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Towards sustainable energy access: Investigating the relationship between renewable energy consumption and energy poverty

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114553

Jithin P , Renjith R

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The synergy between electric vehicle and electricity generation mix: A path to sustainable transportation

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114558

Priyanshu Singh, Namrata

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Europe becomes pro-nuclear? Drivers of public support for nuclear energy in six EU countries after the energy crisis of 2022

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114528

Zbigniew Bohdanowicz , Beata Łopaciuk-Gonczaryk , Jarosław Kowalski

{"title":"Europe becomes pro-nuclear? Drivers of public support for nuclear energy in six EU countries after the energy crisis of 2022","authors":"Zbigniew Bohdanowicz , Beata Łopaciuk-Gonczaryk , Jarosław Kowalski","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114528","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114528","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article examines public support for nuclear energy in six European Union member states (France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Germany, and Poland) after the energy crisis of 2022. Based on a survey of 4800 respondents, our results indicate a marked increase in support for nuclear energy compared to previous years. Support is higher among men, people who consider themselves as right-wing (except in Poland), and people who have greater knowledge of nuclear energy.</div><div>Surprisingly, the negative relationship between ecological values and support for nuclear energy, observed in earlier studies, is no longer universal. In three of the six countries, ecological values were not a significant factor; in two countries, they were associated with lower support; in one country (Poland), the relationship was the opposite.</div><div>The belief that nuclear power plants contribute to climate change was found to reduce support for nuclear energy development significantly across all six countries. Our study highlights the importance of knowledge of nuclear energy and its roles in climate change mitigation and in shaping public attitudes. Our findings suggest a gradual change in perceptions of nuclear energy in the European Union, with potential implications for the energy transition and climate policy goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"200 ","pages":"Article 114528"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143464507","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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A delicate dance: Value-added services and electricity security in decentralized systems

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114550

Elad Shaviv , Shiri Zemah-Shamir , Yael Parag , Naama Teschner

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Spatial conflict in offshore wind farms: Challenges and solutions for the commercial fishing industry

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114555

C.L. Szostek , S.C.L. Watson , N. Trifonova , N.J. Beaumont , B.E. Scott

{"title":"Spatial conflict in offshore wind farms: Challenges and solutions for the commercial fishing industry","authors":"C.L. Szostek , S.C.L. Watson , N. Trifonova , N.J. Beaumont , B.E. Scott","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114555","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114555","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The offshore wind (OW) energy industry is growing exponentially. Coastal seas provide a wealth of ecosystem services and national regulators face the challenge of managing co-location and spatial conflict between multiple marine industries. Due to its prominent position in the global OW energy market, we use the UK as a case study through which to investigate interactions between the commercial fishing industry and OWFs. This study presents views from the fishing industry gathered through a structured survey and one-on-one interviews, and reveals the major issues and concerns facing fishermen in respect of current, and future developments. The majority of fishermen surveyed feel their fishing grounds and livelihoods are threatened by OWFs, with social, wellbeing and economic impacts felt across vessel sizes (5–50m in length) and fleet sectors (represented by 11 types of fishing gear). A small minority identified potential benefits, and most suggested potential solutions and opportunities for mitigation of impacts. We summarise the findings, outline conflicts and opportunities, and converge these into policy recommendations with the aim of supporting increased collaboration and equity between commercial fishermen and energy companies in future offshore leasing rounds, and provide insight and best practice to other global nations developing offshore wind energy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"200 ","pages":"Article 114555"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Pay-back time: Increasing electricity prices and decreasing costs make renewable energy competitive

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114523

Taimyra Batz Liñeiro , Felix Müsgens

{"title":"Pay-back time: Increasing electricity prices and decreasing costs make renewable energy competitive","authors":"Taimyra Batz Liñeiro , Felix Müsgens","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114523","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114523","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The global energy transition needs a large-scale rollout of electricity generation from renewable energy sources (RES). Leading nations such as Spain, Japan, and Germany have invested early and substantially in RES. This leadership has been associated with high expenditures, but the trend is reversing as RES become more competitive. First, levelized costs of electricity for RES have decreased significantly and second, wholesale prices for electricity have increased, due to more ambitious climate protection and rising fuel prices.</div><div>Despite favorable developments indicating a decline in the financial support needed for renewable deployment—and the fact that many countries still need to significantly increase their renewable capacities to meet climate objectives—renewable support has once again come under criticism. This paper demonstrates that cost-related criticism and concern is often unwarranted. By quantifying the aggregated subsidies of all RES units in Germany, which arguably are among the highest in the world, our findings reveal that: i) the net support costs of RES have been high in the past, ii) most net subsidies have already been paid and iii) newer installations of wind offshore, wind onshore and ground mounted PV are economically profitable. In addition, we show that wind onshore has been the most cost-efficient technology over time and explore the remarkable evolution of solar technologies, transitioning from one of the costliest to one of the most cost-effective options.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"199 ","pages":"Article 114523"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143445575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Does the residential photovoltaic station programme aid poverty alleviation? Evidence from rural China

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114538

Jiazheng Wu , Shuo Mi , Jiahui Meng , Nannan Yu

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Policy incentives and market mechanisms dual-driven framework for new energy vehicles promotion

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114530

Xusheng Yao , Zhiqi Shao , Ze Wang , Zhu Zhu , Zuanxu Chen , Qingyang Wu

{"title":"Policy incentives and market mechanisms dual-driven framework for new energy vehicles promotion","authors":"Xusheng Yao , Zhiqi Shao , Ze Wang , Zhu Zhu , Zuanxu Chen , Qingyang Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114530","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114530","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Incentive policies represented by financial subsidies and dual-credit policies play an essential role in the market cultivation of the new energy vehicle. However, the current promotion is transitioning from a policy-guided stage to a stage driven by both policy and market forces, whose effectiveness has received limited attention. This paper constructs a tripartite evolutionary game model involving the government, automobile manufacturers, and consumers, combining the Hotelling model and evolutionary game theory. We explores the interactive processes and dynamic evolutionary paths of decision-making among the stakeholders in vehicle promotion. The study reveals that: a) Market-driven mechanisms, such as the demonstration effect of new energy ride-hailing, increase the vehicles’ price and market share, with the dual-driven mechanism further enhancing the promotional effect; b) The system exhibits four stable equilibrium strategies, and the target equilibrium will be achieved when the government gains significant social reputation from the environmental benefits; c) The initial selection probabilities of stakeholders significantly impact the equilibrium, while optimizing key elements (e.g., strengthening the influence of tradable driving credits) would partially mitigate the influence of initial probabilities, nudging the evolution towards the target stable strategy. This paper offers theoretical explanations and managerial insights for government decision-making within the dual-driven framework.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"199 ","pages":"Article 114530"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143445576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Switching on ESCOs: Barriers, challenges and opportunities for the development of Australia's ESCO market

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114546

Andrea Trianni , Jarrod Leak , A S M Monjurul Hasan

{"title":"Switching on ESCOs: Barriers, challenges and opportunities for the development of Australia's ESCO market","authors":"Andrea Trianni , Jarrod Leak , A S M Monjurul Hasan","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114546","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114546","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Energy service companies (ESCOs) are key players in reducing energy consumption for businesses, recognized globally by the International Energy Agency for their role in promoting energy efficiency. Despite this, the Australian ESCO market remains in its nascent stages. This study aims to gain an understanding of barriers hindering the development of the ESCO market, along with potential actions to support the development of the ESCO market. This study examined previous literature and conducted 54 interviews with operators in the ESCO market and final users within Australia to identify the barriers and drivers to support ESCOs. The study highlights that the main barriers to ESCO market development stem from a lack of trust, complex business models, and lack of information on costs and benefits. However, these challenges can be addressed through drivers like ESCO project investment funds, tax incentives, and performance-based energy contracts, which enhance both financial viability and trust. This study concludes with key policy recommendations to strengthen the ESCO market: developing mechanisms for strategic factor allocation, establishing an accreditation system to enhance market credibility, and prioritizing capacity-building initiatives for long-term sustainability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"199 ","pages":"Article 114546"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143437570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Compensation strategies for renewable energy curtailment in South Korea

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114501

Jinah Noh , Jip Kim , Young-Jin Kim , Kwang Y. Lee , Seung-Mook Beak , Jung-Wook Park

{"title":"Compensation strategies for renewable energy curtailment in South Korea","authors":"Jinah Noh , Jip Kim , Young-Jin Kim , Kwang Y. Lee , Seung-Mook Beak , Jung-Wook Park","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114501","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114501","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study proposes the systematic compensation strategies for renewable energy curtailment in South Korea. South Korea has experienced curtailment owing to an increase in renewable energy. However, there is no systematic systems for curtailment compensation in South Korea, and the renewable energy producers bear all the losses. Although the country's goal is to expand renewable energy, the absence of compensation for curtailment deters investments in renewable energy. This study categorizes the causes of renewable energy curtailment in South Korea by reviewing domestic regulations and international experiences. Using the classified causes, it proposes a method for accurately identifying the causes of curtailment through variations in constraints when the unit commitment model is applied. This study also provides a strategy to compensate for the losses of each generator according to the compensation criteria. The proposed strategy and its effectiveness are evaluated through scenario-based simulations. The results demonstrate that the proposed compensation strategy provides an equilibrium of curtailment responsibility between grid operators and renewable energy producers. This study aims to contribute to the achievement of South Korea's national energy transition goals by providing a systematic framework to encourage continued investment in renewable energy, particularly during the transition to market-based operations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"199 ","pages":"Article 114501"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143421548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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