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Making fossil fuel futures: The discursive formation of Canada's net-zero imaginary 制造化石燃料期货：加拿大零净想象的话语形成

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104182

Emiliano Castillo Jara

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Who has power over policy? The political economy of Kenya's 2019 gender policy in energy access 谁对政策有决定权？肯尼亚2019年能源获取性别政策的政治经济学

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-07-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104201

Isaac Kwamena Nunoo , Thomas Klug , Victoria Plutshack , Mawunyo Agradi , Sarah Appiah , Rajah Saparapa

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Exploring opportunities and limits of energy citizenship in Dutch heat transitions 探索荷兰热转变中能源公民的机会和限制

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104184

Nikki T.T.M. Kluskens, Johanna I. Höffken, Floor Alkemade

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Energy self-defence against official policy: prosumer motives and tactics in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia 针对官方政策的能源自卫：捷克共和国、匈牙利、波兰和斯洛伐克产消者的动机和策略

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104202

Piotr Żuk , Jan Mazač , Dániel Muth , Lukáš Tichý

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The market will save the day: White house narratives on liquefied natural gas exports to the European Union 市场将拯救世界：白宫关于向欧盟出口液化天然气的说法

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104197

Michaela Hrabušajová, Matúš Mišík

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An investigation in synergy: The intersection of historic building retrofit and the heritage of traditional building craft practices in the United Kingdom 协同研究：英国历史建筑改造与传统建筑工艺传承的交集

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104186

Jessica Evans , Katherine Curran , Pakhee Kumar

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Navigating trade-offs: Energy dependency, geopolitical shocks, and sustainability in European parliamentary debates 导航权衡：欧洲议会辩论中的能源依赖、地缘政治冲击和可持续性

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104198

Francesco Albanese

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Reinforcing positive energy districts for community resilience: A literature review and framework proposal 强化正能量区促进社区复原力：文献回顾与框架建议

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-06-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104199

Le Ding, Senhong Cai, Zhonghua Gou

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Navigating French post-nuclear trajectories: lessons from Fessenheim's redevelopment pathways 导航法国后核发展轨迹：从费森海姆重建路径的经验教训

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-06-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104157

Belinda Ravaz , Pierre-Henri Bombenger , Massimiliano Capezzali , Teva Meyer

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Lights out, decisions on: How households adapt to power outages across regions and events 熄灯，决定：家庭如何适应跨地区和事件的停电

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-06-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104162

Utkarsh Gangwal , Rithika Dulam , Shangjia Dong , Rachel A. Davidson , James Kendra , Bradley Ewing , Adam Andresen

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