Evaluating the effect of economic crisis on energy poverty in Europe

Halkos, George; Gkampoura, Eleni-Christina

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2021.110981

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“…Unfortunately, the multidimensional approach that would require the use of a synthesis method such as composite indicators (e.g. Halkos and Gkampoura, 2021 ) would only allow us to carry out a comparative analysis across countries by estimating the ranking for each country and the possible variation over time, not giving any empirical measure of the phenomenon that is the main aim of this paper. For this reason, we opted to use a proxy for a defined variable, which is widely used.…”

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“…2 Bouzarovski et al (2012) also specify that fuel poverty is mainly used to describe low energy affordability, while EP is a wider term that includes problems related to energy accessibility. However, the mentioned definition suggests that EP is a multidimensional concept encompassing heterogeneous aspects, such as the difficulties in keeping one's home at a comfortable temperature, arrears in utility payments, the presence of leaks, damp and rot in the dwelling, which should be jointly taken into account for its correct specification ( Romero et al, 2018 ; Halkos and Gkampoura, 2021 ).…”

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Forecasting the COVID-19 effects on energy poverty across EU member states

2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic is manifesting its devastating effects in multiple directions, even indirectly affecting the health of citizens, for instance, by increasing the level of energy poverty (EP). As part of the studies that are trying to frame the consequences of the pandemic, this paper aims to identify the effects on EP in the coming years in a bid to identify the countries of the European Union most affected and the time span necessary to return to a path to reduce EP. For this purpose, an analysis based on the supervised learning algorithms of dynamic factor models is carried out. The outcomes of this investigation show that the negative effects of the pandemic on the level of EP will be reabsorbed very slowly, not before 2025, and in any case with substantial differences between countries, further widening the gap between countries with low levels of EP and those with greater EP levels.

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Forecasting the COVID-19 effects on energy poverty across EU member states

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“…As Halkos and Gkampoura (2021) have just found on the case of 28 European countries for 2004-2019 the main energy poverty drivers are the energy prices. Following this logic, the decline in energy prices noted above (see Fig.…”

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Energy poverty leap during the pandemic: the case of Ukraine

Goncharuk¹,

Hromovenko²,

Pahlevanzade³

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Polityka Energetyczna – Energy Policy Journal

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As recent studies showed, the post-communist countries have relatively the highest level of energy poverty in Europe. The poorest of them still are not explored. So, the authors decided to study this problem for Ukraine as one of the largest and poorest post-communist countries in Europe. This Eastern European country experienced a number of challenges before the pandemic, including a war with Russia in the east of the country, high external debt, high energy intensity and low added value of the economy. The purpose of this study is to measure how deep the energy poverty problem in Ukraine is and how it changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Applying selected quantitative and financial indicators, the authors showed the problem of energy poverty in Ukraine remained acute at the beginning of 2020, especially in terms of heating. Moreover, its level in Ukraine was three times higher than the average level for the all the EU countries. Furthermore, in 2020, during the pandemic, there were drastic increasing arrears of households on utility bills that meant a new leap of energy poverty in Ukraine. This study did not search for the causes of the identified leap in energy poverty, which apparently connected with the global and local economic and social consequences of the pandemic. However, it revealed the depth of this problem and the lower impact of the nature factor (air temperature) on energy poverty during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Further research is required to identify the underlying drivers and develop possible solutions to this problem in Ukraine and other European countries suffering from high energy poverty.

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“…Thomson and Snell's methodology was also used by Halkos and Gkampoura to assess the impact of economic crisis on energy poverty. The authors found that energy poverty conditions were worsened during the time-period when the impacts of economic crisis were visible, and they found that the studied Balkan countries and especially Bulgaria, suffered from high levels of energy poverty during the years 2004-2019 [50].…”

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“…Economic and political systems Bouzarovski et al [15]; Thomson and Snell [32] Energy market system Trinomics [41] Energy/electricity prices Halkos and Gkampoura [50]; European Commission [55]; IEA [56] State of the economy (i.e., economic crisis) Trinomics [41]; Halkos and Gkampoura [50] Table 10. Environmental factors viewed as energy poverty drivers.…”

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Coping with Energy Poverty: Measurements, Drivers, Impacts, and Solutions

Halkos

Gkampoura

2021

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Energy is required for socioeconomic development, and the world’s energy needs have significantly increased in the last decades. The lack of energy can have severe impacts on a person’s well-being; therefore, energy access should be ensured for everyone in the world. Energy poverty usually refers to a situation where a household cannot be kept adequately warm, but it is a complex issue with many more aspects. This paper aims to present a comprehensive review of the energy poverty problem, particularly presenting various definitions given in the literature that capture the multi-dimensional nature of the problem and analyzing the different ways of measuring energy poverty (expenditure approach and consensual approach). In addition, the impacts of the problem are identified, including health, socioeconomic, and environmental impacts, as well as the drivers that can worsen energy poverty conditions, such as several household characteristics and various socioeconomic and environmental factors. The situation occurring currently in the world is also presented, including studies that focus on different world regions, and the different solutions that can help address the problem are discussed, including changes to the living environments and the use of new technologies.

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Evaluating the effect of economic crisis on energy poverty in Europe

Cited by 162 publications

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Forecasting the COVID-19 effects on energy poverty across EU member states

Forecasting the COVID-19 effects on energy poverty across EU member states

Energy poverty leap during the pandemic: the case of Ukraine

Coping with Energy Poverty: Measurements, Drivers, Impacts, and Solutions

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