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Bangladesh today faces a different future than it did decades ago when relatively abundant natural gas seemed to be the … study uses a computable general equilibrium model to evaluate major energy policy issues facing Bangladesh. A relatively …
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Energy-related investments have been on a track of constant development since the global expansion of energy utilization and the rapid increase of energy demand both regarding industrial use and consumer consumption. Fundamental trends in the European Union and the world at large provide an...
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Energy is pivotal for socio-economic and cultural development. Last century witnessed a drastic increase, on one hand on the consumption of energy and, on the other on greenhouse gases emissions. Traditionally, energy security has been linked with the need to guarantee supply and, in turn,...
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With the growing importance given to the climate change debate, energy has slowly come to attract the complete attention of the whole world. As a matter of fact, the main strategies identified by international bodies and institutions aimed at addressing the climatic issues faced by our planet...
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Energy is a crucial issue for mankind. Especially in modern times, energy has been a factor of economic development and wealth. Today energy is strictly related with the notion of empowerment since energy allows any kind of contemporary life for humans: entertainment, work and protection....
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The disaster at Fukushima has clearly illuminated some of the issues, which operating an energy market through regionally isolated monopolies give rise to. At the same time, a shift towards renewable energies is increasingly being perceived as necessary in Japan. In order to achieve this...
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National energy security, parallel with the ultimate goal of emissions reductions, is of utmost priority for the Chinese government. In order to comply with the requirements set by the Kyoto Protocol, the Chinese government announced, on 25 November 2009, that 2020’s CO2 emissions would be...
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successful results have been obtained by some as well. Bangladesh is a country that is heavily dependent on fossil fuel imports … Bangladesh to think of subsidy reform as it is not logical to maintain the previous policies of fuel subsidies. Subsidies crowd … resulting in inflation. Therefore, countries like Bangladesh need to mitigate its effects on poor to avoid any economic or …
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This scientific enquiry examines the role of capital investment in the energy-pollution model in SANEM countries. The methodology is based on the Pooled Mean Group (PMG), which is appropriate for a heterogeneous panel. Findings reveal that energy use negatively impacts CO2 emissions in Algeria,...
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This paper analyses both global and regional approaches to solving problems of energy security and ecological imbalance by addressing specifically the problems of China's energy security. China’s growing energy dependence has become a major concern for both economic and national security...
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