyse the experience curve as a tool for the assessment of energy policy measures. This is of special interest, since the use of experience curves for the assessment of energy policy measures ...
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The use of renewable energy resources in Greece
Energy policy is a key issue for economic and environmental policies nowadays. Indeed, energy is an indispensable element for economic development while, on the other hand, it causes severe environmental problems. In this context, a force for utilising renewable energy resources and for energy saving has emerged and been expanded in the last years. As a result, the energy policy is reoriented ...
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Energy and climate policy: colleagues or competitors?
Forecasts and scenarios foresee increasing levels of energy consumption and CO2 emission. Even without strong interventionist policies, the CO2 growth rate may level off. The question is whether this slow-down will be in time from a climate perspective. A combination of early CO2 stabilisation in the OECD, Eastern Europe and the former USSR in combination with more expenditure on R&D might enable ...
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Energy conservation policy in Lithuania: experiences and problems
At present, Lithuania is facing many fundamental transformations in the energy sector and in the whole economy. The rational and efficient use of all energy carriers in all stages of the energy sector is a permanent objective of the Lithuanian energy policy. Energy conservation can be understood as improved energy efficiency and as a new additional energy source. In particular, large energy ...
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Carbon utilization legislation introduced in the senate
On May 11, 2015, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) introduced S. 1282 -- a bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to consider the objective of improving the conversion, use, and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) produced from fossil fuels in carrying out research and development (R&D) programs under that Act. The bill represents a ...
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New direction of energy policy in Hungary towards the new millennium
Ten years ago, Hungary started to elaborate a new energy policy parallel with the restructuring the economy. The energy policy focused on the safety of the energy supply, the establishment of market conditions, environmental protection and improvement of energy efficiency. New regulations and institutional background also had to be created. The former state-owned energy companies have been ...
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Renewable energy and energy-saving initiatives in Greece: policy and experience
Energy policy is a key issue for economic and environmental policies. Indeed, energy is an indispensable element for economic development while, on the other hand, it causes severe environmental problems. In this context, a pressure for using renewable energy resources and for energy saving has emerged and expanded in recent years. As a result, energy policy is being reoriented under the new ...
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