This paper investigates the role of suppliers of a new energy technology, when the market for that technology continues to be in a state of flux, and is characterised by continued regulatory and institutional developments. This paper first summarises the institutional drivers resulting in the...

In this article, the development of combined heat and power, wind energy and demand-side management in the UK and the Netherlands are compared. It is examined to what extent these developments are determined by liberalisation of the electricity sector in both countries. The analysis suggests...

This paper investigates the role of suppliers of a new energy technology, when the market for that technology continues to be in a state of flux, and is characterised by continued regulatory and institutional developments. This paper first summarises the institutional drivers resulting in the...

Price caps (also known as RPI-X or incentive regulation) encourage regulated companies to cut costs through the profit incentive, by fixing revenues irrespective of the company's own costs for a certain period. However, eventually, cutting costs become less important than incurring costs to...

In this article, the development of combined heat and power, wind energy and demand-side management in the UK and the Netherlands are compared. It is examined to what extent these developments are determined by liberalisation of the electricity sector in both countries. The analysis suggests...

The growing concerns over the global warming and energy security problems in Taiwan have led the government to design and promote renewable energy policies more aggressively over the past decade. This paper aims at examining to what extent the renewable-energy policies will contribute to the...

Sustainable production of biofuels requires lots of feedstocks, developing robust technologies and industrial ecology-oriented biorefineries under the overarching principles of sustainability. Majority of existing methods for impacts analysis of biofuels have not considered the triple dimensions...

The paper presents some aggregated technological, economic and environmental indicators of a national energy efficiency programme for Bulgaria. The programme, elaborated by a large inter-disciplinary team and approved by all ministries, covers macroeconomic and branch dynamics, industry,...

The issue of environment has become a main hurdle to sustainable development in China. In this paper we apply the directional distance function approach to construct an Environmental Efficiency (EE) index within a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) framework considering both desirable and...

The paper considers the current situation in the Slovak energy economy, its development since 1990 and future outlook (primary energy and its structure, final energy consumption, energy intensity etc.) Energy carrier prices, their development since 1990 and expected progress are also considered,...