Where Renewable Energy Sources Funds are Invested? Spatial Analysis of Energy Production Potential and Public Support

Kazak, Jan; Kamińska, Joanna; Madej, Rafał; Bochenkiewicz, Marta

doi:10.3390/en13215551

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“…This indicates that in the analyzed period, the decisions on allocating public funds were not taken on the basis of the anticipated amount of reduction related to the amount of outlays. This conclusion is also confirmed by the research of Nigohosyan et al (2021), who showed the lack of relation between the impact of the size of financing grants and energy savings on the example of enterprises in Bulgaria [38], and Kazak et al (2020), who showed that there is no correlation between the cost of financing renewable energy source installations and energy production potential [39].…”

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The Analysis of Public Funds Utilization Efficiency for Climate Neutrality in the European Union Countries

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The aim of this article was to assess the efficiency of the utilization of public funds for climate neutrality. It was concluded that the data gathered in public statistics are not adapted to current challenges and hinder the direct measurement of climate policy objective implementation progress. Due to that, an innovative approach to public intervention efficiency analysis was proposed for the sake of decreasing CO2 emission in 27 European Union (EU) countries, based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method and soft modeling. Statistical data are derived from the Eurostat database and pertain to the years 2005–2019. It was demonstrated that activity efficiency of the particular EU countries on climate neutrality varied and that together with the increase in public funds spent on environmental protection, the growth of effects in the field of reaching climate neutrality objectives was not observed. The greatest positive impact on achieving climate neutrality objectives was revealed for activities connected with building renewable sources of energy (RES) and there was no correlation detected for expenditures connected with transport infrastructure, which means that public funds used for their construction did not influence climate neutrality. It was established that, in the analyzed period, the decisions on allocating public funds were not taken on the basis of the expected amount of reduction in relation to the volume of outlays. In order to track the reasons for detected inefficiency, 52 projects were analyzed within the case study, which covered 3738 investments in the replacement of heating sources in one region of Poland. It was revealed that the efficiency of those investments varies; however, due to the full availability of data of the acquired results and outlays devoted to them, a synthetic index of efficiency measurement was established that presents the amount of CO2 reduction for EUR 1. When comparing the analyses carried out on macro and micro scales, it was observed that on the scale of the EU, there is a lack of uniform measurements or benchmarks of projects in the field of CO2 emissions reduction. Meanwhile, from the whole EU’s perspective, it should be reasonable to undertake projects with the highest economic efficiency, irrespective of political and geographical aspects. The results obtained should be utilized by decision-makers to elaborate reference methodologies and good practices in order to successfully implement climate objectives and especially the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). What should be established are universal, on the EU scale, measurements and rules for gathering and counting data as well as benchmarks for the particular project types.

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“…In the authors' opinion, grant financing should be based on benchmarking of efficiency and rigorous energy audit methodology. Other research indicated that there is no correlation between the cost of financing renewable energy source installations and energy production potential, which should be changed in the future energy policy [39].…”

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The Analysis of Public Funds Utilization Efficiency for Climate Neutrality in the European Union Countries

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“…Our research showed that, however, there is a disparity be-tween EU countries, which is influenced by many factors. As is shown in the literature, EU funds in the field of RES have different success rates in Member States EU [99][100][101][102][103].…”

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Dynamic Analysis of the Similarity of Objects in Research on the Use of Renewable Energy Resources in European Union Countries

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The energy transformation towards renewable energy sources in the conditions of climate change and the accompanying climate risk is a priority for all countries in the world. However, the degree of advancement of activities in this area varies significantly between countries, which is the result of different activities for renewable energy sources in individual countries. The aim of this article is to determine the trends of changes in the area of the use of renewable energy sources in EU countries. The study uses TMD (taxonomic measure of development) methods and dynamic classification, which allowed to distinguish typological groups of objects with similar dynamics of the studied phenomenon. The EU 28 countries were analyzed. Statistics (Eurostat database) are provided for the period 2004–2019. As a result of the research, it was found that the Scandinavian countries and the countries of Western Europe were characterized by the highest stability in terms of the use of renewable energy sources over time. These countries also recorded the smallest increases in TMD. On the other hand, the unfavorable situation in terms of stability was observed mainly in the countries of Southern Europe.

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“…The vast majority of information, policies, and subsidy programmes that encourage investment and participation in renewable energy generation are typical. Relatively often, this means supporting selected energy sources without taking into account the local context that predestines a given area to use a variety of RES (Chodkowska-Miszczuk, 2019 ; Kazak et al, 2020 ). However, it should be noted that current attempts by the media to improve knowledge of the low-carbon economy are promising.…”

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From adoration to damnation? Exploring role of media in shaping low-carbon economy in times of the COVID-19 pandemic

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The leverage of the public narrative created and maintained by the media as a highly influential social actor is decisive, but also sensitive, in bringing about the energy transition and advancing towards a low-carbon economy. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has potential to slow down and deform the public acceptance of the above-mentioned processes as it is likely that the priorities of individual governments will be revisited and tailored to tackle the ongoing health crisis. We are replying to such a threat with this study that aims to reflect on the immense role of media in shaping a low-carbon economy in transitional economies. We are using Poland as an illustrative example to demonstrate how wide, colourful, and sometimes even confusing the low-carbon narrative might be. By means of employing the horizon scanning of the diverse types of media, we detected that media overwhelmingly affect and deform the ongoing discussions about the nuances of energy transition and benefits a low-carbon economy. We argue that political preferences of individual journalists (and publishing houses) in Poland tend to influence the style, depth, extent, and quality how the topic is covered and narrated.

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Where Renewable Energy Sources Funds are Invested? Spatial Analysis of Energy Production Potential and Public Support

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The Analysis of Public Funds Utilization Efficiency for Climate Neutrality in the European Union Countries

The Analysis of Public Funds Utilization Efficiency for Climate Neutrality in the European Union Countries

Dynamic Analysis of the Similarity of Objects in Research on the Use of Renewable Energy Resources in European Union Countries

From adoration to damnation? Exploring role of media in shaping low-carbon economy in times of the COVID-19 pandemic

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