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Role of social networks in upscaling energy communities: Experiences from the Netherlands 社会网络在提升能源社区中的作用：来自荷兰的经验

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114792

Lynette A.M.H. Germes , Carina J. Wiekens , Henny J. van der Windt

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Nonlinear effects of ICT-trade openness on sustainable energy transition in Bangladesh 信息通信技术贸易开放对孟加拉国可持续能源转型的非线性影响

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114784

Mahmud Hasan Riaz , Sohidul Islam , Zobayer Ahmed , Musa Khan , Md. Mustaqim Roshid , Bablu Kumar Dhar , Mohammad Sharif Uddin

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Tolerance vs. Intervention: Strategies for dealing with negative wholesale electricity prices 容忍与干预：应对负批发电价的策略

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114752

Xinyu Jia , Hongyang Zou , Shuxian Xu , Kuishuang Feng

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Public preferences for local carbon capture and utilization implementation: A French-German comparison 公众对地方碳捕获和利用实施的偏好：法德比较

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114781

Eva-Maria Schomakers, Linda Engelmann, Martia Ziefle

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Assets and allies: The cross-Representations of energy companies in industry associations and climate policy 资产和盟友：能源公司在行业协会和气候政策中的交叉代表

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114773

Nathan M. Jensen

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Lessons for regulating flaring and venting: Results from Alberta, Canada 规范燃烧和排气的经验教训：来自加拿大阿尔伯塔省的结果

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114774

Adrian Guerin , Phuong Ho , Nouri Najjar , Brandon Schaufele

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What drives consumers to switch retailers? Evidence from the Alberta electricity market 是什么促使消费者更换零售商？来自阿尔伯塔电力市场的证据

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114770

Yiang Guo , Derek E.H. Olmstead , Andrew H. Wilkins

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Castles in the Sky: Revisiting the global methane pledge 空中楼阁：重新审视全球甲烷承诺

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114785

Jinling Guo , Junlian Gao , Kejia Yan , Bo Zhang , He Liu

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Does energy productivity boost total factor productivity? 能源生产率提高全要素生产率吗？

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114766

Desiderio Romero-Jordán , Pablo del Río , Fernando Pinto

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Will the European Union’s emission trading system drive industrial steam electrification? 欧盟的排放交易体系会推动工业蒸汽电气化吗？

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114759

Estibalitz Ruiz Irusta, Ivan Pavić

{"title":"Will the European Union’s emission trading system drive industrial steam electrification?","authors":"Estibalitz Ruiz Irusta, Ivan Pavić","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114759","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114759","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Driven by the European Union’s climate-neutral ambitions, industries are being urged to electrify fossil fuel-based technologies. Historically, fossil fuels were the preferred choice due to their lower cost compared to electricity. However, as carbon allowance prices under the European Union’s Emission Trading System continue to rise, industries are experiencing a substantial increase in their energy costs. The European Union anticipates that if these prices increase sufficiently, the cost gap between fossil fuels and electricity will close, encouraging a shift toward full electrification. In this paper, based on the consumption profiles of two large plastic manufacturing companies, we demonstrate that projected carbon prices will be insufficient to achieve the European Union’s targeted 55 % of CO<sub>2</sub> reduction by 2030. Instead, we estimate a reduction of only 34 %. Moreover, we calculate that full electrification can be incentivized by 2050, but only if carbon allowance prices reach 237.2 €/t CO<sub>2</sub>, on average. Nevertheless, this shift would significantly increase the energy costs for industrial companies. Even when participating in balancing markets, results indicate a net energy cost increase of 6.7 %, compared to their current costs. These findings highlight the need for policy measures beyond carbon pricing to protect industrial competitiveness and achieve decarbonization goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"206 ","pages":"Article 114759"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144655733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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