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No. 2010/02 | 01 Jan 2010 |
The Economics of Transition in the Power Sector
Power generation from fossil fuel is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, representing 41% of global energy-related CO2 emissions. Combined with the fact that there are a number of low-carbon technologies available for generating... |
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No. 2010/01 | 01 Feb 2010 |
Sustainable Production of Second-Generation Biofuels
Global biofuel production has been increasing rapidly over the last decade, but the expanding biofuel industry has recently raised important concerns. In particular, the sustainability of many first-generation biofuels – which are produced primarily... |
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No. 2010/04 | 01 Mar 2010 |
India's Downstream Petroleum Sector
This study provides a holistic examination of pricing and investment dynamics in India’s downstream petroleum sector. It analyses the current pricing practices, highlights the tremendous fiscal cost of current pricing and regulatory arrangements, and... |
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No. 2010/03 | 01 Mar 2010 |
Comparative Study on Rural Electrification Policies in Emerging Economies
Brazil, China, India and South Africa have each worked to improve access to electricity services. While many of the challenges faced by these countries are similar, the means of addressing them varied in their application and effectiveness. This... |
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No. 2010/05 | 01 Apr 2010 |
Phase Out of Incandescent Lamps
Since early 2007 almost all OECD and many non-OECD governments have announced policies aimed at phasing-out incandescent lighting within their jurisdictions. This study considers the implications of these policy developments in terms of demand for... |
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No. 2010/06 | 01 Jun 2010 |
Deploying Renewables in Southeast Asia
This paper is part of the IEA ongoing analysis of global renewable energy markets and policies. It focuses on six Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The report investigates the... |
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No. 2010/07 | 01 Aug 2010 |
Modelling Load Shifting Using Electric Vehicles in a Smart Grid Environment
Electric vehicles (EVs) represent both a new demand for electricity and a possible storage medium that could supply power to utilities. The "load shifting" and “vehicle-to-grid” concepts could help cut electricity demand during peak periods and prove... |
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No. 2010/09 | 01 Sept 2010 |
Transport Energy Efficiency
Transport is the sector with the highest final energy consumption and, without any significant policy changes, is forecast to remain so. In 2008, the IEA published 25 energy efficiency recommendations, among which four are for the transport sector.... |
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No. 2010/08 | 01 Sept 2010 |
Natural Gas in India
The Indian gas market is expected to be one of the fastest growing in the world over the next two decades. This paper analyses this market, highlighting the current challenges. It first looks at the industry structure, presents the main players from... |
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No. 2010/10 | 01 Oct 2010 |
Money Matters: Mitigating Risk to Spark Private Investments in Energy Efficiency
Scaling-up investment in energy efficiency is essential to achieving a sustainable energy future. Despite energy efficiency’s recognised advantages as a bankable investment with immense climate change mitigation benefits, most of the energy... |
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No. 2010/13 | 01 Nov 2010 |
Reviewing Existing and Proposed Emissions Trading Systems
Putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions is a cornerstone policy in climate change mitigation. To this end, many countries have implemented or are developing domestic emissions trading systems. This paper reviews key design features of mandatory... |
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No. 2010/12 | 01 Nov 2010 |
Carbon Capture and Storage
The Model Framework proposes principles for addressing twenty-nine key issues associated with regulating CCS, based on the work of early-movers such as Australia, Europe and the United States, to assist national and regional CCS regulatory framework... |
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No. 2010/11 | 01 Nov 2010 |
The Contribution of Natural Gas Vehicles to Sustainable Transport
The transport sector is currently responsible for 23% of energy-related CO2 emissions, and transport associated CO2 emissions will more than double by 2050. This working paper evaluates the potential costs and benefits of using natural gas as a... |
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No. 2011/02 | 01 Jan 2011 |
Energy Transition for Industry: India and the Global Context
For India to play its part in helping to realise deep cuts in global CO2 emissions by the middle of the 21st century, it will need to achieve rapid economic development over the next 40 years with only a very small increase in emissions. Currently... |
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No. 2011/01 | 01 Jan 2011 |
Development of Energy Efficiency Indicators in Russia
Russia is sometimes referred to as “the Saudi Arabia of energy efficiency”; its vast potential to reduce energy consumption can be considered a significant “energy reserve”. Russia, recognising the benefits of more efficient use of energy, is taking... |
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No. 2011/04 | 01 Feb 2011 |
Technology Development Prospects for the Indian Power Sector
The Indian power sector will face numerous challenges over the next four decades. More than one third of India's population currently do not have access to electricity. Urgent action is needed to overcome this problem of energy poverty. At the same... |
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No. 2011/03 | 01 Feb 2011 |
Overseas Investments by Chinese National Oil Companies
This report examines inaccuracies in some commonly held views of China's National Oil Companies (NOCs). Until now, there has been little analysis to test the widely held presumption that these companies act under the instructions and in close... |
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No. 2011/08 | 01 Mar 2011 |
Walking the Torque: Proposed Work Plan for Energy-Efficiency Policy Opportunities for Electric Motor-Driven Systems
Electric motor-driven system (EMDS) accounts for more than 40% of global electricity consumption. This paper sets out an ambitious but achievable target with the global work plan to improve the energy efficiency of EMDS by 10% to 15% based on... |
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No. 2011/06 | 01 Mar 2011 |
Interactions of Policies for Renewable Energy and Climate
This paper explores the relationships between climate policy and renewable energy policy instruments. It shows that, even where CO2 emissions are duly priced, specific incentives for supporting the early deployment of renewable energy technologies... |
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No. 2011/05 | 01 Mar 2011 |
Cost and Performance of Carbon Dioxide Capture from Power Generation
This working paper evaluates cost and performance trends related to carbon dioxide (CO2) capture from power generation, based on extensive analysis of data from major engineering studies published between 2006 and 2010. Since individual studies use... |
IEA Energy Papers
English
- ISSN: 20792581 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/20792581
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The Economics of Transition in the Power Sector
William Blyth
01 Jan 2010
Power generation from fossil fuel is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, representing 41% of global energy-related CO2 emissions. Combined with the fact that there are a number of low-carbon technologies available for generating...
Sustainable Production of Second-Generation Biofuels
Anselm Eisentraut
01 Feb 2010
Global biofuel production has been increasing rapidly over the last decade, but the expanding biofuel industry has recently raised important concerns. In particular, the sustainability of many first-generation biofuels – which are produced primarily...
India's Downstream Petroleum Sector
Kieran Clarke and Dagmar Graczyk
01 Mar 2010
This study provides a holistic examination of pricing and investment dynamics in India’s downstream petroleum sector. It analyses the current pricing practices, highlights the tremendous fiscal cost of current pricing and regulatory arrangements, and...
Comparative Study on Rural Electrification Policies in Emerging Economies
Alexandra Niez
01 Mar 2010
Brazil, China, India and South Africa have each worked to improve access to electricity services. While many of the challenges faced by these countries are similar, the means of addressing them varied in their application and effectiveness. This...
Phase Out of Incandescent Lamps
Paul Waide
01 Apr 2010
Since early 2007 almost all OECD and many non-OECD governments have announced policies aimed at phasing-out incandescent lighting within their jurisdictions. This study considers the implications of these policy developments in terms of demand for...
Deploying Renewables in Southeast Asia
Samantha Ölz and Milou Beerepoot
01 Jun 2010
This paper is part of the IEA ongoing analysis of global renewable energy markets and policies. It focuses on six Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The report investigates the...
Modelling Load Shifting Using Electric Vehicles in a Smart Grid Environment
Shin-ichi Inage
01 Aug 2010
Electric vehicles (EVs) represent both a new demand for electricity and a possible storage medium that could supply power to utilities. The "load shifting" and “vehicle-to-grid” concepts could help cut electricity demand during peak periods and prove...
Transport Energy Efficiency
Kazunori Kojima and Lisa Ryan
01 Sept 2010
Transport is the sector with the highest final energy consumption and, without any significant policy changes, is forecast to remain so. In 2008, the IEA published 25 energy efficiency recommendations, among which four are for the transport sector....
Natural Gas in India
Anne-Sophie Corbeau
01 Sept 2010
The Indian gas market is expected to be one of the fastest growing in the world over the next two decades. This paper analyses this market, highlighting the current challenges. It first looks at the industry structure, presents the main players from...
Money Matters: Mitigating Risk to Spark Private Investments in Energy Efficiency
Philippine de T’Serclaes
01 Oct 2010
Scaling-up investment in energy efficiency is essential to achieving a sustainable energy future. Despite energy efficiency’s recognised advantages as a bankable investment with immense climate change mitigation benefits, most of the energy...
Reviewing Existing and Proposed Emissions Trading Systems
Christina Hood
01 Nov 2010
Putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions is a cornerstone policy in climate change mitigation. To this end, many countries have implemented or are developing domestic emissions trading systems. This paper reviews key design features of mandatory...
Carbon Capture and Storage
International Energy Agency
01 Nov 2010
The Model Framework proposes principles for addressing twenty-nine key issues associated with regulating CCS, based on the work of early-movers such as Australia, Europe and the United States, to assist national and regional CCS regulatory framework...
The Contribution of Natural Gas Vehicles to Sustainable Transport
Michiel Nijboer
01 Nov 2010
The transport sector is currently responsible for 23% of energy-related CO2 emissions, and transport associated CO2 emissions will more than double by 2050. This working paper evaluates the potential costs and benefits of using natural gas as a...
Energy Transition for Industry: India and the Global Context
Nathalie Trudeau, Cecilia Tam, Dagmar Graczyk and Peter Taylor
01 Jan 2011
For India to play its part in helping to realise deep cuts in global CO2 emissions by the middle of the 21st century, it will need to achieve rapid economic development over the next 40 years with only a very small increase in emissions. Currently...
Development of Energy Efficiency Indicators in Russia
Nathalie Trudeau and Isabel Murray
01 Jan 2011
Russia is sometimes referred to as “the Saudi Arabia of energy efficiency”; its vast potential to reduce energy consumption can be considered a significant “energy reserve”. Russia, recognising the benefits of more efficient use of energy, is taking...
Technology Development Prospects for the Indian Power Sector
Uwe Remme, Nathalie Trudeau, Dagmar Graczyk and Peter Taylor
01 Feb 2011
The Indian power sector will face numerous challenges over the next four decades. More than one third of India's population currently do not have access to electricity. Urgent action is needed to overcome this problem of energy poverty. At the same...
Overseas Investments by Chinese National Oil Companies
Julie Jiang and Jonathan Sinton
01 Feb 2011
This report examines inaccuracies in some commonly held views of China's National Oil Companies (NOCs). Until now, there has been little analysis to test the widely held presumption that these companies act under the instructions and in close...
Walking the Torque: Proposed Work Plan for Energy-Efficiency Policy Opportunities for Electric Motor-Driven Systems
Hugh Falkner and Shane Holt
01 Mar 2011
Electric motor-driven system (EMDS) accounts for more than 40% of global electricity consumption. This paper sets out an ambitious but achievable target with the global work plan to improve the energy efficiency of EMDS by 10% to 15% based on...
Interactions of Policies for Renewable Energy and Climate
Cédric Philibert
01 Mar 2011
This paper explores the relationships between climate policy and renewable energy policy instruments. It shows that, even where CO2 emissions are duly priced, specific incentives for supporting the early deployment of renewable energy technologies...
Cost and Performance of Carbon Dioxide Capture from Power Generation
Matthias Finkenrath
01 Mar 2011
This working paper evaluates cost and performance trends related to carbon dioxide (CO2) capture from power generation, based on extensive analysis of data from major engineering studies published between 2006 and 2010. Since individual studies use...