Design and Evaluation of Policy Instruments for Energy Efficiency Market

Bukarica, Vesna; Tomšić, Željko

doi:10.1109/tste.2016.2599584

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“…Effective monitoring and evaluation strategies can closely track progress toward the target and make adjustments as necessary [53]. The mix of instruments needs to be recognized by its target groups and adopted in order to ensure energy-efficient technology, service, or behavior diffusion [54]. Therefore, communication networks between organizations and an integrated environmental management system need to be enhanced to improve the textile enterprises' understanding of environmental policy.…”

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Towards Sustainable Growth in the Textile Industry: A Case Study of Environmental Policy in China

Xu¹,

Cheng²,

Liao³

2018

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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IntroductionAs the largest developing country and exporter of textile products in the world, China is simultaneously facing severe challenges relating to energy resources and environmental constraints, such as the inefficient use of resources, high energy consumption, and serious pollution. The textile industry is one of the most important parts of the national economy in terms of product quantity, the implied workforce, and the value of the exports. Meanwhile, energy consumption by the industry accounts for approximately 4.3% of the total consumption of China's manufacturing [1]. Against the background of increasingly scarce energy resources and the need for sustainable growth, China's textile industry Pol. J. Environ. Stud. Vol. 27, No. 5 (2018), 2325-2336 Original Research Towards Sustainable Growth in the Textile AbstractAs an energy-and carbon-intensive sector, the textile industry has been the subject of many environmental policies. It has been under rigid regulation to promote energy conservation and emissions reduction in China, and a few scholars have carried out longitudinal and comprehensive studies of environmental policies aimed at the industry. This paper tries to fill in this gap by systematically analyzing the major environmental policies in this industry in China -the world's largest exporter of textile products. For the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and reliability of this research, 118 textile environmental policies from 1989 to 2016 at the central government level have been studied by employing content analysis, including command and control instruments, market-based instruments, and voluntary instruments. The following conclusions were derived: 1) The textile environmental policy system is stabilizing in China, and water pollution is the key treatment objective. 2) Most policies regulate textile manufacturing, but environmental issues are not effectively regulated at the consumer stage. 3) The imbalanced structure of policy instruments reflects the government serving as the main driver of textile environmental protection, and efficiency and flexibility need to be improved to form an integrated textile environmental policy system.

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confidence: 99%

Towards Sustainable Growth in the Textile Industry: A Case Study of Environmental Policy in China

Xu¹,

Cheng²,

Liao³

2018

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…Barriers to energy efficiency are primarily related to three big groups of causes: 1) knowledge and information, 2) financing and 3) regulatory environment (laws, government regulations, rules, standards, no regulation vs overregulation, mandatory vs voluntary approach) [2], [24]. From the vantage point of authorities, it should be obvious that barriers are always a result of policy [25] and making decisions pertaining to energy efficiency [7]. This means that barriers can be remedied by terminating unsuccessful polic y instruments and introducing new ones.…”

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“…Certain types of policy instruments can be attributed to both sides of the market, affecting both supply as well as demand side [41]. One can also elaborate on types of policy instruments further as those can be categorised as mandatory, voluntary or mixed [25], or as being price-based, quantity-based or having the form of obligation schemes [45]. Authors of this article have carried out an exercise of creating yet another scheme (Fig.…”

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“…Regardless of what stage policy making is in, there are certain aspects to consider when deciding about policy instrumentsrelevance, impact of implementation, acceptance and consistent approach to implementation [7]. These aspects encompass analysing a broad range of issues [44] like barriers [9], mitigating and amplifying effects, availability of services, technologies [10] and financing [29], consumer behaviour, information and awareness [25] as well as compromises with other policy areas while competing for [often limited] resources [11].…”

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Key Factors for Successful Implementation of Energy Efficiency Policy Instruments: A Theoretical Study and the Case of Latvia

Āboltiņš

Blumberga

2019

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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The success of energy efficiency policy depends on a number of factors, however, simultaneous application of more than just one policy instrument, coordination of multiple different policy instruments and a correct sequence of application of policy instruments are identified in research as three key factors related directly to policy making. Energy efficiency policy instruments are about the most appropriate ways of overcoming barriers to energy efficiency. The study adopts a policy analysis approach from social sciences to illustrate the relevance of a correct policy-making process in making energy efficiency policy effective. Analysis of interaction between the modules of decision-making matrix looks at the genesis of the faulty choice of energy efficiency policies. Studies of energy efficiency policy instruments indicate that implementation of a single separate policy instrument will most likely fail to achieve the expected results of overcoming barriers to energy efficiency and simultaneous implementation or combination of several policy instruments is preferable. If more than just one separate policy instrument aiming at improving energy efficiency is employed, then coordination in between two or more policy instruments as well as correct sequence of implementation of policy instruments is essential for achieving success. Lack of or insufficient attention to a full cycle of policy analysis leads to absence of one or more of the three key factors. Decision-making about energy efficiency policy instruments becomes faulty and is based on or influenced by ad hoc decisions and random circumstances, like, for example, availability or unavailability of EU financing. Such an approach contributes to maintaining or amplifying existing or creating new barriers to energy efficiency and leads to a new cycle of faulty decisions unless a proper process of policy analysis is applied in preparing and making decisions.

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“…Along with the energy shortage and global warming, policy makers pay special attention to the high level of energy demand users. Due to the vast potential of energy recovery lying behind them, the targets of reduction of carbon emission and energy consumption can be achieved by regulating their energy consumption [3]. The energy savings in rail transport will play an important role in achieving this target.…”

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Energy-Storage-Based Smart Electrical Infrastructure and Regenerative Braking Energy Management in AC-Fed Railways with Neutral Zones

Gao

et al. 2019

Energies

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This paper presents a modified power supply system based on the current alternating current (AC)-fed railways with neutral zones that can further improve the eco-friendliness and smart level of railways. The modified system complements the existing infrastructure with additional energy-storage-based smart electrical infrastructure. This infrastructure comprises power electronic devices with energy storage system connected in parallel to both sides of each neutral zone in the traction substations, power electronic devices connected in parallel to both sides of each neutral zone in section posts, and an energy management system. The description and functions of such a modified system are outlined in this paper. The system allows for the centralized-and distributed-control of different functions via an energy management system. In addition, a control algorithm is proposed, based on the modified system for regenerative braking energy utilization. This would ensure that all the regenerative braking energy in the whole railway electrical system is used more efficiently. Finally, a modified power supply system with eight power supply sections is considered to be a case study; furthermore, the advantages of the proposed system and the effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm are verified.The installation of equipment that provide clean energy from renewable sources (e.g., solar panels and wind generators) to feed the traction loads in rail may have a significant impact in the energy costs and CO 2 emissions of a railway system, increasing the environment friendliness of the railway [4][5][6]. The introduction of renewable energy is to partially reduce the depletion of non-renewable energy resources and thus reduce CO 2 emissions. These outcomes have been favored by scholars and many countries, such as North American, European, China, and Japan [6,7]. But in practice, the traction energy consumption of railways has not been reduced.By contrast, the efficient driving and regenerative braking schemes differ the renewable energy scheme. They can essentially reduce the traction energy consumption of railways.Efficient driving is an effective way to reduce the traction energy consumption of rolling stock. Typically, the running state of vehicles comprises three phases: braking, speed-holding (cruising) and acceleration. At present, many literatures have studied the efficient driving and realize the traction energy savings through the optimum combination of these phases [8][9][10][11][12][13]. To implement such trajectories and maximize savings, some auxiliary systems, such as driver advisory systems (DAS) [10,11] and automatic train operation (ATO) [12,13], must be provided to drivers. The trials of such systems have shown savings of 5-18%. However, with efficient driving, the savings of energy consumption may sacrifice service quality, such as the train speed, stopping time, etc. [1].Regenerative braking energy (RBE) recovery is a simple and efficient way to reduce energy consumption, which cannot influence the operati...

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Design and Evaluation of Policy Instruments for Energy Efficiency Market

Cited by 25 publications

References 11 publications

Towards Sustainable Growth in the Textile Industry: A Case Study of Environmental Policy in China

Towards Sustainable Growth in the Textile Industry: A Case Study of Environmental Policy in China

Key Factors for Successful Implementation of Energy Efficiency Policy Instruments: A Theoretical Study and the Case of Latvia

Energy-Storage-Based Smart Electrical Infrastructure and Regenerative Braking Energy Management in AC-Fed Railways with Neutral Zones

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