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Can natural resource endowment and human capital development drive clean cooking transition in sub-Saharan African countries? 自然资源禀赋和人力资本开发能否推动撒哈拉以南非洲国家向清洁烹饪过渡？

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114835

Samson Adeniyi Aladejare , Stephen Kelechi Dimnwobi

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Dynamic sustainability assessment of critical mineral resources for China's EV industry: A multi-national niche and grey model approach 中国电动汽车产业关键矿产资源的动态可持续性评价：基于跨国生态位和灰色模型的方法

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114837

Qing Guo, Yihong Zou

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The resource hypothesis revisited: Analysing the OECD experience in energy sustainability 重新审视资源假设：分析经合发组织在能源可持续性方面的经验

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114830

Germain Stephane Ketchoua , Muhamadu Awal Kindzeka Wirajing

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Energy security and resilience: Revisiting concepts and advancing planning perspectives for transforming integrated energy systems 能源安全和弹性：重新审视概念和推进综合能源系统转型的规划观点

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114796

Richard Schmitz , Franziska Flachsbarth , Leonie Sara Plaga , Martin Braun , Philipp Härtel

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Behavioral factors shaping energy citizenship 塑造能源公民的行为因素

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114820

Nives Della Valle , Chiara Gioia

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The impact of Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) on operational efficiency and financial performance of DISCOMs in India:Evidence from a difference-in-differences based approach Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana （UDAY）对印度DISCOM运营效率和财务绩效的影响：基于差异中的差异方法的证据

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114822

Pratik Biswas, Himadri Shekhar Chakrabarty, D. Tripati Rao

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The political economy of least cost power planning in Kenya 肯尼亚最低成本电力规划的政治经济学

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114819

Elsie Onsongo , Elusiyan Olufemi Eludoyin , Meron Tesfamichael , Julia Tomei

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Mitigation and adaptation: Assessing the multi-value benefits of transmission expansion 减缓和适应：评估输电扩展的多重价值效益

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114821

Madeleine Seatle, Madeleine McPherson

{"title":"Mitigation and adaptation: Assessing the multi-value benefits of transmission expansion","authors":"Madeleine Seatle, Madeleine McPherson","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114821","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114821","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Previous research has shown that expanding transmission capacity facilitates the achievement of net-zero targets by improving variable renewable energy utilization. However, transmission expansion plans have traditionally only been assessed on the metrics of operational cost savings and curtailment reduction. In this study, a multi-value benefit planning framework has been applied to assess the value of transmission expansion more holistically, expanding past simply considering operational cost savings to include five other metrics: emission reduction, renewable expansion capital cost savings, risk mitigation under uncertain future conditions, resource adequacy analysis, and resilience benefits. This multi-value planning framework is used to assess transmission corridors that show significant opportunity for expansion under the Canadian Energy Regulations: British Columbia and Alberta, and Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Results indicate that there are significant benefits of expanding transmission in terms of improving the resilience and resource adequacy of the electricity grid, which have previously been unquantified with traditional transmission expansion assessments. These findings highlight that the value of transmission is not sufficiently captured through export revenues and that transmission is as much an adaptation initiative as a mitigation initiative.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"207 ","pages":"Article 114821"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144852540","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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Assessing factors and resilience strategies for sustainable energy transition in Saudi Arabia: An integrated SWOT-TOWS analysis and decision-making framework 评估沙特阿拉伯可持续能源转型的因素和弹性策略：综合swot - tow分析和决策框架

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114825

Rakan Alyamani, Yasir Ahmed Solangi, Dhafer Almakhles

{"title":"Assessing factors and resilience strategies for sustainable energy transition in Saudi Arabia: An integrated SWOT-TOWS analysis and decision-making framework","authors":"Rakan Alyamani, Yasir Ahmed Solangi, Dhafer Almakhles","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114825","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114825","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The transition to renewable energy is a key priority for Saudi Arabia under its Vision 2030 agenda and sustainable development goals. This study applies a SWOT analysis to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to renewable energy adoption. Later, a TOWS matrix is used to formulate resilience strategies by aligning internal factors with external challenges and opportunities to enhance energy security and sustainability. In this regard, the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP) method is employed to evaluate the SWOT factors and sub-factors that drive and hinder the adoption of sustainable energy transition in Saudi Arabia. While the Fuzzy VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (FVIKOR) method is used to prioritize the significant TOWS resilience strategies for sustainable energy transition. The findings of FAHP indicate that strengths (S) is the most critical factor from SWOT category, followed by threats (T), opportunities (O), and weaknesses (W). The findings of SWOT sub-factors from each main category using FAHP further show that key strengths include abundant renewable energy resources and advancing energy infrastructure, while weaknesses such as regulatory challenges and social resistance hinder progress. Opportunities arise from international collaborations and alignment with Vision 2030 whereas threats include policy inconsistencies, geopolitical risks, and technological risks. The FVIKOR results through TOWS resilience strategies indicated that developing renewable energy infrastructure (SO1) is the most crucial strategy, followed by utilizing solar and wind resources (SO2), and increasing local manufacturing of renewable technologies (WO1). The findings serve as a roadmap for policymakers, governments, and stakeholders aiming to develop energy solutions for sustainable development in Saudi Arabia.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"207 ","pages":"Article 114825"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144852541","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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Reducing energy mismatch in Chinese cities: Can low carbon transition work? 降低中国城市能源错配：低碳转型能否奏效？

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Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114823

Xiaoxiao Liu , Kaile Zhou , Shiqi Wang

{"title":"Reducing energy mismatch in Chinese cities: Can low carbon transition work?","authors":"Xiaoxiao Liu , Kaile Zhou , Shiqi Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114823","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114823","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As central objectives in China's urban high-quality development, facilitating the socioeconomic low-carbon transition (LCT) and optimizing energy allocation efficiency constitute dual imperatives for sustainable growth. This study integrates the dynamic spatial Durbin model (DSDM) with panel threshold regression analysis to systematically investigate the spatial spillover and nonlinear threshold effects of LCT on energy mismatch by using a balanced panel dataset from Chinese cities. Our multiscale analysis yields three pivotal findings: (1) LCT not only significantly reduces energy mismatch but also generates notable spatial spillover effects. (2) In resource-based cities, centrally administered municipalities, eastern Hu Line regions, and northern China cities, LCT significantly reduces energy mismatch locally while generating positive spatial spillover effects. Energy mismatch also exhibits significant spatial spillover and temporal lag effects. (3) Threshold effect analysis reveals dual threshold characteristics, with industrial structure optimization (ISO) and industrial structure upgrading (ISU) displaying significant nonlinear relationships between LCT and energy mismatch. Only by reaching a certain threshold can LCT significantly reduce energy mismatch. These findings contribute to the energy economics literature by establishing a spatiotemporal analytical framework for improving energy efficiency, while providing empirical insights for differentiated policy design across city clusters.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"207 ","pages":"Article 114823"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144842055","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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