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The environmental Kuznets curve, economic growth, renewable and non-renewable energy, and trade in Tunisia

Ben Jebli, Mehdi; Ben Youssef, Slim - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 173-185

Tunisia during the period 1980–2009. We show the existence of a short-run unidirectional causality running from trade, GDP, CO …-shaped environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis is not supported graphically and analytically in the long-run. This means that Tunisia … for Tunisia are the following: (i) to radically reform the subsidies system granted by the Tunisian government for fossil …

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Indicators for sustainable energy development: A multivariate cointegration and causality analysis from Tunisian road transport sector

Ben Abdallah, Khaled; Belloumi, Mounir; De Wolf, Daniel - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 25 (2013) C, pp. 34-43

This paper studies causal mechanism between indicators for sustainable energy development related to energy consumption from Tunisian road transport sector. The investigation is made using the Johansen cointegration technique and the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) approach. It examines the...

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Environmental Kuznets curve in an open economy: A bounds testing and causality analysis for Tunisia

Shahbaz, Muhammad; Khraief, Naceur; Uddin, Gazi Salah; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 34 (2014) C, pp. 325-336

The environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis posits that in the early stages of economic growth environmental degradation and pollution increase. However, as a nation reaches a certain level of income, measured in per capita terms, the trend reverses. The postulated relationship thus produces an...

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Multi-criteria analysis of electricity generation mix scenarios in Tunisia

Brand, Bernhard; Missaoui, Rafik - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 39 (2014) C, pp. 251-261

The diversification of the national electricity generation mix has risen to the top of Tunisia׳s energy planning agenda …

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Economic Effects of Renewable Energy Expansion: A Model-Based Analysis for Germany

Blazejczak, Jürgen; Braun, Frauke G.; Edler, Dietmar; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 40 (2014), pp. 1070-1080

The increasing utilization of renewable energy sources (RES) is a major energy policy strategy in many countries worldwide. Germany is a forerunner in the deployment of RES and has ambitious goals for the future. The support and use of renewables affects the economy: It creates business...

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Importance of islands in renewable energy production and storage: The situation of the French islands

Notton, Gilles - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 260-269

The islands are often not or only partially connected to continental electrical networks and have to manage their energy supplies in reaching themselves the production/demand balance while ensuring the quality of the delivered electricity. The low consumption and the lack of interconnections...

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Analyzing the impact of cost-containment mechanisms on the profitability of solar PV plants in Spain

Mir-Artigues, Pere; Cerdá, Emilio; del Río, Pablo - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 46 (2015) C, pp. 166-177

From mid-2007 to September 2008, the Spanish PV sector experienced an investment boom, which led to a ten-fold increase in solar PV deployment. The concern of the government about the large increase in the associated support costs through a feed-in tariff led to the implementation of several...

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A study to incorporate renewable energy technologies into the power portfolio of Karachi, Pakistan

Ali, S.M. Hassan; Zuberi, M. Jibran S.; Tariq, M. Arsalan; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 14-22

Karachi is facing severe power outage problems, with 3 to 8 hours of power outages every day, accounting for large economic losses. The city has a total electricity generation capacity of 2848MW and a peak load of 2500MW. This study estimates the potential of Solar, Wind and Biomass renewable...

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A review of demand side management business models in the electricity market

Behrangrad, Mahdi - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 270-283

Demand side management (DSM) can be defined as modifications in the demand side energy consumption pattern to foster better efficiency and operations in electrical energy systems. DSM activities, which are classified into “energy efficiency (EE)” and “demand response (DR)” are becoming...

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Measuring the efficiency of the investment for renewable energy in Korea using data envelopment analysis

Kim, Kyung-Taek; Lee, Deok Joo; Park, Sung-Joon; Zhang, … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 694-702

New and renewable energy (NRE) has been paid much attention as a core alternative energy that can respond to the depletion of fossil fuel, the global movement to address climate change, and recent high oil prices because it is more environment-friendly and sustainable than fossil fuel. As the...

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