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Toward SDG's 8: How sustainability livelihood affecting survival strategy of woman entrepreneurs in Indonesia 实现可持续发展目标8：可持续性生计如何影响印度尼西亚女企业家的生存战略

World Development Sustainability

Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2024.100175

Achsania Hendratmi , Marhanum Che Mohd Salleh , Puji Sucia Sukmaningrum , Ririn Tri Ratnasari

The United Nations certified the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasise the crucial and multifaceted contribution the business sector can make to their achievement. This study analyses sustainable livelihood models as potential solutions that could aid in attaining the SDGs. This research aimed to examine women entrepreneurs' access from the perspective of Sustainable Livelihoods, specifically focusing on business strategies based on volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. The study used a quantitative method to identify five components of sustainable livelihood strategies that women entrepreneurs in Indonesia have developed in response to the uncertainties brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic using Partial Least Square (PLS). The data in this study were obtained by administering a survey that utilised a structured questionnaire. The participants in this research were female entrepreneurs who had been actively operating their enterprises for an average duration of three years. The study's sample size consisted of 168 participants. The theoretical framework adopted for this study encompassed sustainable livelihoods and business strategies for survival. This study emphasises the significance of comprehending the behavioural patterns of women entrepreneurs during periods of uncertainty and demonstrates that the contextual factors of a country play a crucial role. The study recommends increasing government funding towards training small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) proprietors. This should prioritise enhancing accessibility to training opportunities, fostering networking initiatives, facilitating financial resources, and promoting company development. Additionally, the study emphasises the importance of implementing suitable government support programmes to address these areas of concern effectively.

联合国于2015年通过了可持续发展目标（sdg）的认证。可持续发展目标（sdg）强调商业部门可以为实现这些目标做出重要和多方面的贡献。本研究分析了可持续生计模式作为有助于实现可持续发展目标的潜在解决方案。本研究旨在从可持续生计的角度审视女性企业家的获取途径，特别关注基于波动性、不确定性、复杂性和模糊性的商业战略。该研究采用定量方法，利用偏最小二乘法确定了印度尼西亚女企业家为应对COVID-19大流行带来的不确定性而制定的可持续生计战略的五个组成部分。本研究中的数据是通过使用结构化问卷进行调查获得的。这项研究的参与者是积极经营其企业的平均时间为三年的女企业家。该研究的样本量包括168名参与者。本研究采用的理论框架包括可持续生计和商业生存战略。这项研究强调了了解妇女企业家在不确定时期的行为模式的重要性，并表明一个国家的环境因素起着至关重要的作用。该研究建议增加政府对培训中小企业（SME）业主的资助。这应优先考虑提高培训机会的可及性、促进网络倡议、促进财务资源和促进公司发展。此外，研究报告强调了执行适当的政府支助方案以有效处理这些关切领域的重要性。

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The path to green economy: Do environmental taxes and renewable energy transition matter in OECD countries? 绿色经济之路：经合组织国家的环境税和可再生能源转型重要吗？

World Development Sustainability

Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2024.100189

Sodiq Arogundade, Adewale Samuel Hassan

This study examines the effect of environment tax and renewable energy transition on the green economic growth of 37 OECD countries from 1990 to 2021. The empirical results show that environmental tax has a non-linear impact on green economic growth. The nonlinearity is characterised by a U-shape relationship, indicating that at the initial stage, environmental taxes negatively impact green growth. The impact then becomes positive and significant at a later stage when environment tax reaches a threshold of 3.53 % for production-based green growth and 2.46 % for demand-based green growth. By replacing fossil fuels in electricity generation, heating, transportation, and industrial processes, the study finds that transitions to renewable energy improve air pollution and the green economy. The estimated results are reassuringly robust to alternative measures of green economic growth (production-based and demand-based Co₂ productivity) and various estimators such as instrumental regression, fixed effect instrumental regression, Machado and Silva quantile regression and JKS Granger non-causality results. The study recommends that since environmental taxes do not improve green economic growth immediately, it is important to gradually implement these taxes to allow industries and consumers time to adjust and invest in green alternatives.

本研究探讨了 1990 至 2021 年间环境税和可再生能源转型对 37 个经合组织国家绿色经济增长的影响。实证结果表明，环境税对绿色经济增长具有非线性影响。这种非线性关系呈 U 型，表明在初始阶段，环境税对绿色经济增长产生负面影响。当环境税对基于生产的绿色增长的影响达到 3.53% 的临界值，对基于需求的绿色增长的影响达到 2.46% 的临界值时，环境税对绿色增长的影响在后期阶段变为正向且显著。研究发现，通过在发电、供热、运输和工业流程中替代化石燃料，向可再生能源的过渡可以改善空气污染和绿色经济。对于绿色经济增长的替代措施（基于生产的二氧化碳生产率和基于需求的二氧化碳生产率）和各种估计方法，如工具回归、固定效应工具回归、马查多和席尔瓦量子回归以及 JKS 格兰杰非因果关系结果，估计结果都是稳健的。研究建议，由于环境税不能立即改善绿色经济增长，因此必须逐步实施这些税收，以便让行业和消费者有时间调整并投资于绿色替代品。

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Decolonizing or Re-colonizing? Community members’ perspectives of global service learning programs 非殖民化还是再殖民化？社区成员对全球服务学习计划的看法

World Development Sustainability

Pub Date : 2024-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2024.100190

Noel Habashy , Nicole Webster , Carter A. Hunt

Global service learning (GSL) sits at the interdisciplinary intersection of international development and study abroad, with visiting university students engaging in community development projects. Many GSL programs assert they contribute to the development of local communities, and promote greater cultural understanding for student participants. However, GSL can be a setting where unequal power dynamics are reinforced, and local community interests and histories are overlooked or patronized. Unfortunately, despite the growing emphasis on evaluation among international development and education abroad programs, few empirical studies exist to examine the perspectives of local communities that host GSL programs. The purpose of this research is to assess community power dynamics as affected by GSL using a comparative case study of communities in Costa Rica and Kenya. A rapid ethnographic approach yielded qualitative data via semi-structured interviews, archival sources, and participant observation. A comparative analysis of these data highlights the ways local residents engage with service learning programs, opportunities provided to residents with access to programs, and obstacles to a more ethical community development. Our study finds residents in these cases value relationships with visiting students and infrastructure development within a community, however, they lament instances where students and organizations do not listen to their perspectives. Our findings will be relevant to the design and implementation of the thousands of education abroad and international volunteer programs taking place annually. Without seeking insights from local residents, global service learning may be reinforcing colonialistic patterns.

全球服务学习（GSL）是国际发展和留学的跨学科交叉学科，来访的大学生参与社区发展项目。许多全球服务学习项目声称，它们有助于当地社区的发展，并促进学生参与者对文化的理解。然而，在 GSL 的环境中，不平等的权力动态会被强化，当地社区的利益和历史会被忽视或轻视。遗憾的是，尽管国际发展和海外教育项目越来越重视评估，但很少有实证研究来考察主办 GSL 项目的当地社区的观点。本研究的目的是通过对哥斯达黎加和肯尼亚社区的比较案例研究，评估受 GSL 影响的社区权力动态。通过半结构式访谈、档案资料和参与观察，采用快速人种学方法获得了定性数据。通过对这些数据的比较分析，突出了当地居民参与服务学习项目的方式、为居民提供的参与项目的机会，以及实现更有道德的社区发展所面临的障碍。我们的研究发现，在这些案例中，居民非常重视与来访学生的关系以及社区内的基础设施建设，但是，他们也对学生和组织不倾听他们观点的情况表示遗憾。我们的研究结果对每年成千上万的海外教育和国际志愿者项目的设计和实施都很有意义。如果不征求当地居民的意见，全球服务学习可能会强化殖民主义模式。

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Could industrialization and renewable energy enhance environmental sustainability: An empirical analysis for Sub-Saharan Africa? 工业化和可再生能源能否增强环境可持续性？撒哈拉以南非洲的经验分析？

World Development Sustainability

Pub Date : 2024-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2024.100191

Ndzembanteh Aboubakary Nulambeh , Haruna Babatunde Jaiyeoba

Industrialization has led to numerous environmental issues, prompting both industrialized and developing countries to adopt sustainable practices. This research investigates the impact of renewable energy and industrialization on the ecological footprint in Africa using the GMM method with data that span from 2006 to 2020 due to data availability. The findings reveal that renewable energy significantly reduces the level of ecological footprint, while industrialization raises it and thus detrimental to the environment. However, industrialization can enhance environmental sustainability if driven by renewable energy use since renewable energy has the potentials in contributing to sustainable development. It equally helps in mitigating climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to a cleaner environment. These results therefore underscore the importance of sustainable development and environmental protection in Sub Saharan Africa. The study thus recommends that African countries improve their industrial and institutional frameworks through policies that promote renewable energy investments, support domestic low-carbon technology for producers and phase out fossil fuel subsidies. Additionally, policymakers should implement carbon pricing to incentivize companies to adopt more sustainable practices.

工业化导致了许多环境问题，促使工业化国家和发展中国家采取可持续的做法。由于数据的可用性，本研究采用 GMM 方法，利用 2006 年至 2020 年的数据，调查了可再生能源和工业化对非洲生态足迹的影响。研究结果表明，可再生能源大大降低了生态足迹的水平，而工业化则提高了生态足迹的水平，因此对环境不利。然而，由于可再生能源具有促进可持续发展的潜力，因此如果以可再生能源的使用为驱动力，工业化可以提高环境的可持续性。同样，可再生能源通过减少温室气体排放和促进更清洁的环境，有助于减缓气候变化。因此，这些结果凸显了撒哈拉以南非洲可持续发展和环境保护的重要性。因此，该研究建议非洲国家通过促进可再生能源投资、支持生产商采用国内低碳技术以及逐步取消化石燃料补贴等政策，改善其工业和制度框架。此外，政策制定者应实施碳定价，激励企业采取更可持续的做法。

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Understanding sustainability perceptions: Insights from textual analysis and a survey experiment 了解可持续性观念：文本分析和调查实验的启示

World Development Sustainability

Pub Date : 2024-11-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2024.100182

Valentina Rotondi , Alice Noris , Emanuele Carpanzano

This study delves into sustainability perceptions and behaviors within the Italian-speaking regions of Switzerland and Northern Italy, areas chosen for their unique cultural and socio-economic contexts. Through a geolocated survey and a subsequent survey experiment, we investigate how individuals in these regions conceptualize sustainability and how narrative framing affects their willingness to financially support local environmental policies. Our analysis reveals significant demographic variations in sustainability perceptions. Gender differences are evident, with men prioritizing economic and technological aspects, while women focus on ecological and ethical considerations. Parental status also influences perspectives, with parents emphasizing environmental conservation and related policy interests. Age differences show that older individuals concentrate on nature and mobility, whereas younger respondents highlight infrastructure and environmental issues. Geographical distinctions indicate that Italian residents frequently mention energy, recycling, and technology, while those in Southern Italian Switzerland emphasize culture and tourism. The survey experiment shows that narrative framing plays a crucial role in shaping public support for sustainability initiatives. Messages emphasizing potential losses or negative outcomes are more effective in motivating financial support for environmental policies compared to positive framings. These findings underscore the complexity of public attitudes towards sustainability, highlighting the need for tailored communication strategies that resonate with diverse demographic segments. The study offers valuable insights for policymakers and advocates, suggesting that strategically crafted messages can bridge the gap between environmental values and actual behaviors, thereby enhancing public engagement with sustainability efforts.

本研究深入研究了瑞士和意大利北部意大利语地区的可持续发展观念和行为，这两个地区因其独特的文化和社会经济背景而被选中。通过地理定位调查和随后的调查实验，我们研究了这些地区的个人如何看待可持续发展，以及叙事框架如何影响他们在经济上支持当地环境政策的意愿。我们的分析表明，在可持续发展观念方面存在明显的人口差异。性别差异非常明显，男性优先考虑经济和技术方面，而女性则侧重于生态和道德方面。父母的地位也影响着人们的观点，父母强调环境保护和相关政策利益。年龄差异表明，老年人关注自然和流动性，而年轻人则强调基础设施和环境问题。地域差异表明，意大利居民经常提到能源、回收利用和技术，而意大利南部瑞士的居民则强调文化和旅游。调查实验表明，叙事框架在形成公众对可持续发展倡议的支持方面起着至关重要的作用。与积极的框架相比，强调潜在损失或负面结果的信息更能激发对环境政策的财政支持。这些发现凸显了公众对可持续发展态度的复杂性，强调了制定有针对性的、能引起不同人群共鸣的传播策略的必要性。这项研究为政策制定者和倡导者提供了宝贵的见解，表明战略性的信息可以弥合环境价值观与实际行为之间的差距，从而提高公众对可持续发展工作的参与度。

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Eyes on the data—How the methodology of the 2030 Agenda contributes to its probable failure 关注数据--2030 年议程的方法论如何导致其可能的失败

World Development Sustainability

Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2024.100188

Wiegand Koerber

More than halfway through the 15-year timeline, the world is still far from reaching the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study locates one important reason for this in the specific design of the 2030 Agenda's methodology, the indicator-based goal-setting. In this, the Global Indicator Framework (GIF) should play a central role as a basis for political decisions and as an instrument for critical political communication. However, drawing on social science indicator research, this article shows that shortcomings in the GIF's genesis have led to the 2030 Agenda's effectiveness being severely limited. These limitations are: the one-sided focus on the provision of data, which results in the neglect of questions of implementation and tensions between and within political and statistical actors, which in turn leads to an undermining of the GIF itself. As a result, the GIF shows several crucial gaps in terms of content, is characterised by discrepancies between the political target and the measurement content of the indicators, and features indicators that change the goals through their measurement content. In response, the article notes a tendency towards non-use of the indicators, which undermines the whole 2030 Agenda. The results of this study can thus also be used as a basis for the future implementation of indicator-based policies.

15 年的时间已经过半，但世界距离实现 17 项可持续发展目标（SDGs）还很遥远。本研究将其中一个重要原因归结于 2030 年议程方法的具体设计，即基于指标的目标设定。其中，全球指标框架（GIF）应作为政治决策的基础和重要的政治沟通工具发挥核心作用。然而，本文通过对社会科学指标研究的借鉴，指出全球指标框架在创立之初存在的缺陷已导致《2030 年议程》的有效性受到严重限制。这些局限性包括：片面关注数据的提供，从而忽视了实施问题；政治和统计行动者之间及内部的紧张关系，反过来又导致了对全球综合框架本身的破坏。因此，《全球综合框架》在内容上出现了几处重大空白，其特点是政治目标与指标的衡量内容之间存在差异，而且指标通过其衡量内容改变了目标。对此，文章指出了一种不使用指标的趋势，这有损于整个《2030 年议程》。因此，本研究的结果也可作为今后实施基于指标的政策的依据。

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Environmental agricultural practices in the Ziban palm groves: Should we choose between yield and sustainability? 齐班棕榈林的环保农业实践：我们是否应该在产量和可持续性之间做出选择？

World Development Sustainability

Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2024.100187

Salah Eddine Benziouche , Salim Khechai , Foued Cheriet

Since antiquity, with transhumant breeding, the cultivation of the date palm has been the main agricultural vector around which social and economic activities are articulated in oasis regions. The conduct of this culture is guided by a specific and complex technical itinerary. The objective of the present study aims to identify and characterize the main sustainable agricultural practices within the palm groves of the Ziban in south–eastern Algeria and the sensitivity of date palm farmers to environmental practices as well as their degree of adaptation. Our study is based on face-to-face surveys conducted among 50 producers among 10 date palm areas in the region. It brings to light that despite the production developments, date palm farming in this region remains dominated by extensive and traditional agriculture, either due to a lack of means, knowledge, or environmental commitment. As a result, several sustainable practices remain widely shared in the majority of palm groves. Similarly, it appears that several larger and newly established producers are committed to these new practices which have various objectives in particular, to protect the environment, and to sustain the culture and the quality of the products.

自古以来，随着畜牧业的发展，椰枣种植一直是绿洲地区社会和经济活动的主要农业载体。枣椰树栽培有一套具体而复杂的技术路线。本研究旨在确定阿尔及利亚东南部 Ziban 棕树林中的主要可持续农业实践及其特点，以及枣椰树种植者对环境实践的敏感性及其适应程度。我们的研究基于对该地区 10 个椰枣种植区的 50 位生产者进行的面对面调查。研究表明，尽管生产有所发展，但该地区的椰枣种植仍以粗放型传统农业为主，原因可能是缺乏手段、知识或环保承诺。因此，在大多数椰林中，一些可持续的做法仍被广泛采用。同样，一些较大的和新成立的生产商似乎也致力于这些新的做法，其目标主要是保护环境、维持文化和产品质量。

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Unlocking sustainable development: Evaluating the impact of monetary and fiscal policies on ecological footprint in India 开启可持续发展：评估货币和财政政策对印度生态足迹的影响

World Development Sustainability

Pub Date : 2024-10-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2024.100186

Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath , Shreya Pal , Mohd Arshad Ansari

India's rapid economic growth underscores the increased necessity of pursuing the paradigms of sustainable development. However, concerns over environmental sustainability have risen in tandem with the country's aspirational goals for economic progress. Therefore, a crucial aspect of managing this is to create a balance between economic prosperity and environmental quality, wherein comprehending how fiscal and monetary policies affect India's ecological footprint becomes an utmost priority. In this vein, this study evaluates the impact of fiscal and monetary policies on India's ecological footprint while controlling for economic growth, squared economic growth, and renewable energy consumption between 1990 and 2022. Given the complexity of these links and well-suitability for examining both short-term dynamics and long-term relationships, this study employs the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model as its methodology for the empirical analysis. Thus, the findings indicate a significant long-term relationship between India's ecological footprint, fiscal policy, monetary policy, economic growth, squared economic growth, and renewable energy consumption while considering the ecological footprint as the dependent variable. Surprisingly, fiscal policy demonstrates insignificat negligible impacts on the ecological footprint in both the short and long run. Conversely, the result underscores that monetary policy effectively curbs the ecological footprint in both the short and long run. Furthermore, the study validates the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis in the long run. However, no evidence supports the EKC hypothesis in the short run. Besides, the outcome unveils that renewable energy consumption reduces the ecological footprint with no temporal differences. Hence, the policy implications derived from these findings emphasize the crucial role of monetary policy and integrating renewable energy strategies into policy frameworks for achieving sustainable development outcomes, in addition to the other policy interventions that prioritize ecological conservation alongside economic development, ensuring a balanced approach to solve environmental and economic challenges in India.

印度经济的快速增长凸显出追求可持续发展模式的必要性与日俱增。然而，随着印度对经济进步的憧憬，对环境可持续性的担忧也随之上升。因此，如何在经济繁荣和环境质量之间取得平衡是管理这一问题的关键所在，而理解财政和货币政策如何影响印度的生态足迹则成为重中之重。本着这一思路，本研究评估了财政和货币政策对印度生态足迹的影响，同时控制了 1990 年至 2022 年间的经济增长、经济增长平方和以及可再生能源消耗。考虑到这些联系的复杂性以及研究短期动态和长期关系的适宜性，本研究采用了自回归分布滞后（ARDL）模型作为实证分析的方法。因此，研究结果表明，将生态足迹作为因变量时，印度的生态足迹、财政政策、货币政策、经济增长、经济增长平方和可再生能源消费之间存在显著的长期关系。令人惊讶的是，财政政策对生态足迹的短期和长期影响都微乎其微。相反，研究结果强调，货币政策在短期和长期都能有效抑制生态足迹。此外，研究还验证了环境库兹涅茨曲线（EKC）的长期假设。然而，没有证据支持短期的环境库兹涅茨曲线假说。此外，研究结果表明，可再生能源消费减少了生态足迹，且没有时间上的差异。因此，从这些研究结果中得出的政策含义强调了货币政策的关键作用，以及将可再生能源战略纳入政策框架以实现可持续发展成果，此外还有其他政策干预措施，在发展经济的同时优先考虑生态保护，确保以平衡的方法解决印度的环境和经济挑战。

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Digital sustainability tracing in smallholder context: Ex-ante insights from the Peruvian cocoa supply chain 小农背景下的数字可持续性追踪：秘鲁可可供应链的事前见解

World Development Sustainability

Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2024.100185

Jonathan Steinke , Yovita Ivanova , Sarah K. Jones , Thai Minh , Andrea Sánchez , José Sánchez-Choy , Jonathan Mockshell

Global demand for sustainable agri-food products creates opportunities for smallholder farmers. But on-farm verification of sustainable practices is costly, making third-party certification inaccessible to many poor farmers. Digital technologies for tracing agri-food products from farm to fork could help: novel traceability systems, based on blockchain technology, can make data about on-farm practices transparently available to downstream stakeholders, enabling them to verify sustainability claims without external audits. There is limited understanding, however, of how such digital tracing systems fit local needs and capacities in smallholder contexts. Through a grounded theory approach, we explore the potential of digital traceability for sustainability monitoring in a case study in the Ucayali region of Peru. Based on interviews with local cocoa sector stakeholders, we identify two major challenges: first, setting up digital traceability systems requires investments that do not seem justified by corresponding increases in income. And second, relying on farmer-supplied data creates the risk of inaccurate information due to insufficient capacity as well as incentives for providing distorted data. Our findings suggest that strong cooperation along the supply chain is needed to ensure adequate return on farmer-side costs and investments. Focusing on sustainability metrics at the community level, in addition to the farm level, may be promising, as these metrics can be reliably collected by external stakeholders and add value beyond existing third-party certification standards. Our case study provides recommendations for local policy makers and supply chain stakeholders to develop inclusive digital sustainability tracing systems with smallholder farmers.

全球对可持续农业食品的需求为小农创造了机会。但是，可持续做法的农场验证成本高昂，许多贫困农民无法获得第三方认证。从农场到餐桌追踪农业食品产品的数字技术可以提供帮助：基于区块链技术的新型可追溯系统可以向下游利益相关者透明地提供有关农场实践的数据，使他们能够在没有外部审计的情况下验证可持续性声明。然而，人们对这种数字追踪系统如何适应当地小农的需求和能力了解有限。通过基础理论方法，我们在秘鲁乌卡亚利地区的一个案例研究中探索了数字可追溯性在可持续性监测方面的潜力。根据对当地可可行业利益相关者的访谈，我们发现了两大挑战：首先，建立数字可追溯性系统需要投资，而相应的收入增长似乎并不合理。其次，依赖农民提供的数据会产生信息不准确的风险，原因是能力不足以及提供失真数据的动机。我们的研究结果表明，需要在供应链上开展强有力的合作，以确保农民方面的成本和投资获得足够的回报。除农场层面外，关注社区层面的可持续发展指标也很有前景，因为这些指标可以由外部利益相关者可靠地收集，并增加现有第三方认证标准之外的价值。我们的案例研究为当地政策制定者和供应链利益相关者提供了与小农共同开发包容性数字可持续发展追踪系统的建议。

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An economic analysis of tidal energy to support sustainable development 支持可持续发展的潮汐能经济分析

World Development Sustainability

Pub Date : 2024-10-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2024.100184

Matteo Catalano , Idiano D'Adamo , Massimo Gastaldi , Marzena Smol

Decarbonization of the energy sector, requires a strong expansion of renewable energy, which combined with effective and efficient use of resources, enables the development of models based on the green economy. Tidal energy, which is currently underutilized, can contribute to this change by providing affordable and clean energy, thus contributing to sustainable development. This work evaluates the economic dimension of sustainability and provides a profitability analysis related to a 1 MW plant located in central Italy. The methodology consists of a technical framework, geared toward quantifying the energy potential from that plant, and economic models based on indicators such as Net Present Value (NPV), Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) and Discounted Payback Time (DPBT).

The results show that the plant turns out to be profitable in the base case (NPV = 573 k€ and DPBT = 21 years) and policy interventions, which see the use of capital grants and subsidies, change the results to NPV ranging between 338 and 1287 k€ and DPBT between 11 and 15 years. However, alternative scenarios indicate that the variables that most impact economic outcomes are changes related to energy selling price and capacity factor. The LCOE in the different scenarios varies between 49.4–89.8 €/MWh. The implications of this work define that tidal energy supports the energy transition to sustainable development and that the mix of technical, market, and political factors must be considered in policy decision making.

能源行业的去碳化要求大力发展可再生能源，再加上有效和高效地利用资源，才能发展基于绿色经济的模式。目前尚未得到充分利用的潮汐能可以通过提供负担得起的清洁能源来推动这一变革，从而促进可持续发展。这项工作对可持续性的经济层面进行了评估，并对位于意大利中部的一座 1 兆瓦发电厂进行了盈利能力分析。该方法包括一个技术框架，旨在量化该发电厂的能源潜力，以及基于净现值（NPV）、平准化能源成本（LCOE）和贴现投资回收期（DPBT）等指标的经济模型。结果显示，该发电厂在基本情况下是有利可图的（NPV = 573 k 欧元，DPBT = 21 年），而政策干预，即使用资本赠款和补贴，则会使结果变为净现值在 338 至 1287 k 欧元之间，DPBT 在 11 至 15 年之间。然而，其他方案表明，对经济结果影响最大的变量是与能源销售价格和容量因子相关的变化。不同方案的 LCOE 在 49.4-89.8 欧元/兆瓦时之间变化。这项工作的意义在于，潮汐能支持能源向可持续发展过渡，在政策决策中必须考虑技术、市场和政治因素的组合。

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