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Sustainable Energy Economics and Prospects Research

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "C: Energy Economics and Policy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 523

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Department of Economics, University of Patras, 26504 Rio Achaia, Greece
Interests: industrial organization; efficiency and productivity analysis; economics of energy efficient technologies; firms' environmental performance and innovation

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Dear Colleagues,

In the face of a growing global population with all its needs, desires, and ambitions to be fulfilled, we are verging on achieving more sustainable solutions in many aspects of energy economics. Thus, sustainable energy derived from resources that can maintain current operations without jeopardizing the energy needs or climate of future generations has become one of the main solutions. In this vein, research, development, and implementation of energy economics and sustainability, including energy systems and environmental policy; analysis of studies examining energy and sustainable innovation technologies at firm, regional and country level; and approaches examining the possible links between innovative energy technologies that meet the environmental criteria and studies trying to disentangle the complex relationships between energy, sustainable development, and climate change are the main themes of this particular Special Issue. Original research papers as well as review articles on the most recent developments and research efforts on this subject are more than welcome.

Prof. Dr. Kostas Kounetas
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • innovative energy technologies
  • sustainable energy use
  • emissions
  • energy economics

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National Environmental Taxes and Industrial Waste in Countries across Europe
by Eirini Stergiou, Nikos Rigas, Giancarlo Ferrara, Eleni Mantzari and Konstantinos Kounetas
Energies 2024, 17(10), 2411; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17102411 - 17 May 2024
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The use of economic instruments within environmental policy has become a challenging topic for policymakers, governments and scholars. Environmental taxes have emerged as a prevailing preference in developed countries to promote sustainability. Recently, a particular focus has been given to waste generation and [...] Read more.
The use of economic instruments within environmental policy has become a challenging topic for policymakers, governments and scholars. Environmental taxes have emerged as a prevailing preference in developed countries to promote sustainability. Recently, a particular focus has been given to waste generation and disposal, shifting the attention from greenhouse gases to another important source of environmental pollution. This paper investigates the effect of national environmental taxes and policies on industrial waste. A fixed effects model is used for 34 countries across Europe from 2004 to 2022. The results suggest that environmental taxes and energy policies reduce industrial (hazardous and non-hazardous) waste. However, environmental tax reforms should take into consideration the deterioration in environmental quality, the increase in economic costs and undesirable social consequences. Full article
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