Energy Efficiency in Critical Times

Energy Efficiency in Critical Times: Security, Economics, and Transition provides a holistic perspective on energy policy analysis and development from a global context, covering economic, security, and technological aspects. Sections focus on economic policy for energy systems, consider the impacts of policy for technological system advancement, such as vehicle electrification and renewable energy integration, demonstrate techniques for analysis of major events, including the huge ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and focus on energy trading across borders. Including cutting-edge analyses of recent crises and close assessment of needs specific to lower-income countries, this book provides researchers, policymakers, and students with an essential guide to energy policy for a secure and sustainable future.

Part I: Energy Policy, Energy Security, and Energy Efficiency 1. Energy policy for demand response and aggregation 2. Energy transition: an economic approach 3. Energy policy for economic support and development in lower-income countries Part II: Clean Energy and Sustainability 4. Energy policy impacts on innovation and carbon reduction, including case studies 5. Energy policy for electric vehicle system development 6. Optimizing energy policy for renewable energy systems 7. Renewable energy and economic viability Part III: Socioeconomic Shocks, Environment, and Energy Security 8. Energy policy and energy security post-COVID and/or Ukraine 9. Macroeconomic analysis: energy dependence and geopolitical conflicts 10. Responsible management in the energy sector: climate-energy crisis Part IV: Energy Trading and Marketing Mix 11. Energy metering model 12. Cross-border energy trading