Introduction to Energy Policy Issues

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Policy Issues

scholarly journals Application of Diffusion Research to Solar Energy Policy Issues

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. David Roessner ◽  
David Posner ◽  
Floyd Shoemaker ◽  
Avraham Shama
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Policy Issues

United States Energy Policy during the 1990s

2002 ◽  
Vol 101 (653) ◽  
pp. 105-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul L. Joskow
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Electricity Markets ◽  
Energy Markets ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Policy Issues

The good performance of energy markets during the seven or eight years following the Gulf War masked many continuing and emerging energy policy challenges that derive from larger domestic and foreign policy issues. The changes in world oil, domestic natural gas, and electricity markets in 1999 and especially 2000 likely reflect the effects of ignoring some of these challenges.

scholarly journals Policy Challenges Related to Biofuel Development in Tanzania

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussein Sosovele
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
Expected Benefits ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
Private Investors ◽  
Energy Options

Biofuels have recently emerged as a major issue in energy policy, agricultural development and natural resource management. The growing demand for biofuels is being driven by high oil prices, energy security concerns and global climate change. In Tanzania there is growing interest on the part of foreign private investors in establishing biofuel projects, although globally there are concerns related to biofuel investments. Tanzania has approved a number of such projects, but the biofuel subsector faces several policy challenges that could clearly hamper its development. These include the lack of a holistic and comprehensive energy policy that addresses the broad spectrum of energy options and issues, and weak or absent institutional and legal frameworks. This article highlights some key policy issues critical to the development of biofuels and argues that if these challenges are not addressed at the national policy level, biofuel development may not result in the expected benefits to Tanzania and the majority of its local communities.

scholarly journals Policy Watch: The Economics of Fuel Economy Standards

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 203-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R Portney ◽  
Ian W.H Parry ◽  
Howard K Gruenspecht ◽  
Winston Harrington
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Oil Price Shocks ◽  
Corporate Average Fuel Economy ◽  
Price Shocks ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Policy Watch

One of the most hotly contested of all energy policy issues involves Corporate Average Fuel Economy (or CAFE) standards for new cars and light-duty trucks. Tighter standards would reduce gasoline consumption, and hence both greenhouse gas emissions as well as this country's vulnerability to oil price shocks. But they would also increase the price of new vehicles, worsen traffic congestion and–depending on how they are phased in–possibly even reduce occupant safety. These effects are amenable to economic analysis, and we review the evidence to date bearing on this interesting and important question.

Energy policy issues in Africa

1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
S. Karekezi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Policy Issues

scholarly journals Effectiveness of a game-based class for interdisciplinary energy systems education in engineering courses

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kengo Suzuki ◽  
Takeshi Shibuya ◽  
Tetsuya Kanagawa
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Interdisciplinary Education ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Trade Offs

AbstractProfessionals in the energy sector are required to understand the interactions among technology, society, and the environment to tackle complex trade-offs among policy issues. The fostering of such professionals with interdisciplinary perspectives has been recognized as a significant target for engineering education in universities. Several studies have shown that game-based learning is suitable for teaching interdisciplinary aspects of sustainability-related issues; however, only a few studies have quantitatively evaluated the percentage of participants that learn something relevant to the predetermined learning targets. This study quantitatively evaluates the effectiveness of a game-based class designed to teach energy policy issues in an engineering course. This game-based class aims to develop a perspective for overcoming the complex trade-offs among policy issues and for developing the abilities and attitudes necessary to build society-wide consensus. Content analysis was adopted as a research method; the contents of free-form reflection reports submitted by 128 students were categorized into 6 topics through careful reading and in-depth discussions, and the proportion of students who mentioned topics relevant to the learning targets was calculated. The results show that 83% of the students learned something relevant to the learning targets, and 37% of them made proposals to overcome the trade-offs among policy issues and conflicts among stakeholders. Further, some students actively deepened their understanding through voluntary surveys, presentations of other students, and by comparing the game and reality. These results suggest that game-based learning is an effective method for interdisciplinary education regarding energy policy issues.

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