Electricity Decentralization in the European Union: Towards Zero Carbon and Energy Transition, Second Edition, examines progress in decentralization across the European Union (EU), with each chapter focusing on developments and innovations in a specific country. Sections provide an overview of...

The cost and revenue earnings potential of alternative power generation sources has shifted considerably in recent years. Here we introduce the concept of Levelized Profit Margins (LPM) to capture the changing unit economics of both intermittent and dispatchable generation technologies. We apply...

The cost and revenue earnings potential of alternative power generation sources has shifted considerably in recent years. Here we introduce the concept of Levelized Profit Margins (LPM) to capture the changing unit economics of both intermittent and dispatchable generation technologies. We...

The cost and revenue earnings potential of alternative power generation sources has shifted considerably in recent years. Here we introduce the concept of Levelized Profit Margins (LPM) to capture the changing unit economics of both intermittent and dispatchable generation technologies. We apply...

Residential heat pumps are one of the most resource-efficient means for space heating. Their market shares are prospected to rise substantially within the next decades. By installing a thermal energy storage, the operation of heat pumps is - to a certain extent - decoupled from heat demand. Such...

This paper aims to analyze what happens with renewable energy power plants, such as onshore wind, photovoltaics and biomass, when the public policy support based on the Renewable Energy Law expires. With its expiration the first renewable energy (and especially onshore wind) power plants will...

The last few decades have witnessed widespread attempts by the international community to combat rising global temperatures. Without a doubt, instruments such as the Paris Agreement have proven essential in fighting climate change by promoting the use of renewable energy and energy transitions....

This study finds that a significant and hitherto ignored determinant of home energy demand is ambient particle pollution. I access longitudinal data for Singapore, a newly affluent Asian city nation and arguably a harbinger of what is to come in the urbanizing tropics. Singapore today combines...

Facing the issues of global climate change, the European Union introduced the mandatory global carbon emissions trading mechanism under the Kyoto protocol model. In the Copenhagen Conference, China has promised that CO2 emissions per GDP in 2020 would decrease by 40% to 45% than that in 2005. In...

Purpose: The authors estimate the reduction of electricity poverty in Vietnam. The essential argument is that human development is about subjective feeling as much as technology and income. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use a self-reported satisfaction indicator as complementary to...