Indicators for energy security

Kruyt, Bert; Vuuren, Detlef van; Vries, H.J.M. de; Groenenberg, Heleen

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2009.02.006

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“…First, increasing access to fossil fuel resources by the DCs raises the issue of resource depletion. 2 Furthermore, the concentration of energy resources in specific parts of the globe (e.g., Middle East) has energy security implications. 11 Second, access to certain types of fuel raises challenges on security grounds.…”

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“…Despite the fact that the issue seems intuitively clear, an accepted analytical and unambiguous definition of energy security seems to be lacking. 2 Other refer to the four R's of energy security as: review (availability and situation), reduce (conserve), replace (shift to other sources), and restrict (new demands). 3 One analyst called energy security as 'one of the most overused and misunderstood concepts in the energy debate'.…”

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Energy security in a developing world

Kuik¹,

Lima²,

Gupta³

2011

WIREs Climate Change

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Energy security, a fuzzy concept, has traditionally been used to justify state control over energy and a reluctance to deal with energy issues at global level. However, over time, the concept is acquiring different meanings that are applicable at different levels of governance. Many of the elements of the new definitions also imply a number of inherent contradictions. Against this background, this article explores the dimensions of energy security with a special focus on the developing world. It argues that (1) within developing countries (DCs), energy security implies both access to modern energy services by the poorest as well as access by the rapidly developing industrial, services, and urban sectors. Lack of adequate resources has implied trade-offs in terms of who gets access and in terms of taking into account the social and ecological consequences of specific energy sources. Furthermore, (2) the growing DCs' need for energy is impacted by industrialized country perceptions of the various dimensions of energy security-recognizing the need for access to the poorest; industrialized countries are increasingly implicitly questioning the right of DCs to use fossil fuels because of its implications for climate change; or to build large dams because of ecological and social security concerns or expand nuclear energy because of its potential security implications. The development of reliable, continuous, affordable, and environmentally sound provision of energy services combined with a focus on energy efficiency and conservation is the only way of alleviating the various multi-level dimensions of energy security.

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Section: Energy Security In a Dc-ic Context: Issues And Trade-offsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy security in a developing world

Kuik¹,

Lima²,

Gupta³

2011

WIREs Climate Change

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“…Christian Winzer defined energy sustainability as the continuity of energy supply relative to energy demand [2]. Kruyt et al proposed four major elements of energy sustainability: energy usability of an economic entity, energy availability, economic cost of supply sustainability, and environmental sustainability [3]. Maull defined energy sustainability as embodying the eco-environmental sustainability of energy and the economic sustainability of energy.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In this sense, energy sustainability is of vital significance in shaping a region's destiny. Energy sustainability can be described on different scales, and different regions have specific particularities based on energy use over time and different energy sources [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Based on previous studies, Lynne Chester developed the concept of "energy sustainability" [1].…”

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Energy Sustainability Evaluation Model Based on the Matter-Element Extension Method: A Case Study of Shandong Province, China

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:Energy sustainability is of vital importance to regional sustainability, because energy sustainability is closely related to both regional economic growth and social stability. The existing energy sustainability evaluation methods lack a unified system to determine the relevant influencing factors, are relatively weak in quantitative analysis, and do not fully describe the 'paradoxical' characteristics of energy sustainability. To solve those problems and to reasonably and objectively evaluate energy sustainability, we propose an energy sustainability evaluation model based on the matter-element extension method. We first select energy sustainability evaluation indexes based on previous research and experience. Then, a variation coefficient method is used to determine the weights of these indexes. Finally, the study establishes the classical domain, joint domain, and the matter-element relationship to evaluate energy sustainability through matter-element extension. Data from Shandong Province is used as a case study to evaluate the region's energy sustainability. The case study shows that the proposed energy sustainability evaluation model, based on the matter-element extension method, can effectively evaluate regional energy sustainability.

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“…Domestic and foreign scholars have studied the energy security issue extensively from different points of view. Foreign scholars, such as Larry Hughes (2009), Anil Markandya (2010), Mamdouh (2003), Helen Cabalu (2010), and Kruyt (2009), studied energy security with regard to its connotations (including four aspects: cognitive problems, reducing energy consumption, seeking secure alternate energy species, and prohibiting newly increased energy demand), policy (such as energy tax policy), measures (developing mixed fuel, diversifying sources of imports, increasing energy efficiency, and making laws to supervise and manage import dependence), safety evaluation index, and so on [5][6][7][8][9]; a group of domestic scholars represented by Liu Yi (1996, 1999), Zhang Lei (2012), Yihuan Lang (2004), Xianjie He (2010), and others, conducted research on China's energy security in terms of the aspects of concept, theory, the evaluation method, the supply and demand assurance method, countermeasures, and so on, thus, providing a basis for decision-making related to national energy security and macro-control [10][11][12][13][14].…”

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The Geopolitical Energy Security Evaluation Method and a China Case Application Based on Politics of Scale

Zhi-ding

2014

Sustainability

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Abstract:Combining the theories of politics of scale from political geography, security theory from international relations, and energy security theory, and putting the scale conversion of energy contention, geographical relationship and geo-structure in geo-setting, and the three properties of safety in consideration, this paper rebuilds a geo-energy security evaluation model and uses the model to quantitatively evaluate China's geo-oil energy security in the Russian

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Indicators for energy security

Cited by 791 publications

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Energy security in a developing world

Energy security in a developing world

Energy Sustainability Evaluation Model Based on the Matter-Element Extension Method: A Case Study of Shandong Province, China

The Geopolitical Energy Security Evaluation Method and a China Case Application Based on Politics of Scale

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