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Quantitative analysis of everyday temporality: A practice-based approach in understanding energy peak (in)flexibility 日常时间性的定量分析：一种基于实践的方法来理解能量峰值（在）灵活性

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104075

Pui Ting Sahin , Henrike Rau

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Constructing energy futures: Lessons from Reflexive Public Reason in China and Taiwan 建构能源未来：中国与台湾自反性公共理性的经验教训

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104091

Tadeusz Józef Rudek

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Towards an intersectional justice approach to carbon taxation: Energy poverty, vulnerable households, and revenue recycling in Ireland 迈向碳税的交叉司法方法：爱尔兰的能源贫困、弱势家庭和收入回收

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104116

Jeanne Magnetti, Danny Marks, Goran Dominioni

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Exploring the challenges and potential of implementing community solar initiatives into Egypt’s urban subsidized low-income housing 探索在埃及城市补贴低收入住房中实施社区太阳能倡议的挑战和潜力

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104111

Sara Abdelbaki Hamza , Sue Brownill , Elizabeth Wilson , Beacon Mbiba

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Unpacking the mental health effects of energy poverty – implications of energy poverty metric choice for research and policy 解开能源贫困对心理健康的影响——能源贫困指标选择对研究和政策的影响

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104115

Rubayyat Hashmi, Amy Clair, Emma Baker

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Solar panels on every rooftop? Photovoltaics boom in Poland and the role of the European Union funds 每家屋顶都安装太阳能板？波兰的光伏热潮和欧盟基金的作用

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104107

Damian Tomczyk, Zofia Łapniewska

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‘Crafts are great, but not for me’: Reconnecting to the skilled trades crucial for building a low-carbon implementation workforce in academised societies “手工艺是伟大的，但不适合我”：重新与技术行业联系对于在学术社会中建立低碳实施劳动力至关重要

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104120

Myriam Aichinger , Simon Wehden , Jonas Ludwig , Felix Creutzig

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Just Energy Transition Partnerships: An inclusive climate finance approach? 能源转型伙伴关系：包容性气候融资方法？

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104103

Aljoscha Karg , Joyeeta Gupta , Yang Chen

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Energy poverty, power and capital: Moving beyond descriptive theories through the Swedish institutional case 能源贫困、权力和资本：通过瑞典制度案例超越描述性理论

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104100

Jack Vahnberg , Jenny von Platten

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When beyond compliance is the expectation: the realities of environmental planning and permitting for renewable energy projects in the great plains of the United States 超越合规的是期望：美国大平原地区可再生能源项目的环境规划和许可的现实

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104108

Claire Burch, Rebecca Loraamm, Chinedu Nsude

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