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Critical contributors and transmission paths of energy consumption in China's supply chains network

IF 9.3 2区经济学

Energy Policy Pub Date : 2024-12-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114481

Qingjuan Chen , Chengzhen Xu , Qunwei Wang

{"title":"Critical contributors and transmission paths of energy consumption in China's supply chains network","authors":"Qingjuan Chen , Chengzhen Xu , Qunwei Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114481","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114481","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Clarifying the critical contributors to energy consumption and understanding the formation mechanisms along supply chain network are essential for advancing sustainable development. In this study, we employ a multi-regional input-output model to profile province-sectors from production-, betweenness-, and consumption-based perspectives to identify the key hotspots driving energy consumption in China in 2017. The hypothetical extraction method is then applied to quantify the impact of critical sectors on total energy use of other provincial sectors. Finally, we identify the most critical supply chain paths contributing to these key sectors through top-down, betweenness-based, and bottom-up structural path analysis techniques. Results show that chemical industry in Shandong and Jiangsu and metallurgy in Hebei are the most significant energy consumption hotspots from a betweenness-based perspective. The basic material sectors (e.g. chemicals, metal, and non-metal) and transport and storage are the most important energy consumption sources, while construction stands as the principal final consumer, collectively forming major energy transfer paths. For the supply chain paths of key transmission hubs, the upstream sectors are often centered within the hubs themselves, highlighting the necessity of simplifying the complexity of supply chains in these sectors. We recommend integrated energy management strategies that incorporate targeted measures for critical sectors and supply chain paths, addressing energy challenges from production-based, betweenness-based, and consumption-based perspectives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"198 ","pages":"Article 114481"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143094951","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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An assessment of the effectiveness of CCS technology incentive policies based on dynamic CGE model

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2024-12-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114468

Jing Zhang , Yu Liu , Lingyu Yang , Jinzhu Zhang , Xinbei Li

{"title":"An assessment of the effectiveness of CCS technology incentive policies based on dynamic CGE model","authors":"Jing Zhang , Yu Liu , Lingyu Yang , Jinzhu Zhang , Xinbei Li","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114468","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114468","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology deployment encounters significant funding gaps, government incentives play a crucial role in its advancement. This research constructs a CGE model incorporating CCS technology to analyze the impacts of incentives - fiscal subsidy and credit financing - on CCS mitigation and economic costs at macroeconomic and sectoral levels. The findings indicate that: (1) Incentives effectively enhance CCS capture volumes (at least 80 Mt/a for subsidy, 218 Mt/a for credit), but also exacerbate the carbon emission rebound effect, diminishing their effectiveness in enhancing the net mitigation effect of CCS. (2) Incentives significantly alleviate economic losses (at least 64 billion CNY/a for subsidy, 319 billion CNY/a for credit), but also induce multi-phase macroeconomic fluctuations and short-term economic drawbacks. (3) A potential trade-off exists in sectoral incentives for CCS development: subsidy policy is more effective in promoting CCS in coal power industry, while credit policy is better suited for facilitating CCS deployment in chemical, cement, and iron and steel industries. Therefore, the implementation of incentives should enhance the energy efficiency of CCS-related sectors, mitigate the negative impacts on agriculture, light industry, services and renewable energy industries, and develop differentiated incentive programs to support sectoral CCS development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"198 ","pages":"Article 114468"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143094948","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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Decarbonising the rental housing market: An experimental analysis of tenants’ preferences for clean energy features of residential buildings

IF 9.3 2区经济学

Energy Policy Pub Date : 2024-12-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114472

Katharina Reidl, Rolf Wüstenhagen

{"title":"Decarbonising the rental housing market: An experimental analysis of tenants’ preferences for clean energy features of residential buildings","authors":"Katharina Reidl, Rolf Wüstenhagen","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114472","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114472","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>End-use electrification has been identified as one of the most promising strategies for decarbonizing the building sector. While there is significant growth of distributed solar photovoltaics (PV), heat pumps and electric vehicles (EV) in many countries, the majority of this trend has been driven by high-income households, often owners of single-family homes. Further diffusion of clean energy technologies in buildings depends on addressing additional market segments, such as tenants who represent a large part of the population. We conducted a choice experiment with N = 1′005 Swiss tenants to investigate their preference for clean energy features when choosing an apartment. Inspired by the Theory-of-Planned-Behaviour, we tested the influence of Perceived Behavioral Control and Social Norms on respondents' preferences. We find that tenants express a positive willingness-to-pay for well-insulated apartments, and strongly prefer heat pumps over fossil heating. Furthermore, adding rooftop solar PV increases tenants' likelihood to choose an apartment, while an EV-charging-station is only preferred in combination with solar PV. 55.7% of tenants would also be willing to co-invest in rooftop PV. Our findings have important policy implications: Active involvement of tenants could be a key element of a just energy transition and opens opportunities for innovative business models.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"198 ","pages":"Article 114472"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099533","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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Policy preference for a net zero carbon economy: Results from a US national survey

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2024-12-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114479

Mahelet G. Fikru

{"title":"Policy preference for a net zero carbon economy: Results from a US national survey","authors":"Mahelet G. Fikru","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114479","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114479","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding public preference is a key ingredient in the sustainable design and implementation of climate change policies. Through a nationally representative survey based in the US, this study examines the likelihood of public support for four policy options: using carbon capture and storage (CCS) subsidies, using private funds for CCS, requiring emissions reduction, and using carbon penalties. Out of 1850 survey respondents, 47% prefer reducing carbon generation, 19% favor a CCS subsidy, 17% private-led CCS, and the rest 17% prefer penalizing emissions. Regression results show that: (1) Individuals who believe CCS can address climate change are likely to favor policies that incorporate CCS technology either via subsidies or private funds, (2) Individuals who believe CCS poses a danger to the community and those who mistrust the safe operation of CCS by the private sector are likely to favor a non-CCS policy option of achieving climate change by limiting emissions, (3) Individuals that mistrust the private sector's safe operation of CCS are also likely to favor penalizing emissions and oppose a private-led CCS, (4) Individuals who believe the government will adequately regulate CCS are likely to support policies that promote CCS via government subsidies and not private means, and (5) Individual traits and demography characters influence climate policy preference. The study provides insights for designing and implementing climate policies that either incorporate or exclude the use of CCS technology in achieving net zero emission goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"198 ","pages":"Article 114479"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099656","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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Crossing the river by feeling the stones: Leveraging livelihood capital and cooperation to boost farmers’ engagement in carbon markets

IF 9.3 2区经济学

Energy Policy Pub Date : 2024-12-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114474

Lexuan Ma, He Yang, Tan Li

{"title":"Crossing the river by feeling the stones: Leveraging livelihood capital and cooperation to boost farmers’ engagement in carbon markets","authors":"Lexuan Ma, He Yang, Tan Li","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114474","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114474","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Effective environmental protection demands innovative incentive mechanisms and robust governance of complex systems. Carbon sink trading emerges as a promising solution to mitigate global climate change while enhancing rural incomes. However, farmers' participation in such initiatives remains suboptimal, partly due to the limited integration of socio-demographic factors into traditional economic analyses. This study introduces the Knowledge-Attitude-Practice (KAP) framework into the domain of farmer behavior research. By extending the KAP framework to include livelihood capital, this research examines farmers' willingness to participate in carbon sink trading across Xuancheng, Sanming, and Huzhou cities. Structured interviews with 657 farmers were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to assess the influence of livelihood capital—human, social, natural, financial, and physical—on farmers' knowledge, attitudes, and willingness to participate in carbon sink trading. Additionally, partial least squares multiple-group analysis (PLS-MGA) was employed to evaluate the regulatory role of cooperative membership in these relationships. The findings demonstrate that livelihood capital significantly shapes farmers’ knowledge and attitudes toward forestry carbon sink projects, which in turn positively influence their willingness to participate. Village characteristics, age, and political engagement also emerge as critical determinants. Notably, cooperative membership amplifies the positive impacts of livelihood capital and carbon sink awareness on participation. The study underscores the need for policies that enhance livelihood capital, raise awareness of carbon sink trading, and foster cooperative development, thereby advancing sustainable environmental conservation and optimizing forest land value.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"198 ","pages":"Article 114474"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099531","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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Post-connection electricity demand and pricing in newly electrified households: Insights from a large-scale dataset in Rwanda

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114449

Joel Mugyenyi , Bob Muhwezi , Simone Fobi , Civian Massa , Jay Taneja , Nathaniel J. Williams , Vijay Modi

{"title":"Post-connection electricity demand and pricing in newly electrified households: Insights from a large-scale dataset in Rwanda","authors":"Joel Mugyenyi , Bob Muhwezi , Simone Fobi , Civian Massa , Jay Taneja , Nathaniel J. Williams , Vijay Modi","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114449","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114449","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent electrification efforts in Africa have expanded household connections, but understanding of post-connection electricity consumption and affordability challenges remains limited. This study examines consumption patterns and price elasticity among newly connected households in Rwanda, utilizing consumption and billing data from the national utility. Using both descriptive and econometric analyses, we assess trends in electricity usage and estimate price elasticity specifically for low-consumption customers. Our findings show that newly connected households, particularly in rural areas, consume substantially less electricity than longer-standing, primarily urban customers. Furthermore, with each new year, the most recently connected use even less electricity than those connected in previous years. We observe that demand growth remains stagnant, with overall increases in demand driven by new connections rather than increased consumption among existing customers. Among low-consumption households, price is inelastic, suggesting limited capacity to stimulate demand growth solely through reduced tariffs. These results underscore the limitations of tariff policies in driving electricity consumption growth and emphasize the need for targeted interventions to enhance usage, especially for economically disadvantaged households. Our study offers insights applicable to other low-income countries undergoing similar electrification initiatives, providing valuable evidence for policymakers seeking to expand access to affordable electricity and promote sustainable demand growth.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"198 ","pages":"Article 114449"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099532","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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Energy storage and clean energy transitions

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114447

Siyu Feng , Itziar Lazkano

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Market perspective on climate actions and clean energy transition

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114470

Qinqin Xia

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Artificial intelligence and public environmental concern: Impacts on green innovation transformation in energy-intensive enterprises

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114469

Xiongfei Zhao, Shuangjie Li

{"title":"Artificial intelligence and public environmental concern: Impacts on green innovation transformation in energy-intensive enterprises","authors":"Xiongfei Zhao, Shuangjie Li","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114469","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114469","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With rising energy consumption and environmental awareness, AI offers both challenges and opportunities for energy-intensive enterprises' low-carbon transition. This paper, grounded in green innovation theory, develops an assessment method to evaluate the pressure on energy-intensive enterprises’ green innovation transformation, focusing on three dimensions: R&D cost savings, innovation level enhancement, and environmental sustainability promotion. Additionally, this paper examines the impact of AI adoption and public environmental concern on the green innovation transformation of these enterprises. The study finds that the pressure for green innovation transformation in energy-intensive enterprises primarily arises from R&D cost savings and environmental protection. Both AI adoption and public environmental concern negatively affect the efficiency of green innovation, but AI adoption can mitigate the negative impact of public environmental concern on green innovation efficiency. AI adoption primarily reduces green innovation efficiency by increasing the pressure for R&D cost savings, whereas public environmental concern reduces efficiency by increasing both R&D cost savings and carbon reduction pressure. Finally, the results of heterogeneity under different transformation pressure characteristics further prove this point. This study not only challenges existing literature but also provides practical significance for the strategic adjustment of green innovation transformation paths in energy-intensive enterprises.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"198 ","pages":"Article 114469"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143094947","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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The UK's border carbon leakage trilemma

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114393

Emily Lydgate , L. Alan Winters

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