Pub Date : 2024-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2024.101574
Chunhong Xiao , Can Zhang
Industrial parks are significant consumers of energy, contributing to global carbon emissions and intensifying the need for strategic interventions to meet carbon reduction and energy efficiency goals. In China, the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) model has been adopted to advance the development of Integrated Energy Services (IESs) within these parks. This paper analyzes 23 Chinese government policy documents to explore the key stakeholders in park-based IESs, particularly the central role of energy companies in shaping collective decision-making processes. The study highlights how business models, including financial investment, offline and digital services, and innovative practices, have evolved under the REITs framework to drive the development of IESs and foster collaboration among stakeholders.
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The integration of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) within energy utility systems promises significant improvements in efficiency, service delivery, and sustainability. However, this integration introduces complex ethical and privacy challenges that necessitate thorough examination. This review systematically explores these challenges, employing a comprehensive literature search across multiple databases, including Web of Science and Scopus. Key inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied to select relevant studies. This review provides a detailed overview of privacy concerns, data security issues, social acceptance, equity considerations, and regulatory frameworks. This review highlights the need for advanced privacy-preserving techniques, robust Privacy by Design (PbD) strategies, and adaptive regulatory frameworks to address these challenges. Additionally, the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and the impact on vulnerable populations are emphasized. Our findings aim to guide future research, policy development, and stakeholder decision-making, ensuring the responsible and equitable deployment of AMI technologies.
在能源公用事业系统中集成高级计量基础设施 (AMI)，有望显著提高效率、服务交付和可持续性。然而，这种整合带来了复杂的伦理和隐私挑战，有必要进行深入研究。本综述通过对多个数据库（包括 Web of Science 和 Scopus）进行全面的文献检索，系统地探讨了这些挑战。采用关键的纳入和排除标准来选择相关研究。本综述详细概述了隐私问题、数据安全问题、社会接受度、公平考虑因素和监管框架。本综述强调，需要先进的隐私保护技术、稳健的隐私设计 (PbD) 策略和适应性监管框架来应对这些挑战。此外，还强调了跨学科合作的重要性以及对弱势群体的影响。我们的研究结果旨在指导未来的研究、政策制定和利益相关者的决策，确保负责任、公平地部署 AMI 技术。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2024.101559
Huan Qi
China has devoted much attention to the “carbon peaking” and “carbon neutrality” objectives, the related research focuses on renewable energy, carbon removal, electrification, and hydrogen technologies. Yet, energy efficiency, especially in resource-based and older industrial cities continue to be a research gap in this regard. This study fills this research gap by assessing the role of China's national Industrial Transformation and Upgrade Demonstration Zones (ITUDZ) in energy conservation from 2010 to 2021. In this paper, applying the time-varying Difference-in-Differences (DID) method, we confirm that ITUDZ effectively decreases the energy utilization of these cities. These tests are reliable based on the results obtained above. Mechanism assessments show that the ITUDZ does so through enhancing green innovation and adjusting industrial patterns and that marketization enhances the energy-saving impacts. Geographical heteroscedasticity tests also show that the effects are significant for multi-urban areas and eastern China but weaker for central-western and single-urban city areas. Therefore, this study serves to add to the existing knowledge regarding place-based industrial policies and their contribution towards the realization of China's sustainable development agenda.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-23DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2024.101566
Muchen Li , Bisharat Hussain Chang , Zaim Reha Yasar , Jon Carrick , Shang Chen
The global shift towards low-carbon energy systems is accelerating, driven by initiatives like Green Deals that offer significant techno-economic advantages. However, the transformation of energy infrastructure involves complex socio-technical challenges, particularly when integrating principles of energy justice into energy policy. This study addresses these challenges by examining the concept of "just transitions," which aims to align decarbonization efforts with goals of social justice and equality. This research specifically focuses on the issue of energy poverty, defined as the lack of access to adequate energy services, and propose that addressing this issue is essential for equitable energy transitions. Through a theoretical framework, this study analyzes three scenarios of evolving energy infrastructure, illustrating how cross-sectoral strategies can effectively reduce energy poverty while promoting sustainable development. Our findings reveal that prioritizing energy justice not only enhances social welfare but also supports the broader objectives of decarbonization. The research underscores the importance of inclusive energy policies that address both environmental and social dimensions, ensuring that the benefits of low-carbon transitions are equitably distributed. By integrating the insights with contemporary energy policy and socio-equity perspectives, the present study offers thick recommendations to policymakers and points toward directions in which further research is required to bring about an equitable and sustainable energy transition.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-22DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2024.101564
Kushagra Gupta , Kenneth Karlsson , Erik O. Ahlgren
Cities are facing the dilemma of fulfilling energy service demands for their rapidly growing population while also working towards climate mitigation efforts. City energy planning is essential to deal with this dilemma. Thus, this study explores the role of city energy plans on future cost-efficient energy systems. A technology-rich cost-optimization model was developed using TIMES with intra-sectoral and inter-sectoral interactions and applied to the Gothenburg energy system. The model outcomes are investigated with the application of policy-driven scenarios and further tested under system uncertainties and price sensitivities identified using a participatory approach. Heating sector developments include DH production based on biomass CHP and heat pumps combined with improved building energy efficiency. Cost-efficient transport sector developments show a rapid deployment of biofuel vehicles, followed by increasing electrification later in the time horizon. With the applied uncertainties, different cost-optimal district heat production mixes and heating supply solutions are observed, providing alternative planning strategies. The model results also signify competition of biomass and electricity among sectors in their development pathways. The modeling outcomes enable decision-makers to assess various energy systems transition strategies from a long-term perspective.
城市正面临两难境地，既要满足快速增长的人口对能源服务的需求，又要努力减缓气候变化。城市能源规划对于解决这一难题至关重要。因此，本研究探讨了城市能源规划对未来具有成本效益的能源系统的作用。本研究使用 TIMES 开发了一个技术含量高的成本优化模型，该模型具有部门内和部门间的相互作用，并应用于哥德堡能源系统。通过应用政策驱动情景对模型结果进行了研究，并采用参与式方法在系统不确定性和价格敏感性确定的情况下对模型结果进行了进一步测试。供热行业的发展包括基于生物质热电联产和热泵的 DH 生产，以及建筑能效的提高。具有成本效益的交通部门的发展表明，生物燃料汽车将得到迅速推广，随后在时间跨度的后期，电气化程度将不断提高。在应用不确定性的情况下，可以观察到不同的成本最优区域供热生产组合和供热解决方案，从而提供了可供选择的规划策略。模型结果还显示了生物质能和电力在各行业发展路径中的竞争情况。建模结果使决策者能够从长远角度评估各种能源系统转型战略。
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Biogas technology offers a sustainable and eco-friendly solution for addressing energy needs, particularly in rural areas. Despite its potential benefits, the adoption of biogas technology in rural Limpopo, South Africa, remains limited. This paper critically examines the factors hindering its uptake. Using an exploratory approach (Qualitative study), data were gathered through interview guide, field surveys, literature reviews, and expert opinions. The analysis indicates that while biogas is a superior thermal option for household energy crises, several challenges need resolution. Key obstacles include ineffective strategies for promoting biogas in Limpopo. Understanding stakeholder perspectives—such as government bodies, local communities, and private enterprises—is crucial for developing strategies to increase biogas use. Necessary interventions include training, capacity-building, and educational awareness initiatives in rural areas to boost adoption. The financial sector's role in renewable energy is critical, especially as cleaner fuels gain attention. Despite its significant benefits in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing household energy security, biogas technology's acceptance and use remain low.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-21DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2024.101560
Hafiz Muhammad Athar Farid, Shamaila Iram, Hafiz Muhammad Shakeel, Richard Hill
Energy efficiency in buildings is an essential aspect of sustainable development and efforts to mitigate climate change. Integrated energy management has the capacity to greatly improve energy efficiency at several levels, but it requires the sharing and analysis of energy performance data from various stakeholders. This study explores the various components of improving energy efficiency in buildings by combining and analysing the important factors highlighted in previous studies. It gives a comprehensive examination of the development of stakeholder theory and presents a concise overview of the existing literature on stakeholder engagement in the field of energy efficiency. The research emphasises the importance of stakeholders considering a number of criteria to ensure the successful implementation and sustainable profitability of energy-efficient solutions, given the complex nature of energy management and the participation of multiple potential stakeholders. This study provides realistic recommendations to stakeholders for the effective selection of these factors, grounded in a comprehensive review of the existing literature. Moreover, the study emphasises the diverse challenges and limitations linked to stakeholder involvement in the energy efficiency industry, pinpointing crucial topics for future investigation and enhancement.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-19DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2024.101551
Dan Yu , Zeyun Li , Sajid Hussain
Accelerating the net-zero economy requires understanding energy consumption patterns, renewable technology attitudes, and acceptance of sustainable energy systems. This study explores how behavioral modification campaigns reduce residential energy use, promote energy-efficient products, and improve consumption patterns. Decentralization and digitization of energy infrastructure have spawned new markets and business models, giving customers more energy control and improving efficiency. The unique regulatory structure of Ireland's single power market makes it a compelling case study. The study examines Irish consumers' sustainable energy beliefs and behaviors from 1992 to 2022 using a 40-question survey. The data show that smart energy solutions for carbon-conscious families have pros and cons. Consumer knowledge of environmental issues and willingness to accept new energy technology are high, but cost and perceived complexity remain impediments to wider implementation. The research emphasizes technical innovation and behavioral change in energy reduction and greener energy promotion. These findings can help engineers, industry stakeholders, and politicians reach climate policy goals and carbon neutrality. Policymakers should support smart energy adoption, reduce cost barriers, and simplify the process. A fair and sustainable net-zero economy transition requires consumer education and decentralized energy market policies. This research underscores the importance of customized policies that leverage technology and behavior to mitigate the effects of climate change.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2024.101544
Lu Chen , Umriya Kenjayeva , Guanwei Mu , Nadeem Iqbal , Fu Chin
China's status as the world's largest energy consumer highlights its pivotal role in global energy consumption and the urgency of enhancing its energy efficiency and renewable energy development. This study evaluates the influence of environmental regulations on green economic growth in China, with a focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency, from 2000 to 2023 across 30 provinces. Using the Metafrontier-Global-SBM super-efficient DEA model, the research measures green economic development through the lens of energy efficiency. An enhanced fuzzy comprehensive assessment gauges the stringency of environmental regulations. To explore non-linear impacts, regional spillover, and feedback effects, a spatial econometric model was applied. The results reveal a U-shaped non-linear relationship between environmental regulations and green economic growth, with significant spatial feedback and regional spillover effects. Environmental regulations are also shown to have a substantial positive influence on the development of renewable energy, a critical driver of green economic growth. Policy implications suggest that strengthening environmental regulations could accelerate renewable energy adoption and foster sustainable economic growth across regions in China.
中国是世界上最大的能源消费国，这凸显了中国在全球能源消费中的举足轻重的地位，以及提高能效和发展可再生能源的紧迫性。本研究评估了 2000 年至 2023 年环境法规对中国 30 个省份绿色经济增长的影响，重点关注可再生能源和能源效率。研究采用 Metafrontier-Global-SBM 超效率 DEA 模型，从能效角度衡量绿色经济发展。增强型模糊综合评估衡量了环境法规的严格程度。为了探讨非线性影响、区域溢出效应和反馈效应，研究采用了空间计量经济模型。结果显示，环境法规与绿色经济增长之间存在 U 型非线性关系，并具有显著的空间反馈和区域溢出效应。环境法规还对可再生能源的发展产生了实质性的积极影响，而可再生能源是绿色经济增长的重要驱动力。政策含义表明，加强环境监管可以加快可再生能源的采用，促进中国各地区的可持续经济增长。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2024.101565
Yang Shi , Zhehao Qiu , Seth W. Snyder , Yixiao Wang
The pressing global challenge of climate change necessitates a concerted effort to limit greenhouse gas emissions, particularly carbon dioxide. A critical pathway is to replace fossil fuel sources by electrification, including transportation. While electrification of light-duty vehicles is rapidly expanding, the heavy-duty vehicle sector is subject to challenges, notably the logistical drawbacks of the size and weight of high-capacity batteries required for range, as well as the time for battery charging. This Perspective highlights the potential of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles as a viable alternative for heavy-duty road transportation. We evaluate the implications of hydrogen integration into the freight economy, energy dynamics, and CO2 mitigation, and envision a roadmap for a holistic energy transition.
Our critical opinion presented in this Perspective is that federal incentives to produce hydrogen could foster growth in the nascent hydrogen economy. The pathway that we propose is that initial focus on operators of large fleets that could control their own fueling infrastructure. This opinion was formed from private discussions with numerous stakeholders during the formation of one of the awarded hydrogen hubs if they focus on early adopters that could leverage the hydrogen supply chain.
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