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Like in most Sub-Saharan Africa, biomass is the most consumed fuel in overall Kenyan energy demand. In addition to biomass, other end-use fuels are also consumed in the country, mostly by economic sectors. However, electricity demand has been the only end-use energy considered in most energy...
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There has been a general outcry globally to ensure sustainable environmental practices by minimizing CO2 while increasing economic growth. In general, most African countries have had the lowest energy efficiency levels over the past decades. This is because of higher inefficiency due to...
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With increasing air pollution, exposure to air pollutants is becoming a critical health and environmental issue all over the world. In case of India, due to significant differences in the economic status and energy consumption characteristics, substantial variation in the air pollutant emissions...
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In pursuit of innovation-driven green development, effectively leveraging innovation policies for environmental betterment has emerged as a pivotal challenge in China's sustainable development trajectory. Investigating 287 Chinese cities from 2010 to 2020, this study adopts the pilot initiative...
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Based on the data set of 30 provinces in China from 2006 to 2018, this paper decomposed the two-sided effects of environmental regulation on energy efficiency and calculated their net effects by using the two-tier stochastic frontier model. First, empirical research shows that environmental...
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This study examined the impact of movement control order (MCO) due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Household Electrical … quickening household conduct towards use of energy saving appliances based on a self-reported household survey. The consumption … patterns were evaluated based on hours and frequency of use of 29 household electrical appliances. Energy consumption behaviour …
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The Yangtze River Economic Belt (YEB) and the Yellow River Ecological Economic Belt (YREB) surround the two biggest inland rivers and emit the greatest amount of carbon emissions in China. In order to implement China's dual carbon goal, this research applies a Meta-frontier DN-DEA model,...
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Data centres (DCs) are large electricity consumers, estimated to account for around 1% of worldwide electricity usage. They release excess heat (EH) during the operation, which can be recovered in district heating (DH) networks. DCs are expected to satisfy the rising demand for digital services....
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Green digital finance plays a crucial role in driving green production, consumption and facilitating the low-carbon transition of energy consumption structures. This paper delves into the impact of green digital finance on this transformation from a multidimensional perspective for the first...
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Effectively mitigating the increasing energy demand sector emissions is seriously considered in China. Under the continuous motivation of the Chinese government, the cumulative installed solar PV capacity in China has occupied 32.63 % of the global in 2019. Unfortunately, a large amount of...
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