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Energy Policies for a Low-Carbon Economy

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "C: Energy Economics and Policy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (17 September 2021) | Viewed by 3648

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Complutense Institute for International Studies, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: sustainable economic growth; industrial policies; EU energy market reforms

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Guest Editor
Complutense Institute for International Studies, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: sustainable development; Chinese energy policies; the political economy of industrial policies

Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues,

Achieving a low-carbon economy is a well-established societal goal, which similar to other 2030 Agenda goals should catalyze all policy efforts. Decarbonization energy policies need to reach far beyond measures dealing directly with energy technologies and markets to extend across virtually all other realms of policymaking and institution-building.

This Special Issue will bring together contributions that collectively demonstrate the variety of policies capable of helping to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. These would include energy policies, as well as other public actions that push the deployment of renewables and enhanced energy efficiency technologies, particularly policies designed and implemented at diverse administrative levels (ministries and public agencies, promotional banks, regulatory and oversight authorities, etc.).

Original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and relevant case studies will be considered for publication. We invite papers focusing on (but not limited to) the following topics:

  • Policies directly aimed at energy technologies and markets;
  • Policies for energy-efficient food systems;
  • Industrial and structural change policies for decarbonization;
  • Urban development and clean mobility policies;
  • Pricing and labeling measures for sustainable consumption;
  • International trade policies as energy transition policies;
  • Banking regulation and public banking for sustainable energy;
  • Policies for the deepening of sustainable capital markets;
  • Public action to promote corporate environmental goals;
  • Policies for a social contract around a low-carbon energy system.

Prof. Dr. Rafael Fernandéz Sánchez
Prof. Dr. Clara García
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Energy transition
  • Decarbonization
  • Renewable energy
  • Energy efficiency
  • Public policies

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Article
Heterogeneous Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on Energy Efficiency in Participating Countries
by Yan Wu, Cong Hu and Xunpeng Shi
Energies 2021, 14(18), 5594; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14185594 - 7 Sep 2021
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Abstract
The Belt and Road investment involves a large number of renewable energy projects, but whether the energy efficiency is linked to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation has yet to be established in the literature. This research attempts to close this gap [...] Read more.
The Belt and Road investment involves a large number of renewable energy projects, but whether the energy efficiency is linked to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation has yet to be established in the literature. This research attempts to close this gap by looking at how the BRI affects the energy efficiency of participating nations after the fact through a counterfactual analysis. Based on the Difference-in-Difference-in-Difference (DDD) and quantile DID methods for the panel dataset covering 178 nations and areas for the period of 2002 to 2018, we explored the impacts of BRI on energy efficiency vary by different energy efficiency quantiles, resource endowments, and income levels. First, the positive effects of BRI are significant in medium-and high-energy efficiency quantiles but are not significant in low-energy efficiency quantiles for up to 30%. Second, the BRI tends to increase more energy efficiencies in resource-rich BRI countries than those in resource-poor BRI countries. Third, the BRI tends to increase more energy efficiencies in low-income BRI countries than those in high-income BRI countries. The findings can assist BRI countries in improving energy efficiency and sustainable development capacity under the initiative, thus resolving the increasing anxieties in climate change and environmental pollution in this area. Full article
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