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Analyzing the factors influencing the demand and supply of solar modules in Japan
Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Yoshino, Naoyuki; Inagaki, Yugo - 2020
technology that has partially supported this change is solar photovoltaic technology. Japan was one of the leading countries in … the solar photovoltaic market, with the third-highest number of solar modules installed in the world. However, its … effort into green financing to maintain its progress in solar photovoltaic technology. …
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Analyzing the factors influencing the demand and supply of solar modules in Japan
Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Yoshino, Naoyuki; Inagaki, Yugo - 2020
technology that has partially supported this change is solar photovoltaic technology. Japan was one of the leading countries in … the solar photovoltaic market, with the third-highest number of solar modules installed in the world. However, its … effort into green financing to maintain its progress in solar photovoltaic technology. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012609979
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Avoiding energy insecurity by promoting private investment : the case of the Vietnamese power sector
Le Ngoc Dang; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2019
Viet Nam needs huge investment in the energy sector in the coming 30 years to satisfy the rapid increase in the energy demand. Given the current status of the electricity sector, which is primarily dependent on fossil fuels (coal) and increasingly reliant on imports, as well as the weak level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131759
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Default risks, moral hazard, and market-based solution : evidence from renewable energy market in Bangladesh
Hossain, Monzur; Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2019
This paper analyzes a unique case of default risks and associated factors of a solar home system (SHS) program in Bangladesh and, within that context, proposes a theoretical market-based solution to finance a renewable energy (RE) program. The paper first develops a theoretical framework that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012101624
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Energy security in Pakistan : a quantitative approach to a sustainable energy policy
Malik, Sadia; Qasim, Maha; Saeed, Hasan; Youngho, Chang; … - 2019
Pakistan imports nearly a third of its energy resources in the form of oil, coal, and liquefied natural gas (LNG). An import-driven energy policy is not sustainable for Pakistan, making it energy insecure in the long term. Besides being a drain on its foreign exchange reserves, it exposes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119137
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The role of renewable energy in resolving energy insecurity in Asia
Peimani, Hooman; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2019
Energy security implies the availability, affordability, applicability, plausibility and acceptability of countries' energy supply. Implying the sustainability of countries' energy supplies, energy insecurity is widespread across Asia. Southeast Asia (SEA) serves as an example for Asia's energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107830
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Empirical analysis of factors influencing price of solar modules
Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Yoshino, Naoyuki; Inagaki, Yugo - 2018
The solar energy market has seen huge growth in recent years with a vast increase in solar cumulative capacity worldwide. One of the key drivers behind this growth is the decline in solar module prices. Thus, the price reduction mechanism in solar modules has become an important topic as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011843875
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Why is green finance important?
Sachs, Jeffrey; Thye, Woo Wing; Yoshino, Naoyuki; … - 2019
In 2017, global investment in renewables and energy efficiency declined by 3% and there is a risk that it will slow further; clearly fossil fuels still dominate energy investment. This could threaten the expansion of green energy needed to provide energy security and meet climate and clean air...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959853
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Social funding of green financing : an application of distributed ledger technologies
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Schloesser, Tim; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2018
To achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) as well as the Paris Agreement major investments in renewable energy (RE) production are necessary worldwide. In particular, decentralized, small-scale projects offer copious potential to create energy access as well as to contribute to an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931223
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A model for utilizing spillover taxes and community-based funds to fill the green energy financing gap in Asia
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2018
In 2016, 88.90% of Asia and the Pacific's primary energy consumption was from fossil fuel, and almost 40% of the global CO2 emissions were from Asia and the Pacific. In order to ensure the increasing energy needs of the region are in line with sustainable development goals, addressing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011936133