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Evaluating non-firm grid connections for battery energy storage systems: A co-optimization case study of the Netherlands 评估电池储能系统的非固定电网连接：荷兰的协同优化案例研究

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-10-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114903

Paul Verhagen , Jing Hu , Robert Harmsen

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From fragmentation to integration: Gas market convergence in Central and Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the EU energy crisis 从分散到整合：欧盟能源危机后中欧和东欧天然气市场趋同

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-10-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114904

Milan Hudák , Klára Čermáková , Božena Kadeřábková , Irina Alina Popescu , Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente

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From energy firms to communities: Beyond market-centric approaches for just policy impacts 从能源公司到社区：超越以市场为中心的方法实现公正的政策影响

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114828

Louise Fitzgerald , Conchúr Ó Maonaigh

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Carbon emissions from electricity consumption in interprovincial grids of China: An electricity-extended input-output analysis 中国省际电网用电碳排放：电力延伸投入产出分析

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114907

Yafei Yang , Peng Zhou , Hui Wang

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Public pension accelerates the household electrification: Experience from rural China 公共养老加速家庭电气化：来自中国农村的经验

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114912

Lin Zhu , Hua Liao , Tunye Qiu , Jiahui Chen

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Efficiency only? An analysis of avoid, shift and improve strategies in EU member states’ long-term mitigation policy 效率只有?欧盟成员国长期缓解政策中的规避、转移和改进策略分析

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114888

Simon Grabow , Tobias Riepl , Johannes Thema , Carina Zell-Ziegler

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Who is “energy poor" in the EU? 谁是欧盟的“能源穷人”？

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114869

Sofia Maier , Ilda Dreoni

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Revealing the power of market-based energy policy: Evidence from China's energy quota trading system using machine learning 揭示基于市场的能源政策的力量：来自中国能源配额交易系统的机器学习证据

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114905

Yantuan Yu , Ning Zhang

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Balancing “today” and “tomorrow”: The role of environmental regulation in harmonizing intergenerational utility 平衡“今天”和“明天”：环境法规在协调代际效用中的作用

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114906

Hongwang Chang , Yushuo Chen , Li Liu , Tao Wang , Pingjian Yang

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Energy market liberalization and the emergence of new energy ventures in Germany 德国能源市场自由化和新能源企业的出现

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114882

Prashant Pant , Frank-Martin Belz

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