This article treats energy taxation principles in the light of the need to optimise supply by non-EU suppliers. Our … model distinguishes and evaluates the three terms of an optimum tax: budget, environment and strategy. Their values depend … suppliers. The proposed scenarios can be used to discuss and suggest improvements in the energy policy. …

Energy efficiency and conservation are major factors in the reduction of environmental impact of the energy sector …, particularly with regard to climate change. Energy efficiency also contributes to reducing external dependence and vulnerabilities … in the energy domain. In this paper we discuss the factors that influence energy efficiency and conservation decisions …

Buildings are an essential driver of current and future energy consumption and associated emissions with large energy …-choice logit model empirically determines whether Spanish households that indicated to be concerned with the environment, or show … decisions. Results suggest that pro-environmental attitudes indeed have positive effects on energy consumption habits and low …

many years of experience in implementing renewable energy (RE) projects as a way to combating peripheral poverty and … renewable energy technology and products. The present paper aims at giving an overview of integrated longer term energy planning …

Energy represents a major sustainable-development challenge for Canada. In the short term, labour shortages and … infrastructure bottlenecks are likely to hinder energy developments and need to be addressed. In addition, provincial fiscal … corresponding systems abroad. Finally, effective and efficient systems of regulation and taxation are essential to facilitate the …

instruments ...<BR><P>Ce document examine plusieurs aspects de la politique de l’environnement de la Pologne. Sa conclusion … des amendes portant sur les émissions, des subventions publiques à l'environnement, et la publication de listes des pires … pollueurs. D'autres facteurs importants de succès ont été la cohérence à long terme de la politique de l'environnement, le …

Ce document analyse certains aspects économiques de la politique de l'environnement en France, en se concentrant sur … des autres pays de l'OCDE, la France cherche depuis quelques années à rendre sa croissance durable pour l'environnement …. Ces efforts ont longtemps été basés sur les instruments traditionnels de protection de l'environnement, notamment des …

Since 1997, the Netherlands has had a tax allowance scheme that was introduced to promote investments in energy …-saving technologies and sustainable energy production. This so-called Energy Investment Tax Allowance (EIA in Dutch) reduces up …-front investment costs for firms investing in the newest energy-saving and sustainable energy technologies. The basic design of the EIA …

present energy sources. It is not that fossil fuels will disappear, but rather the certainty that they will become … increase of a critical resource - energy - will force unforeseen changes in production and in distribution of goods, affecting … the whole productive matrix - including employment. Not only new products and distribution systems based on higher energy …

regressions, controlling for macroeconomic factors such as economic development, GDP growth, urbanisation, as well as the energy …