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This study applies financial portfolio theory to determine efficient electricity-generating technology portfolios for the United States and Switzerland, adopting an investor point of view. Expected returns are defined by the rate of decrease of power generation cost (with external costs...
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panel data on the emissions and performance of more than 2000 European firms from 2005 to 2008, we are able to analyse the … EU ETS had a modest impact on the participating companies’ performance. We conclude that a full auctioning system could …
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contrast, modern computers deliver about a trillion times more computation for the same energy input. Now, in principle, we … could have taken this trillion-fold efficiency improvement and reduced our computational energy budget by the same amount … rather than spur conservation, more efficient computers catalyzed the consumption of more energy. In this regard, computers …
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The energy sector's position as the second-largest contributor to Indonesia's total emissions underscores a critical … plants. As a result, the energy sector has been included in an updated Indonesian Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to … reduce 314 million metric tons CO2eq by 2030. The energy transition program in the subsector of electricity power plants …
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"Energy poverty" is a multidimensional concept that reflects the need to achieve a variety of wellbeing outcomes, which … has been scarcely studied and used in public policy agendas. Considering that the literature on energy poverty is still … incipient in Bolivia, this paper's objective is to generate evidence about energy poverty evolution in the country …
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. Including these co-benefits raises the benefit-cost ratio for Asia under ambitious decarbonization to 5. Energy …
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. Overall, a comparison of the major models finds strong consistency in the transformation of the energy sector required to … Asia-and a substantial rise in renewable energy. The cost of the transition can be relatively low if mitigation efforts are …
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The hike in energy prices across Europe in 2022 and 2023 led to significant government interventions. Several … governments introduced 'energy price cap' measures to alleviate the increased burden on households' expenditures. This paper … the negative distributional consequences of the inflationary shock while it would completely offset the increase in energy …
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comparisons across regions. Thanks to the theoretical structure of the model, which considers energy as an explicit input factor …, we examine macroeconomic and energy indicators across regions. We find that a general slow down in economic growth is … framework showing the costs of delaying the energy transition. Our figures relies on fossil-fuel inputs and exogenous energy …
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into the belly of industrialism. We need to ground house prices in the use of energy. Now, if going from prices to energy … sounds like a non sequitur, I’ll show you why it makes sense. And I’ll show you how, when we bring debt into the energy fold …
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