important developments in the energy sector, which has been made possible by a reduction of production costs and the overcoming … have led to a dramatic increase in shale gas production in the United States, which resulted in energy experts describing … shale gas as a “bridge fuel” to carbon-free renewable resources as our primary source of energy. Furthermore, shale …

English Abstract: The recent drop in oil prices will lower Italy's energy bill. Due to the progressive marginalization … of oil, both as an energy source and as a benchmark for energy prices, households and firms will reap the benefits of … households that do not purchase gasoline or diesel. Using some recent estimates of manufacturing firms' energy costs we also …

English Abstract: This paper presents a method of estimating the energy expenditure of Italian manufacturing firms with … 20 or more employees for the period 2003-11. Use is made of multiple sources in order to impute firm-level energy … the market prices of the different energy sources. According to our estimates, in 2011 the average firm spent about €740 …

così come prescritto ad ogni paese membro nell'ambito della Energy Union. Nel lavoro si argomenta inoltre che la misura di … new dataset is used to estimate a measure of energy poverty (EP) that is not conditioned by household preferences. The new … – after purchasing a minimum basket of energy services. Given the high granularity of the information used, the proposed …

there is no official definition of energy poverty (EP). The purpose of this study is to provide the reader with a set of … the tools available to counter EP in Italy would have yielded a modest reduction in energy vulnerable households …