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Paramati, Sudharshan Reddy; Shi, Yukun; Zhao, Yang - 2019

In recent times, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has faced significant challenges in terms of managing its …

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Energy insecurity and renewable energy sources : prospects and challenges for Azerbaijan

Aydin, Ulviyye - 2019

This study investigates the prospects and challenges of renewable energy source (RES) usage in Azerbaijan within the context of the country's energy security goals. As one of the hydrocarbon producers of the world, Azerbaijan is looking to generate 20% of its electricity from renewable sources...

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Governing clean energy transitions in China and India : a comparative political economy analysis

Isoaho, Karoliina; Goritz, Alexandra; Schulz, Nicolai - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis - 2016

China and India will have to radically transform their electric power systems in order to decouple economic growth from … identify central drivers and barriers to a clean energy transition in China and India. …

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Land competitiveness and leakage concerns and border carbon adjustments

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2012

This paper provides a review of the literature on competitiveness and leakage concerns associated with differentiated climate abatement commitments among countries. The literature reviewed is not exhausted, but it is sufficient to provide a balanced view of both academics and policy circles....

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Green finance in Pakistan : barriers and solutions

Malik, Sadia; Qasim, Maha; Saeed, Hasan - 2018

Pakistan had been mired in a crippling energy crisis for several years but is experiencing a rapid turnaround in the energy sector with several new projects coming online. However, the interventions undertaken by the government rely heavily on imported fuel such as oil, coal, and LNG. An...

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Energy security, uncertainty, and energy resource use option in Ethiopia : a sector modelling approach

Guta, Dawit Diriba; Börner, Jan - 2015

Ethiopia’s energy sector faces critical challenges to meeting steadily increasing demand given limited infrastructure, heavy reliance on hydroelectric power, and underdevelopment of alternative energy resources. The main aim of this paper is to investigate an optimal least cost investment...

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Fiscal and regulatory instruments for clean technology development in the European Union

Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Popp, David - 2015

This policy note investigates whether the current level of public support to environment-friendly technologies is sufficient to allow European countries to respond to the multiple challenges posed by climate change and other environmental concerns. We first lay out the justifications for...

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Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of green waste : an environmental and economic assessment of HTC coal in the metropolitan region of Berlin, Germany

Medick, Jakob; Teichmann, Isabel; Kemfert, Claudia - 2017

Based on a life-cycle sustainability assessment and the calculation of carbon abatement costs, we quantify the greenhouse-gas emission reductions and costs if green waste in the metropolitan region of Berlin, Germany, is diverted from composting into the production of hydrothermally carbonized...

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Unilateral climate policies and green paradoxes : extraction costs matter

Kollenbach, Gilbert - 2014

Under which conditions unilateral tightening of climate policy causes a weak or strong green paradox or even decreases social welfare has recently been studied by Hoel (2011). Hoel assumes that the costs of extracting fossil fuel are linear in output. We extend his model by allowing for...

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Assessing China's energy conservation and carbon intensity : how will the future differ from the past?

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2010 - This version: May 24, 2010

As an important step towards building a "harmonious society" through "scientific development", China has incorporated … quadrupling of its GDP while cutting its energy intensity by about three quarters between 1980 and 2000, China has had limited … the Copenhagen climate summit, China pledged to cut its carbon intensity by 40-45% by 2020 relative its 2005 levels to …

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