Search results for " Energy Policy"

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The applicability of the indicators proposed by the European and national regulatory framework for the verification of the advancement of the plans: …

2014

Indicators are essential operational tools for the preparation of plans, to monitor their progress and for the ex-post verification of the results achieved. As it is known, there is a large corpus of indicators, both at Community and national Italian level, to which designers and planners can refer. However, it remains to verify the effectiveness of general validity parameters in describing the progress of the implementation of plans, which must be necessarily compared with more limited territorial situations. This paper addresses this problem, with reference to the Energy and Environmental Plan of the Sicilian Region (PEARS), comparing the themes proposed at European (Eurostat) and the Ita…

Settore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica AmbientaleIndicators Sustainable Development Energy Policy Regional Governance
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THE POTENTIAL OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES IN SICILY FOR WATER DESALINATION APPLICATIONS

2007

Settore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica Ambientalebusiness.industryDealination Renewable energy Energy PolicyEnvironmental engineeringEnvironmental sciencebusinessReverse osmosisWater desalinationRenewable energy
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Explaining the Formation Rates of Post-Communist Interest Organizations: Density Dependence and Political Opportunity Structure

2020

This article presents an analysis of the formation of organized interest groups in the post-communist context and organizational populations over time. We test two theories that shed doubt on whether vital rates of interest groups are explained by individual incentives, namely, the political opportunity structure and population ecology theory. Based on an analysis of the energy policy and higher education policy organizations active at the national level in Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia, we find that while the period of democratic and economic transition indeed opened up the opportunity structure for organizational formations, it by no means presented a clean slate. Communist-era successor…

Structure (mathematical logic)Political opportunityCentral and Eastern Europe; Organized Interests; Population Ecology; Political Opportunity Structure; Energy Policy; Higher Education; Post-CommunismSociology and Political ScienceHigher educationPost communistbusiness.industryContext (language use)Energy policyTest (assessment)Density dependencePolitical economyPolitical scienceddc:320businessEast European Politics and Societies: and Cultures
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Polityka energetyczna Unii Europejskiej – 3×20. Diagnoza i perspektywy w kontekście zrównoważonego rozwoju / EU energy policy of 3×20. Diagnosis and …

2016

Unia Europejska stara się działać w oparciu o filozofię zrównoważonego rozwoju. Ma ona swoje odzwierciedlenie w różnych politykach UE, w tym w polityce energetycznej. Zakłada ona zwiększenie efektywności energetycznej o 20% względem roku 1990, zmniejszenie emisji CO2 o 20% względem roku 1990 oraz zwiększenie udziału energetyki odnawialnej o 20% względem roku 1990. Celem badawczym jest próba określenia, czy polityka energetyczna UE wyrażona w realizacji 3×20 przyczynia się do realizacji filozofii zrównoważonego rozwoju przez UE. Prace badawcze przeprowadzono w odniesieniu do wszystkich państw wchodzących w skład UE. Zastosowano w nich dane z IEA, BP, Eurostatu. Próbę odpowiedzi na pytanie, c…

Sustainable developmentEconomic growthsustainable developmentzrównoważony rozwójEU energy policyContext (language use)Businesspolityka energetyczna UEEconomic systemEnergy policyPrace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
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An experimental investigation on the long-term compatibility of preheated crude palm oil in a large compression ignition diesel engine

2018

An experimental study was carried out on a large stationary compression ignition engine to evaluate the long-term compatibility and durability issues associated with the use of crude palm oil as fuel. Two different preheating temperatures (60 and 80 °C) were adopted to assess the potential improvements related to lower fuel viscosity. The results obtained, in terms of in-cylinder carbon deposits and engine wear, were compared with the results obtained using ordinary diesel fuel. For each fuel and preheating temperature, the engine was operated for 300 consecutive h, during which several engine lubricant samples were collected and analysed to determine soot and fuel contaminations, viscosity…

Thermogravimetric analysisEnvironmental EngineeringMaterials scienceCrude palm oilStraight vegetable oilEnergy Engineering and Power Technologylcsh:HD9502-9502.5medicine.disease_causeDiesel enginelcsh:Fuellaw.inventionEngine lubricantDiesel fuellcsh:TP315-360lawmedicineChemical Engineering (miscellaneous)LubricantWaste Management and DisposalBiodieselRenewable Energy Sustainability and the EnvironmentMetallurgyDurability testlcsh:Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel tradeSootCompression ignition engineIgnition systemSettore ING-IND/08 - Macchine A FluidoFuel TechnologyBiofuelBiofuel compatibilityBiotechnologyBiofuel Research Journal
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The photovoltaic growth in the European Union requires stronger RES support

2016

Since the adoption of the EU Directive, 2001/77/EC, the production of electricity from renewable energy sources has progressed. Apart from the indicative target proposed by the Directive, actually no other tools of policy monitoring exist. To fill this gap, we propose a dynamic method able to capture this multidimensional phenomenon, providing an assessment tool to measure the technical efficiency performances of EU countries in the photovoltaic sector (1996–2010). Results show how technical efficiencies of countries are, from one hand, due to problems belonging to the economic and political contexts in which they operate, on the other hand driven by specific political support schemes adopt…

Three-way principal component analysiEconomics and EconometricsKeywords: EU energy policyWindow Data Envelopment AnalysiPublic economicsScope (project management)business.industry020209 energyPhotovoltaic system02 engineering and technologyEnvironmental economicsDirectiveRenewable energyTechnical efficiencyOrder (exchange)0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringEconomicsProduction (economics)media_common.cataloged_instanceElectricityDirective 77/2001/ECEuropean unionbusinessSTATISmedia_commonJournal of Policy Modeling
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The impact of foreign trade on the Netherlands' real CO2 emissions

2019

Aim: CO2 emissions and the related climate change are a global problem, where the direct impact of actions of individual countries depends on their total share in CO2 emissions. In order to assess the potential for policy measures, the openness of an economy, and the related import and export and their impacts on emissions should be considered. The aim of this paper is the attempt to show the real CO2 emissions of the Netherlands as well as the impact of its trade on CO2 emissions in other countries in the world and in the EU in 2015.Design / Research methods: This study was conducted on the group of countries that are the major emitters of CO2 in the world including most of the EU members.…

Value (ethics)business.industryMember statesthe NetherlandsGlobal problemClimate changeclimate policyInternational tradeCO2 emissionsEnergy policyexports and importsOrder (exchange)Openness to experienceddc:330EU energy policymedia_common.cataloged_instanceEuropean unionbusinessmedia_common
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The socio-economic and communication challenges of spent nuclear fuel management in Finland

2010

Abstract One of the key factors behind the expansion of nuclear energy policy in Finland is nuclear waste management. As in many countries, nuclear waste management agencies are still struggling with the siting of intermediate and low level nuclear waste management facilities, in Finland Posiva, the nuclear waste company owned by the two nuclear power utilities Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) and Fortum Power and Heat (FPH), has been excavating a underground characterization facility since 2004 in the Olkiluoto site in the municipality of Eurajoki. The facility under construction is meant to be for a part of the final repository for disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF). The site selection process …

business.industrySite selectionEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyRadioactive wasteNuclear powerEnergy policySpent nuclear fuelStratified samplingNuclear Energy and EngineeringEnvironmental impact assessmentBusinessSafety Risk Reliability and QualityNuclear energy policyWaste Management and DisposalEnvironmental planningProgress in Nuclear Energy
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Wpływ handlu zagranicznego Unii Europejskiej na rzeczywistą emisję CO2

2016

Emisja CO2 jest problemem globalnym. Oznacza to, że walka tylko części krajów w tym obszarze niewiele zmienia. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest próba ukazania rzeczywistego poziomu emisji CO2 w UE, jak również wpływ wymiany handlowej Unii na emisję CO2 u jej głównych partnerów handlowych. Badanie zostało przeprowadzone na grupie 20 głównych partnerów handlowych UE i samej Unii. Rzeczywisty poziom emisji CO2 uzyskano przez zastosowanie wskaźnika emisji rzeczywistej. Jego wielkość uwzględnia transfer CO2 w produktach i usługach eksportowych, a także importowanych przez poszczególne kraje. W wyniku jego zastosowania okazało się, że rzeczywisty poziom emisji CO2 w badanych krajach jest znacznie …

eksport i import UEgłówni partnerzy handlowi UEemisja CO 2EU energy policypolityka energetyczna UECO2 emissionsexports and imports of the EUmain trading partners of the EUEkonomia XXI Wieku
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Wpływ handlu zagranicznego Republiki Federalnej Niemiec na jej rzeczywistą emisję CO2

2017

Emisja CO2 jest problemem globalnym. Oznacza to, że walka jedynie części krajów w tym obszarze niewiele zmienia. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest próba ukazania rzeczywistego poziomu emisji CO2 na terenie Republiki Federalnej Niemiec, jak również wpływ jej wymiany handlowej na emisję CO2 w pozostałych państwach świata i UE w 2015 roku. Badanie zostało przeprowadzone na grupie państw będących głównymi emitentami CO2 na świecie, w tym większości państw członkowskich UE. Poziom emisji CO2 uzyskano przez zastosowanie wskaźnika emisji rzeczywistej. Jego wielkość uwzględnia transfer CO2 w produktach i usługach eksportowych, a także importowanych przez poszczególne kraje. W wyniku jego zastosowania…

emisja CO2exports and imports of the Federal Republic of Germanyeksport i import Republiki Federalnej NiemiecEU energy policypolityka energetyczna UECO2 emissionsPrace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego We Wrocławiu
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