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The harsh weather and inaccessible geography of rural Alaska communities pose significant energy challenges to the region, including keeping electricity and other energy costs very high compared to the lower 48 and even more populous regions of the state. Many… View Summary +
The harsh weather and inaccessible geography of rural Alaska communities pose significant energy challenges to the region, including keeping electricity and other energy costs very high compared to the lower 48 and even more populous regions of the state. Many… View Summary +
Regulators around the world are faced with complex issues ranging from securing the supply of energy, to meeting public policy objectives and protecting the environment. Current developments in the energy sector present serious challenges for policymakers leading a vital transition—a… View Summary +
电力行业是能源消费和污染物排放的大户,尽管电力行业为节能减排也做出了巨大努力,但目前仍有一些问题亟待解决,比如,高能效机组和低能效机组利用小时相近,没有区别对待。风电和光伏建设迅速,但是已在部分地区出现大面积弃风弃光的现象。电力行业盈利水平波动过大,导致对投资预期不确定。最近,长策智库受睿博能源智库委托完成了中国上网电价机制改革研究。这一研究发现上述问题的出现最根本的原因在于现行上网电价机制不合理。研究中构建了上网电价机制效益成本评价仿真模型,主要对不同的上网电价机制的效益成本进行对比分析并以此提出适合中国的上网电价机制,并针对电价机制改革提出相应的对策建议。本课题讨论了四种价格机制,分别是单一电量电价机制,燃气机组两部制电价机制,火电机组两部制电价机制以及所有机组两部制电价机制。研究得出火电机组两部制电价机制下系统发电成本最低,同时煤耗和CO2… View Summary +
Coal combustion from industrial production is a chief contributor to China’s air pollution and rising greenhouse gas emissions. Despite this known linkage, there is no guide for China’s air pollution officials to assess the degree to which clean energy policies… View Summary +
Michigan, like many other states, faces the concurrent forces of emerging technologies, changing economics of fuel sources, new environmental regulations, aging infrastructure, and regional wholesale electric market influences. To address these challenges and ensure successful implementation of the state’s energy… View Summary +
As the power sector moves quickly toward decarbonization, authoritative research is demonstrating that a reliable transition that achieves economic, security, and climate goals is not only possible, but can be done at no more than – and possibly less than… View Summary +
Electric vehicles (EVs) are commonly viewed as a crucial mechanism to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, increase energy security, and improve air quality. Widespread adoption of EVs also represents an opportunity for energy utilities and consumers. On April 30, 2015,… View Summary +
The environmental benefits of electric vehicles (EVs) are widely recognized. EVs are seen as a crucial mechanism to reduce North America’s dependence on fossil fuels and increase energy security. The large-scale displacement of internal combustion vehicles by EVs would result… View Summary +
The Chinese government has set a number of goals to reduce carbon emissions and coal consumption, and also has set closely related goals to improve air quality. The power sector will be central to any attempt to meet these goals… View Summary +
As China further deepens market economy reforms, increasing the introduction of market-driven demand response measures into the country’s system for countervailing pending power shortages could be far more economically efficient and probably more equitable than the existing administrative rationing system. View Summary +
从全球来看,电力行业的排放占能源相关排放的比例高于三分之一,占煤炭消费的比例高于三分之二。无论监管程序、决策还是机制,均会对电力行业的投资、运作和排放量产生复杂而微妙的深远影响。尽管监管的许多方面并未明确旨在解决气候或环境问题,但其仍能对排放产生巨大影响。因此,… View Summary +
Achieving Europe’s low-carbon goals while maintaining a competitive and secure power system requires a refined market designed to drive transformation at least cost. The Pentalateral Energy Forum, an initiative of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, is… View Summary +
Regulatory processes, decisions, and mechanisms deeply affect power sector investment, operations, and emissions in complex and sometimes subtle ways. This paper describes developments and trends in power sector regulation and their impact on power sector emissions in the United States,… View Summary +