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 …

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 …

Household energy consumption, mostly due to residential heating, is a large component of energy demand in developed … countries and thus a target for public policies aimed at reducing negative environmental effects and energy dependence. This … paper uses detailed Spanish household micro data to model the related decisions on the type of heating energy source and on …

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 …

This paper provides an information technology perspective of energy that can help explain and promote more … environmentally friendly energy sources. Following the equation energy equals mass times velocity squared (E = m * v2), a source 10 … times more massive will produce 10 times more energy, but a source 10 times faster will produce 100 times more energy. Since …

the environment, and (ii) the central importance of energy efficiency for high return demand-side solutions to meet the …This paper analyzes Pakistan’s energy sector issues and highlights (i) the importance of the link between energy and … country’s energy needs. The paper argues that energy planning should integrate the external cost of energy use in deciding …

concise overview of the report in the eight areas it covers: poverty, education, employment and inequality, energy, the … environment, infrastructure, governance and international cooperation in Canada. Key themes discussed include global and national …