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renewables, implying that the most salient feature of the last 200 years of energy history is the dramatic rise in the use of …We develop a spatial model of energy exploitation where energy sources are differentiated by their geographic location … and energy density. The spatial setting creates a scaling law that magnifies the importance of differences across energy …
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In the last decade, the importance of exploiting Chile’s Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) has increased significantly … economy. However, to date, the advancement of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) in the country has been very limited due to … adoption of renewable energy technologies in Chile. Our findings show that the most significant barriers include “grid …
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alternative energy sources, electricity demand and energy saving policies. Moreover, Information and Communication Technologies …
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livelihoods, including energy needs. Using data originally collected for Namibia's forest resource accounts and insights from a … collecting fuelwood, by increasing labour input to collection more than by reducing energy consumption. There is limited evidence … for substitution from fuelwood to other energy sources, particularly with the declining availability of forest stocks. All …
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Japan has reached the limits of conventional macroeconomic policy. In order to overcome deflation and achieve sustainable economic growth, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) recently set an inflation target of 2% and implemented an aggressive monetary policy so this target could be achieved as soon as...
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policy promoting energy efficiency, increasing investments in natural gas production and bringing the natural gas price on … significant improvement in energy efficiency, if prices are gradually increased for both consumers and industries alike …. Differences in regional energy efficiency decrease, but are still significant. We show that increasing the consumer price of gas …
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environmental advantage over other fossil fuels. Using the World Gas Model, a large-scale energy equilibrium system based on a …
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This study applied a logistic regression model to determine the odds ratio of selecting clean ver- sus unclean energy … household fuel energy choice. A large microeconomic dataset from KIPPRA's comprehensive study and analysis on fuel use patterns … efficient appliances should be made available at affordable rates to en- sure more efficient use of these forms of clean energy. …
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Two laboratory studies investigated the effect of price transparency on consumers' decision-making in the residential electricity market. The first tested whether consumers have difficulties when confronted with unit prices expressed as discounts from standard rates, which vary between...
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