In addition to its conventional meaning of “preparing for future situations”, energy planning addresses policy making, in particular in situations where self-regulating markets are perceived as inadequate for reaching given policy goals. A general example for such a situation is given by the presence of non-monetary externalities, that is, costs or benefits that are not included in market inter...

Designing and implementing a renewable energy policy involves political decisions and actors. Yet most research on renewable energy policies comparatively evaluates instruments from an economic or technical perspective. This paper presents a case study of Ontario’s feed-in tariff policies between 1997 and 2012 to analyze how the political process affects renewable energy policy design and imple...

The implications of key policy measures aimed at reducing global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions through the deployment of advanced and climate-friendly energy fuels and conversion technologies are the focus of this study. The study was performed for the ACROPOLIS Project of the European Commission (EC) and the NCCR-CLIMATE Project. The structural, environmental and economic impacts of a set of ...

Using detailed sociological and public health qualitative interview data, we demonstrate that energy poverty is more pervasive, and results in a greater energy burden for low-income tenants, than many policymakers would assume. This is due in part to a lack of funding, policy non-coordination, and a lack of understanding of the social and economic benefits of energy conservation, energy educati...

this paper seeks to explore the status of municipalities in the implementation of local social policy based on the existing legal framework though analyzing all legislations and regulations pertaining to municipalities (specially tehran municipality). the paper uses both quantitative and qualitative content analysis and applies thematic analysis. research findings indicate that most of tasks an...

malaysia, as a small and developing country, must reduce carbon emissions because the country is one of the top co2-emitting countries in the asean region. therefore, the current study implements two environmental tax policies; carbon and energy taxes, in order to examine the impacts of these policies on the reduction of carbon emission in the whole of the economy by applying a computable gener...