The Development and Issues of Energy-ICT: A Review of Literature with Economic and Managerial Viewpoints

Jin-Li Hu (), Yi-Chou Chen and Ya-Po Yang
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Yi-Chou Chen: Institute of Business and Management, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei City 10044, Taiwan
Ya-Po Yang: Institute of Business and Management, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung City 81148, Taiwan

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-18

Abstract: This paper reviews the economic and managerial literature on the relationship between energy-ICT and the development of the green energy economy. It is summarized that there are four lines of existing literature on energy-ICT: cost and benefit analysis, fair competition issues, cybersecurity issues, and promotion policy issues. Even though ICT is energy-consuming, most of the existing empirical studies support the idea that energy-ICT has net positive effects on energy savings, energy efficiency improvement, emission reduction, and economic growth at both enterprise and economy-wide levels. Energy-ICT equips the platform operator with higher bargaining power, such that a governance mechanism to assure the fair access right of each entitled participant is required. A smarter energy-ICT network also becomes riskier, and hence the cybersecurity protection is more important than before. Future research and development opportunities remain on these issues of the fair competition, cybersecurity, and promotion policy of energy-ICT.

Keywords: energy-ICT; cost and benefit; fair competition; cybersecurity; promotion policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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