Energy Policy

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Volume 219, issue C, 2026

Energy resources and geopolitical conflicts: ARDL analysis of Iraq's socioeconomic dynamics

Hassen Mohamed and Foued Saâdaoui

Investigating the impact of tariff structures on the value and combined scheduling of storage and intermittent renewables using stochastic dynamic programming

Pieter Quaghebeur and Dogan Keles

The fiscal and socioeconomic impact of the energy transition in the transport sector: The case of the Basque Country

Iñaki Arto, Mikel Erkoreka, Cristina Pizarro-Irizar and Nerea Urrutia

How can new quality productivity affect energy poverty? Evidence from China

Xiong Liu, Shuxiang Li, Yuchi Li, Fengjing Zhu, Yutan Wu, Jintao Lu, Muhammad Aziz and Mingang Gao

Public funding for bus system decarbonization accounting for technological uncertainty and depot infrastructure upgrades

Alessandro Avenali, Daniele De Santis, Mirko Giagnorio and Giorgio Matteucci

Population aging and residents’ carbon emissions: Evidence from Chinese household surveys

Xiaoyu Xing, Jianglong Li, Shiqiang Sun and Hongxun Liu

The moderating role of geopolitical fragmentation in energy transition-energy poverty: A cross distribution evidence from Europe

Yumeng Luo, Shajara Ul-Durar, Noman Arshed, Alireza Nazarian and Muhammad Shahbaz

Bridging the transition: Economic and environmental impact assessment of rural natural gas adoption in Beijing

Shengling Zhang, Yuxin Liang, Shuang Liang, Yufei Wang and Yu Hao

Climate change and efficiency losses in combined heat and power plants: Evidence from China

Qiyong Xiao, Ping Qin, Hao Chen and Jie-Sheng Tan-Soo

The pulse of energy poverty in Greece: The role of financial stress, uncertainty, and institutional resilience

Kheireddine Kheroua, Muhammad Ramzan and Kafait Ullah

Global geopolitical risk and energy poverty: New evidence from cross-country data

Zafir Ullah Khan, Muhammad Zubair Khan, Affan Hameed and Amin Ullah Khan

Geopolitical risk exposure and resilience of energy support-chain trade: A multilayer network diagnosis

Baojun Tang, Chongzhou Wang, Meng Shen, Yun Wu, Peiyun Xu and Xiangyu Wang

Energy poverty: Seasonal variations, socioeconomic disparities and cumulative inequality

Lin Zheng, Eoghan McKenna, Jessica Few, Martin Pullinger, Ellen Zapata-Webborn, Minnie Ashdown, Frances Hollick, Simon Elam and Tadj Oreszczyn

Health and nutrition returns to clean cooking fuel access across the rural-urban divide

Fateh Belaïd, Marion Coste and Camille Massié Gamard

Does cumulative thermal discomfort reshape heating priorities? Evidence of constrained resignation among French households

Elisabeth Bourgeois

Embedded injustice under the developmental state: Taiwan's reflexive governance on just transition

Kuei-Tien Chou and Jui-Ning Chang

A review of United States energy-only generator interconnection service policy and considerations for reform

Will Gorman, Fredrich Kahrl, Tyler Norris and Dalia Patiño-Echeverri

Broadly positive, slightly split: How political orientation links to early perceptions of seasonal thermal energy storage

Rebeka Sträter

What drives renewable contract bidding cap? An interpretable system-value framework for China's electricity market

Xuyao Xiao, Zili Chen, Ming Zhou and Zhaoyuan Wu

The willingness-behavior gap in rural energy transition: Evidence from coal-resource counties of the Loess Plateau in Shanxi, China

Zhenguo Hong, Zhen Li, Zheng Wang and Hao Li

Energy and Economy Dynamics in CO2 Emissions and PM2.5: Evidence From Saudi Arabia

Amal Alqahtani, Saoussen Kouki and Nadia Selmi

The rise of renewable energy: How it shapes dependency, diversity, and geopolitical risk in the European Union

Sulaman Muhammad, Christin Hoffmann and Felix Müsgens

Does energy infrastructure modernization drive manufacturing quality? Micro-evidence from China's ultra-high voltage projects

Boqiang Lin and Jie Xu

Impact of subsidy policies on the development of hydrogen refueling stations and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles: A multi-scenario system dynamics approach

Hongyu Wu, Liwei Fan and Wenya Wang

Tightening the geographical correlation of renewable hydrogen production via electrolysis? Validation through a case study in Germany

Niklas Eiser, Robert Förster and Hans Ulrich Buhl

What drives price divergence in Central and South-Eastern Europe? Evidence from flow-based market coupling

Adrienn Selei, Gábor Horváth, András Mezősi, Mária Bartek-Lesi and László Szabó

A holistic framework for the design and implementation of regional transmission cost allocation: Opening a can of worms in the West African Power Pool

Mohamed A. Eltahir Elabbas, Ignacio J. Pérez-Arriaga, Luis Olmos Camacho and Federico Pontoni

Beyond resistance: A quantitative assessment of conflict and public participation in energy projects in Chile

Felipe Irarrazaval, Caroline Stamm and Gonzalo Franetovic

Electricity-sector inefficiencies and carbon dioxide emissions dynamics in a hydropower-dependent economy: ARDL evidence from Zambia

Christopher Phiri, Seyithan Ahmet Ateş and Izzet Ari

How can the national green data center pilots improve enterprise energy efficiency?

Zhiqiang Wang and Xinbin Wang

How education shapes household energy poverty alleviation: Lessons from China's high-altitude regions

Lu Jiang, Xiaonan Shi, Jingru Chen and Lu Yu

Building energy performance regulation, energy poverty, and health: Evidence from Türkiye

Özlem İpek, Egemen İpek and Guillem Lopez Casasnovas

Temporal evolution of Korea's hydrogen economy discourse: A dynamic topic modeling approach to policy formation and institutionalization

Gayoung Song and Yoonhee Ha

Multidimensional inequalities in attributed passenger-transport CO2 across 21 EU member States in 2015

David Álvarez-Antelo, Íñigo Capellán-Pérez and Luis Javier Miguel González

Low-carbon technology licensing under carbon taxes and green consumer preference

Guangyu Wan, Jingfen Hua, Xiuzhi Hu, Yu Cao and Xiaowen Deng

Does micro-irrigation save energy? An investigation in Gujarat, India

Piyush Gandhi, Nick Hagerty and Ariel Zucker

Bridging the hydrogen divide: how network evolution reveals future territorial imbalances in Europe

Antonio Zinilli, Angela Zanoni and Emanuela Reale

Electricity transmission planning in Latin America: Regulatory challenges and recommendations to speed up network expansion

Paolo Mastropietro, Luis Olmos, María del Socorro Gómez Pérez, Sara Lumbreras, Andrés Ramos, Martha Martins Carvalho and Arturo D. Alarcón

Powering progress: Clean energy and industrialization as pathways to sustainable development in Asia

Shailender Singh, Meenakshi Kaul, Chandrashekhar J. Rawandale and Muhammad Muazu Bala

Impact of commodity prices volatility on the sovereign risk of European economies: the case of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict

Agata Kliber, Małgorzata Just and Krzysztof Echaust

Urban geopolitical risk exposure and energy justice: Evidence from 278 Chinese cities

Tianle Yang, Yuhan You and Zhengwei Li

The contingent effectiveness of energy-efficiency credit policy: Geopolitical risk, digital economy development, and firm green innovation

Zijia Liu, ShiCheng Chen and Bao Wu

Volume 218, issue C, 2026

Financial systems, inflation uncertainty, and the erosion of energy security

Shuai Che, Miaomiao Tao and Zhongzhu Chu

Competing corporate visions, ambiguous policy proposals: Complexities surrounding the emerging EU hydrogen market

Gabriella Guinlle and Ans Kolk

Spatial tradeoffs in incomes and car fuel, domestic energy, and housing expenditures

Chris ten Dam, Francesco Dalla Longa, Francisco Bahamonde-Birke, Peter Mulder, Dick Ettema and Vinzenz Koning

What money can’t buy: Company experience and community resistance to renewable energy infrastructure

Ishana Ratan and José Vega-Araújo

When do consumers lose from variable electricity pricing?

Nathan Engelman Lado, Richard Chen and Saurabh Amin

Supporting equitable energy transitions in inequitable communities: Offshore wind in Nova Scotia, Canada

Mohammad Nasir Tighsazzadeh and Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor

Do renewable portfolio standards moderate the emissions-growth relationship? Evidence from U.S. States, 2001–2022

Faruque As Sunny and Steven R. Miller

Iran's energy paradox: sanctions, external conflicts, and the governance trap

Abbasali Abouei Mehrizi, Omid Mahian, Mohammad Reza Farzanegan and Ali Hashemizadeh

Turning rejection into reflection: Exploring factors influencing community acceptance of floating solar photovoltaic systems in the Netherlands

Henriëtte Tulp and Carel Dieperink

Japan's megasolar projects: How government policy creates incentives for forced-labor risks in solar energy supply chains

Eijiro Kakihara and Peter Dauvergne

Balancing climate ambition and price stability: The case of South Africa’s carbon tax

Abraham Lartey

Energy communities in the energy transition: A research-practice agenda from the Netherlands

Daniel Petrovics, Thomas Bauwens, Björn Hoops, Lea Diestelmeier, Floor Alkemade, Frans Coenen, Javanshir Fouladvand, Amineh Ghorbani, Johanna Höffken, Thomas Hoppe, Nenya Jochemsen, René Kemp, Matthijs Punt, Pepijn Quast, Luc van Summeren, Beau Warbroek, Anna Wieczorek, Julia M. Wittmayer, Mendel Giezen, Ilonka Marselis, Flor Avelino and Sanne Akerboom

Who pays for community energy? Peer-to-peer trading, distribution grid headroom and the supplier’s dilemma

Ioanna Kalospyrou, Timothy Hutty and Solomon Brown

Power and parity: Viewing energy poverty from the lens of gender inequality in the developing countries

Tanaya Saha

Enhancing sustainability in large-scale multi-microgrid systems: A framework for renewable integration and blockchain-enabled peer-to-peer energy trading

Thi Huynh Anh Le, Jatinder N.D. Gupta and Vincent F. Yu

Dynamic and synergic effects of energy transition, carbon policy and trade conflicts: A mixed-frequency approach

Jinghao Kang, Sicheng Li, Jun Wang and Yifei Lv

Geopolitical fragmentation, energy vulnerability, and national ESG trajectories after Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Chankook Park

The climate-electricity nexus in the GCC: How rising temperatures drive electricity demand across Gulf states

Jeyhun I. Mikayilov, Sa'd Shannak and Shahriyar Mukhtarov

Geopolitical conflict and firms’ energy transition: A quasi-natural experiment from the Russia–Ukraine conflict

Yizi Wang, Jie Li and Dongyang Zhang

Connecting Europe through hydrogen: Cost allocation analysis of cross-border pipeline coalitions under varying subsidy policies

Emmanuel Kwesi Arthur, Sofía De-León Almaraz and Tamás Solymosi

Does energy poverty hinder human capital development? Empirical evidence from Burkina Faso

Tobignaré Florent Maré, Dimaviya Eugène Compaoré and Adiaratou Diallo

Renewable energy pathway and the pursuit of a just transition: An empirical assessment of solar photovoltaic, wind energy, and hydropower

Liu Jie, Alexander Opoku, Imran Ur Rahman, Frank Agyemang Karikari, Seth Acquah Boateng and Wisdom Edem Drah

Analysis and standardization of energy performance certificates and smart readiness indicators in the EU: Results from surveys and interviews with key stakeholders

Luca Zaniboni, Tomasz Cholewa, Elisa Caracci, Georg Vogt, Martyna Bocian, Giorgio Buonanno, Laura Canale, Dell’Isola, Marco, Marzenna R. Dudzińska, Sławomira Dumała, Giorgio Ficco, Ongun Berk Kazanci, Tatiana Novikova, Alicja Siuta-Olcha, Amelia Staszowska, Jørn Toftum and Rune Korsholm Andersen

The impacts of China's low-carbon power transition on employment structure: a regional perspective combining skill and gender

Yuan Yuan, Xiaowen Yang, Jiahai Yuan and Haonan Zhang

Growing firms and carbon intensity: Do environmental taxation policy and green technological innovation ecosystems matter?

Ines Kateb, Muath Abdelqader and Ali Uyar

California's plan to decarbonize electricity omits key greenhouse gas emissions

Marie-Odile P. Fortier, Amir Sharafi, Alyssa R. Pfadt-Trilling and Samuel A. Markolf

Who uses online electricity monitoring services? The role of household attitudes and characteristics

Teemu Meriläinen

Household demand and willingness to pay for grid electricity: Evidence from Burkina Faso

Agnieszka Postepska and Leopold Sarr

Assessing state biodiversity conservation planning and large-scale wind and solar energy development in the United States

Daphne Condon, Nikunj Bhartia, Sarah M. Jordaan, Elizabeth L. Kalies, Benjamin P. Narwold, Freya Robinson and Rebecca R. Hernandez

How could the government support the spread of alternative energy projects?

Csongor Czipf

Electricity prices beyond the merit order: Structural shocks and asymmetric macroeconomic transmission in Denmark

Hamid Raza

Small reactors, big reactions: Understanding public attitudes towards small modular reactors in the UK

Christopher R. Jones, Ana Gheorghiu and Jim T. Smith

Managing stranded assets in Germany's gas distribution grid: Regulatory challenges and a just-transition policy roadmap

Lasse Hansen, Nils Bartig, Philipp Daun and Aaron Praktiknjo

The critical challenges of energy diversification and environmental sustainability in the European Green Deal: Empirical evidence from European countries

Ulviyya Abasova, Syed Anees Haider Zaidi and Rana Umair Ashraf

Impact of renewable energy communities on the Italian day-ahead electricity market: A scenario analysis

Maksym Koltunov, Filippo Beltrami, Luigi Grossi and Nicola Blasuttigh

Beyond the consumer: Stakeholder narratives on electricity tariff structures and payment dynamics in Ghana

Adam Salifu, Timothy King Avodeh, Ibrahim Mohammed and Andaratu Achuliwor Khalid

When diversification fails: Geopolitical contagion and hidden vulnerabilities in Europe’s energy transition

Frédy Pokou and Jules Sadefo Kamdem

Strait of Hormuz disruption, geopolitical dispute intensity and Brent-based hedging effectiveness in European fuel markets: Empirical evidence from DCC-GARCH approach

Hafiz Muhammad Naveed, Huaping Sun, Muhammad Shahid, Rabia Akram and Zaiba Ali

Redistribution through cross-border electricity trade: How to achieve Pareto improvement for consumers?

Polina Emelianova, Pia Hoffmann-Willers and Oliver Ruhnau

Pathways towards social license for offshore wind energy: Modelling strategies to reduce conflict and increase acceptability

Scott A. Condie, Corrine M. Condie, Matthew Andreotta, Rod McCrea, Jess Melbourne-Thomas and Scott Spillias

Evaluating determinants of community renewable energy adoption in Nigeria: insights for sustainable energy transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kim Del Kaze, Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan, Elisabeth Shrimpton and Julide Yildirim

Environmental taxation and biofuel production in the EU: Heterogeneous effects across producer scales

Monica Auteri

Cost-effective renewable energy expansion and the problem of dual price uncertainties—transitioning renewable portfolio standard to auction

Wooyoung Jeon, Jingyu Qu, Jong-Ik Kim and Sangmin Cho

Impact of occupancy assumptions in international building codes and standards on building performance and energy conservation measures

Elin Markarian, Farzam Sepanta, William O'Brien, Burak Gunay and Elie Azar

Charging infrastructure network expansion for electric vehicles in Norway from a grid perspective: Barriers and solutions

Odd André Hjelkrem and Aurora Fosli Flataker

Decarbonization potential and limits of e-fuel policies in the EU

Juan Manuel Campos-Rodríguez, Laura Bartolomé-Quevedo, David Vega-Maza, David Álvarez-Antelo, Fernando Antonio Frechoso-Escudero and Íñigo Capellán-Pérez

Geopolitical risks and energy prices: Impacts of Russia-Ukraine Conflict1

Hakan Yilmazkuday

Geopolitical fragmentation, climate risk, and crude oil price dynamics: Evidence from TVP-VAR-SV and causal forest models

Riadh Aloui, Sami Ben Jabeur, Yasmine Bouden and Lassaad Moubarki

Peak coal electricity under rapid electricity demand growth conditions: A case study of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam

M. Ridwan Dzikrurrokhim, Erik O. Ahlgren and Marta Vetier

Geography, not geology: Testing the empirical foundations of the EU critical raw materials act

Diego Solar

A policy-navigation framework for exploring hydrogen integration pathways in Great Britain towards net zero

Mohamed Abuella, Adib Allahham and Sara Louise Walker

Energy transition and climate vulnerability: Energy policy in an era of geopolitical fragmentation

Zhang-hangjian Chen, Jiali Jiang, Yian Cui and Xiong Xiong

Clean heating and energy poverty: Evidence from topography

Chuyan Meng and Kui Liu

Gradual energy transition in South American countries

Luccas Attílio

The role of trade protectionism and local industry support policies in low carbon technologies trade

Donghui Yu, Baihe Gu and Jing Han

Examining the implementation challenges of solar energy technologies policy incentives towards renewable energy transitions in Ghana: A socio-political acceptance perspective

J. Osei, K. Brown and M. Nejati