Impact of Clean Energy Policies on Electricity Sector Carbon Emissions in the EU-28

Pineiro-Villaverde, Gustavo; García-Álvarez, María Teresa

doi:10.3390/en15031040

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“…In order to achieve carbon neutrality, many countries and regions are trying to promote greenhouse gas emission reduction in different aspects (such as in the agricultural sector, the power sector, the steel industry, the road transport sector, carbon tariff, etc.) [1][2][3][4][5]. These targets should be achieved in all economic sectors, but the power sector has long been expected to play a main role in the achievement of carbon emission reduction.…”

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Techno-Economic Analysis of Hydrogen as a Storage Solution in an Integrated Energy System for an Industrial Area in China

Zeng,

Liu,

Liu

et al. 2024

Energies

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This study proposes four kinds of hybrid source–grid–storage systems consisting of photovoltaic and wind energy, and a power grid including different batteries and hydrogen storage systems for Sanjiao town. HOMER-PRO was applied for the optimal design and techno-economic analysis of each case, aiming to explore reproducible energy supply solutions for China’s industrial clusters. The results show that the proposed system is a fully feasible and reliable solution for industry-based towns, like Sanjiao, in their pursuit of carbon neutrality. In addition, the source-side price sensitivity analysis found that the hydrogen storage solution was cost-competitive only when the capital costs on the storage and source sides were reduced by about 70%. However, the hydrogen storage system had the lowest carbon emissions, about 14% lower than the battery ones. It was also found that power generation cost reduction had a more prominent effect on the whole system’s NPC and LCOE reduction. This suggests that policy support needs to continue to push for generation-side innovation and scaling up, while research on different energy storage types should be encouraged to serve the needs of different source–grid–load–storage systems.

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Techno-Economic Analysis of Hydrogen as a Storage Solution in an Integrated Energy System for an Industrial Area in China

Zeng,

Liu,

Liu

et al. 2024

Energies

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“…The government's policies have a significant influence on the development direction of the electric power industry. Appropriate policies can effectively promote the electric power industry's transition to a clean and low-carbon industry [18][19][20] and help the power industry to achieve sustainable development consistent with economic, social, and environmental expectations.…”

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Allocation and Evolution of Government Attention in China’s Electric Power Industry: An Analysis Based on Policy Text

Cheng,

Yang

2023

Sustainability

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This study aimed to identify a viable solution for the development of China’s electric power industry in line with “dual carbon” objectives. Accordingly, we collected and analyzed 2230 policy documents spanning 25 years to track the Chinese government’s focus on the electric power sector over time using latent Dirichlet allocation topic modeling. Our results reveal that the government’s area of emphasis differs across different stages of development. By analyzing the evolution of policy implementation, we identified the actions taken by government agencies at the policy level to promote the electric power industry. We then distilled the key themes of government attention and challenges facing the green transition of electricity in the context of “dual carbon”. Based on this analysis, we propose practical recommendations for restructuring power energy, enhancing power security, and improving power market efficiency. These findings hold important implications for China to achieve an environmentally sustainable electric power transformation.

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Renewables, taxes and competitive markets: the role of energy policies on the EU’s sustainable energy consumption

García-Álvarez,

Pineiro-Villaverde,

Soares

2023

Environ Dev Sustain

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In recent years, the European Union has made sustainable consumption and production a political priority, to address economic and social development within the capacity of the ecosystem. To this end, it has put in place several actions related to resource efficiency, energy taxation and the promotion of renewable energies. This has been positive in terms of production, but less progress has been achieved in consumption. Greater understanding of the factors that influence sustainable energy consumption is particularly important. This paper investigates the effects of energy demand policies (energy taxes) and energy supply policies (renewable energies development, competitive energy markets and eco-innovation) on sustainable energy consumption in the EU-28 from 2008 to 2019. This research employs a panel data model to investigate the study’s hypotheses. Our results show that energy tax policies and clean energy have reduced energy intensity. However, electricity prices have been the greatest determinant in reducing total energy consumption. In light of its findings, this paper makes recommendations for several crucial measures for sustainable energy consumption to policymakers. Graphical abstract

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Impact of Clean Energy Policies on Electricity Sector Carbon Emissions in the EU-28

Cited by 8 publications

References 33 publications

Techno-Economic Analysis of Hydrogen as a Storage Solution in an Integrated Energy System for an Industrial Area in China

Techno-Economic Analysis of Hydrogen as a Storage Solution in an Integrated Energy System for an Industrial Area in China

Allocation and Evolution of Government Attention in China’s Electric Power Industry: An Analysis Based on Policy Text

Renewables, taxes and competitive markets: the role of energy policies on the EU’s sustainable energy consumption

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