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Germany and California hold the distinctions on their respective continents of being first movers in decarbonization policy. Both have aggressively pursued power sector decarbonization with ambitious renewable energy policies, and both have now set their sights on decarbonizing the building… View Summary +
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In television’s longest running game show, contestants are challenged to guess the prices of a wide variety of consumer goods. The contestant who comes closest to the actual price, without going over, is the winner. I found myself thinking about… View Summary +
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The cost of clean energy technologies is declining dramatically. While impressive reductions have already taken shape, all signs point in the direction of further improvements, in many cases merging with digital solutions, driving electrification, innovation and competition in energy… View Summary +
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According to the European Commission, the principle of “Efficiency First” is at the heart of the EU Energy Union’s strategy to transition to a low-carbon economy. Maroš Šefčovič, vice president of the Energy Union, has applauded energy efficiency as a… View Summary +
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Deutschland und der US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien sind seit Jahren Vorreiter der Energiewende in ihren jeweiligen Regionen. Beide setzten ambitionierte Ziele für die Dekarbonisierung der Energiewirtschaft und schreiten konsequent voran – und haben daher einen großen, gegenseitigen Bedarf für den Informationsaustausch. Um… View Summary +
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China’s 13th Five-Year Plan includes goals to establish electricity markets and deepen progress toward improving air quality. But achieving the plan’s energy and environmental targets could result in unintended consequences, including increased pollution, shifting pollution from one region to another,… View Summary +
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在世界上许多国家,电力公司都将终端能源效率作为满足客户对能源服务需求的一种资源。提高能效被视为代替供应侧资源投入(如建设发电厂和扩大电网)的一种具有成本效益的解决方案。提高能效对中国有双重贡献:它既能够以较低成本解决一些地区对能源服务的需求,同时也能为实现改善空气质量的目标做出重要贡献。节能减排的概念在中国家喻户晓,中国在支持能效的各种政策方面也成绩斐然。然而,借鉴国际经验,可以通过多种途径将这一概念更好地落实到电力行业的详细规划过程中。 国际上,将能效纳入电力系统资源规划的方法已有很多,并在很多国家得到了积极的运用。一些国家制定了全面的政策、监管和组织体系,使能效成为电力系统一种资源。但在中国,这样的政策、监管和组织体系尚在发展之中。本文探讨了可以在中国实施的支持将能效作为资源的政策和法规。 本文原文可见:Policy and Regulation to Support Energy Efficiency as a Power Sector Resource in China… View Summary +
Energy efficiency is a cost-effective alternative to investing in supply-side resources, such as building power plants and expanding the electricity grid. Using energy efficiency as a power system resource is particularly important in China, where air pollution from coal-fired power plants… View Summary +
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Air quality officials across the United States have a significant—and largely unused—tool for reducing harmful air pollution: energy efficiency. Energy efficiency reduces multiple types of emissions, and generally does so at a cost savings. This brief outlines seven strategies for… View Summary +
Ciepłownictwo w Polsce pilnie wymaga modernizacji. Negocjowanie okresów przejściowych dla unijnych przepisów pozwalało dotychczas odsuwać podejmowanie trudnych decyzji. Terminy jednak płyną. Konieczny jest kompleksowy przegląd systemów ciepłowniczych. Raportem „Ostatni dzwonek dla ciepłownictwa w… View Summary +
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