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Navigating the electric storm: Assessing policy responses to Europe’s energy shock 在电力风暴中航行：评估对欧洲能源冲击的政策反应

Electricity Journal Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2025.107474

Matteo Alpino , Emanuela Ciapanna , Luca Citino , Gabriele Rovigatti

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French market design in practice: Some lessons from the 2022 energy crisis 实践中的法国市场设计：2022年能源危机的启示

Electricity Journal Pub Date : 2025-06-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2025.107483

Nicolas Astier

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Heat pumps emit more carbon than efficient fossil heating in new england because of dirty marginal power generation fuels 在新英格兰，由于使用肮脏的边际发电燃料，热泵比高效的化石供暖排放更多的碳

Electricity Journal Pub Date : 2025-06-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2025.107477

Constantine Gonatas

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Wires and fire: Wildfire investment and network cost differences across California’s power providers 电线和火灾：加州电力供应商之间的野火投资和网络成本差异

Electricity Journal Pub Date : 2025-06-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2025.107475

Madalsa Singh , Alison Ong , Rayan Sud

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From screens to grids: A web scrapping analysis of electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa 从屏幕到电网：撒哈拉以南非洲地区电力接入的网络报废分析

Electricity Journal Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2025.107472

Pius Gamette , Simplice A. Asongu

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Soothing voters, skewing markets: The dual impact of Australia's electricity rebates 安抚选民，扭曲市场：澳大利亚电力补贴的双重影响

Electricity Journal Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2025.107476

Alberto Boretti

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Electric mobility investments: Insights from power-transport coupling from developing countries 电动交通投资：来自发展中国家电力运输耦合的见解

Electricity Journal Pub Date : 2025-05-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2025.107473

Wale Arowolo, Mamadou Diallo, Yannick Perez

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Powering agricultural revival: How solar-based irrigation is transforming Northeast Syria's war-torn fields 为农业复兴提供动力：太阳能灌溉如何改变叙利亚东北部饱受战争蹂躏的田野

Electricity Journal Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2025.107471

Elkhan Richard Sadik-Zada , Sultan Jalabi

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Increasing the resilience of electricity networks: Auctioning of priority supply to minimize outage costs 提高电力网络的恢复能力：拍卖优先供电权，最大限度降低停电成本

Electricity Journal Pub Date : 2025-04-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2025.107470

Anna Pechan, Gert Brunekreeft, Martin Palovic

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Electrification of the joint force: Challenges and opportunities for competition in the Pacific and Arctic theaters 联合部队电气化：太平洋和北极战区竞争的挑战和机遇

Electricity Journal Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2025.107458

Joshua D. Simulcik , Fabian E. Villalobos , Morgan D. Bazilian

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