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Sustainable Energy Finance and Green Economy

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 7614

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Katarzyna Cheba

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Faculty of Economics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland
Interests: sustainable competitiveness; economic development; forecasting; econometrics; sustainability
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Dr. Iwona Bąk

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Department of Applied Mathematics in Economy, West Pomeranian University of Technology, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland
Interests: green economy; tourism; labor market; application of mathematical methods in economics; statistics; regional development; energy transformation
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Dr. Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska

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Department of Corporate Management, Institute of Management, University of Szczecin, 70-453 Szczecin, Poland
Interests: green innovations; regional development; energy transformation; sustainable development; green growth and green economy
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The increasing level of competitiveness of world countries in areas considered to be "green" including green transformation, green technologies or green jobs is currently one of the most important strategic goals set for the economies of the world's countries. The current, faster, and faster development carried out contrary to the principles of sustainable development results in the excessive use of natural resources available on Earth and because of that more and more drastic changes in the climate. Hence, the expectations and calls of various environments to manage resources efficiently: available natural energy sources: water, minerals, and wood at their all stages - from the moment of their acquisition to the disposal of the generated waste. Among which the energy transformation and structural changes in the economy are particularly important, which will result in green economic growth. The financial challenges related to climate change, which most countries of the world will face in the coming years, are estimated at hundreds of billions of zlotys. They concern activities related to the adaptation of the economy and inhabitants to climate change and activities aimed at reducing the impact of our activities on the climate. It should be remembered that green finance, especially in term of energy finance is not only about financing activities that are safe for the environment. This term, in addition to financing public and private green investments, i.e. investments in environmental protection also applies to investments aimed at preventing, minimizing, and compensating environmental damage, financing activities aimed at adapting to climate change, and financing policies aimed at environmental protection. This fundamental shift in the mindset of finance to redirect capital to a green, environmentally sustainable economy.

Therefore, we invite you to submit papers from various disciplines that will contribute to this Special Issue. We are looking for both research papers and comprehensive reviews related to green economy and sustainable energy finance. The following potential areas for this Special Issue are welcome; however, the list of research fields is not exhaustive:

  • models and patterns of development in the field of green energy transformation of the world's countries,
  • proposals for defining and measuring the relationships between green transformation and sustainable energy finance,
  • green economy and sustainable energy finance – how they work together?
  • green economy, green energy transformation and sustainable energy finance – opportunities and challenges,
  • methods and measurements for green economy, green energy transformation and sustainable energy finance.

Dr. Katarzyna Cheba
Dr. Iwona Bąk
Dr. Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • green economy
  • green energy transformation
  • sustainable energy finance
  • sustainable competitiveness
  • green innovations

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Energy Security in Light of Sustainable Development Goals
by Lidia Luty, Monika Zioło, Wioletta Knapik, Iwona Bąk and Karol Kukuła
Energies 2023, 16(3), 1390; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16031390 - 30 Jan 2023
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Energy security affects the functioning of countries politically, economically, and socially. Energy is an important factor in sustainable development efforts. Hence, countries are assessing their energy systems for compatibility with sustainable development goals by creating new concepts for energy development. Combining the concepts [...] Read more.
Energy security affects the functioning of countries politically, economically, and socially. Energy is an important factor in sustainable development efforts. Hence, countries are assessing their energy systems for compatibility with sustainable development goals by creating new concepts for energy development. Combining the concepts of energy security and sustainable energy consumption, an analysis of the differentiation of EU countries in terms of selected indicators indicated in Goal 7 of Agenda 2030 was carried out in dynamic terms. Two groups of indicators were distinguished. One group of indicators was selected to represent the changes in energy demand reported by final consumers, taking into account the use of energy obtained from renewable sources. The second group of indicators represents those relating to the security of supply of raw materials, i.e., energy dependency indicators broken down by major energy commodities and an energy productivity indicator. The analysis uses the coefficient of relative proximity of the facility to the ideal facility proposed in the TOPSIS method. The analyses carried out do not indicate that there is a relationship between the level of sustainable energy consumption and energy productivity or energy import dependency. A statistically significant correlation was observed between energy import dependency by oil and petroleum products and primary energy consumption, and between the share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption and total energy import dependency. Full article
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Green Transformation: Applying Statistical Data Analysis to a Systematic Literature Review
by Iwona Bąk and Katarzyna Cheba
Energies 2023, 16(1), 253; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16010253 - 26 Dec 2022
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The main purpose of the paper was to identify the most frequently discussed directions of research on green transformation. In the article, both the significant similarities in the existing studies in this field, as well as the newly emerging topics of research, are [...] Read more.
The main purpose of the paper was to identify the most frequently discussed directions of research on green transformation. In the article, both the significant similarities in the existing studies in this field, as well as the newly emerging topics of research, are presented. For this purpose, the authors used a systematic literature review with elements of statistical analyses. This kind of approach is not popularly used in literature review papers, as it differs from the research practices employed previously, which mostly concentrated on applying qualitative methods, alternatively supported by the analysis of the co-occurrence of keywords. In this paper, the authors decided to include selected methods of dimensional analysis in the systematic literature review, namely the log-linear and correspondence analyses. The main results of the presented analyses are a more detailed division of studies related to green transformations into groups focused on the areas more difficult to distinguish in terms of the traditionally conducted literature review. Full article
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Is Energy Use in the EU Countries Moving toward Sustainable Development?
by Iwona Bąk, Małgorzata Tarczyńska-Łuniewska, Anna Barwińska-Małajowicz, Paweł Hydzik and Dariusz Kusz
Energies 2022, 15(16), 6009; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15166009 - 19 Aug 2022
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The increase in energy demand requires urgent investments in sustainable energy. It is vital to the success of the 2030 Agenda, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. The article aimed to assess the situation of the European Union countries with regard to [...] Read more.
The increase in energy demand requires urgent investments in sustainable energy. It is vital to the success of the 2030 Agenda, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. The article aimed to assess the situation of the European Union countries with regard to energy use. Indicators related to the implementation of SDG7 and environmental and resource productivity of the economy were adopted for the study. The research presented in this article fits into contemporary debates on the effectiveness of implementing one of the SDG7: ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. The analysis included 26 countries that have been in the European Union since 2010. The study’s originality lies in the use of primary data obtained from the Eurostat database for three research periods: 2010, 2015, and 2020, which will allow for assessing the situation of the surveyed EU countries in the area of energy use. In order to achieve the research objective, selected methods of descriptive statistics and vector measurement were used. The application of a vector measure made it possible to rank the studied countries in terms of efficient energy use. Based on the results obtained, there is a significant variation in space and time in the evolution of the energy system of the European Union’s member states toward sustainable development. Rational energy use is primarily the domain of north-western European countries, with Sweden and Austria always leading the rankings. However, this does not mean that in these countries, in spite of their high position in the ranking, the levels of some indicators in 2015 and 2020 as compared with those in 2010 did not deteriorate. Due to this fact, attention should be paid to the energy use process and identification of signals responsible for deteriorating the outcomes. The research results can help diagnose the results obtained so far and correct the European Union’s climate and energy policy in the future. Full article
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