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Assessing the regional adaptive capacity to renewable portfolio standard policy in China / Sun, Jie; Zhou, P; Wen, Wen

Sun, Jie	Journal Article
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The implementation of renewable portfolio standard (RPS) policy may bring some adverse effects when the region lacks of the capacity to cope with policy stresses. This paper proposes an analytical framework of adaptive capacity index to RPS policy (ACI-RPS) and apply it to evaluate the provincial adaptive capacity to RPS in China over time. The results show that the ACI-RPS in China displayed an increasing trend but declined slightly in 2017 due to the technical bottlenecks. There was a wide disparity in ACI-RPS across the provinces in China, with eastern provinces having the highest but northeastern provinces having the lowest scores. These results indicate that provincial RPS targets need to be set with reference to their adaptive capacity and local energy status. Specifically, more ambitious targets may be assigned to eastern, southern, and northern provinces. It is concluded that the promotion of power grid construction and the acceleration of power marketization are two effective ways to further improve the capacity to cope with RPS policy of a region.

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Renewable Portfolio Standard ; Adaptive Capacity ; Composite Index

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Energy vulnerability in the Southwest Indian Ocean islands / Genave, Anna

Genave, Anna	Journal Article
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Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO) islands rely extensively on imported fossil energy to fuel their economic and social activities. This dependency coupled with energy price volatility and possible supply chain disruptions further threaten their sustainable energy future. The concept of energy vulnerability is used as a framework to assess the extent to which SWIO islands are vulnerable to adverse events by means of a composite index of energy vulnerability. It is expressed as the geometric mean of five sub-indicators: access to energy, energy import dependency, primary energy mix diversity, primary energy intensity of gross domestic product (GDP) and energy bill. Energy performances vary across SWIO islands and dimensions contributing the most to energy vulnerability are analyzed. The energy vulnerability index can be used by policy-makers as a benchmarking tool in ‘under-performing’ islands to duplicate best practices and accelerate energy transition in the region.

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Energy Transition ; Energy Vulnerability ; Composite Index ; Southwest Indian Ocean Islands

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