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New Challenges in Energy and Environmental Economics

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 (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 16691

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Eleni Zafeiriou

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Department of Agricultural Development, Democritus University of Thrace, GR 68200 Orestiada, Greece
Interests: econometrics; energy economics; agricultural economics; carbon emission
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Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Sariannidis

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Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Western Macedonia, 50100 Kozani, Greece
Interests: quantitative methods for firms’ environmental performance
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Dr. Stavros Tsiantikoudis

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Department of Forestry and Environmental Management and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotiní, Greece
Interests: environmental economics; forestry
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change is one of the greatest environmental problems in our modern society. In recent decades, economic growth–environment interlinkages have been a subject of extended study, while energy use is one of the reasons for this association. Substantial regional and global efforts have been made toward efficiently confronting the climate crisis. A significant step in this direction is the EU strategy synopsized in the European Green New Deal. The main goal of this agreement, in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol, is to promote economic growth through efficient energy use and, in particular, decoupled from conventional resource use. This effort may well lead to a significant limitation in greenhouse gases being generated as a result of energy use.

The means for this objective is innovation and investment in technologies that may lead to energy efficiency and the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Within this framework, this Special Issue will focus on policies and strategies at both micro and macro levels that will direct a firm or a total economy toward energy-efficient economic growth. The Special Issue of Energies aims to publish novel research and contributions on these interlinkages, with the use of novel and advanced econometric tools. The selection of papers for publication will be based on a refereeing process in line with the reviewing process of Energies. This Special Issue seeks original high-quality papers that provide policy-makers and researchers all around the world with ideas on how to develop prosperous societies and cost-effective firms for a new era of energy transition in accordance with the best interests of humanity.

Specific topics of interest to this Special Issue include but are not restricted to the following:

  • Environmental modeling incorporating uncertainty or econometric tools
  • Emission trading systems
  • Decarbonization
  • Economic growth and environmental degradation
  • Economics of exhaustible and renewable resources
  • Environmental policies, strategies, and technology innovation
  • Applications of game theory in environmental economics
  • Firms’ environmental performance
  • Policy scenarios in micro and macro level under uncertainty

Both theoretical and empirical studies are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Eleni Zafeiriou
Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Sariannidis
Dr. Stavros Tsiantikoudis
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.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • environmental degradation
  • decarbonization
  • economic growth
  • energy transition
  • climate change

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The Corporate Economic Performance of Environmentally Eligible Firms Nexus Climate Change: An Empirical Research in a Bayesian VAR Framework
by Kyriaki-Argyro Tsioptsia, Eleni Zafeiriou, Dimitrios Niklis, Nikolaos Sariannidis and Constantin Zopounidis
Energies 2022, 15(19), 7266; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15197266 - 3 Oct 2022
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Corporate economic performance and its association with carbon emissions has been the subject of extensive research within the last few decades. The present study examines the economic performance of green firms as reflected in the Financial Times Stock Exchange Environmental Opportunities Index Series [...] Read more.
Corporate economic performance and its association with carbon emissions has been the subject of extensive research within the last few decades. The present study examines the economic performance of green firms as reflected in the Financial Times Stock Exchange Environmental Opportunities Index Series (FTSE EO) and its association with carbon emissions, incorporating the role of two more indices, namely the Baltic Clean Tanker Index (BAIT) and EUR/USD exchange rate. The methodology employed is the Bayesian Vector Autoregression Model (BVAR). Our findings confirm the interlinkages among the variables studied. More specifically, based on impulse response analysis, the direction of causality is two-way. The response of carbon emissions to a shock in the other variables is negative for the case of the EUR/USD exchange rate and Baltic Clean Tanker Index (BAIT) (an index representing the conventional energy sources), while it is positive for a shock in the FTSE EO. However, the most important finding is the return to the steady state after nine or ten periods. This result is very significant since the global environmental agreements along with the global economic conditions and the energy resources may well lead to limitations in carbon emissions within a framework of a well-organized and targeted climate change mitigation strategy. Full article
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The Determinants of the Environmental Performance of EU Financial Institutions: An Empirical Study with a GLM Model
by Konstantina Ragazou, Ioannis Passas, Alexandros Garefalakis, Eleni Zafeiriou and Grigorios Kyriakopoulos
Energies 2022, 15(15), 5325; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15155325 - 22 Jul 2022
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Within the last few decades, the issue of the environmental performance of European financial institutions has become a significant feature of their strategic plans. Financial institutions can contribute through their own activities and investments, and also through their relationship with economic sectors and [...] Read more.
Within the last few decades, the issue of the environmental performance of European financial institutions has become a significant feature of their strategic plans. Financial institutions can contribute through their own activities and investments, and also through their relationship with economic sectors and consumers, in decreasing environmental footprint. The purpose of this research is to investigate the determinants that affect the environmental performance of European financial institutions. Financial markets have been selected as the main research field for this study, as it presents an opportunity for environmental policy and is useful in view of the need for a wider range of policy instruments. Moreover, on a more practical level, financial institutions can interact with the environment in several ways, such as investors, innovators, valuers, powerful stakeholders, and polluters. The study is based on a mixed methodology approach, which integrates: (i) bibliometric analysis based on R package and (ii) panel data analysis with the assistance of a generalized linear model (GLM). Findings show that socioeconomic, governance, and technology factors positively affect the environmental performance of European financial institutions. Moreover, the incorporation of alternative energy sources, such as renewable energy in the corporate function, is a requirement for greening the financial institutions. The above can guide financial institutions to develop the appropriate strategies for decreasing their environmental footprint, improving their operational efficiency, and becoming more attractive and competitive in the market. Full article
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Energy and Mineral Resources Exploitation in the Delignitization Era: The Case of Greek Peripheries
by Eleni Zafeiriou, Konstantinos Spinthiropoulos, Constantinos Tsanaktsidis, Stavros Garefalakis, Konstantinos Panitsidis, Alexandros Garefalakis and Garyfallos Arabatzis
Energies 2022, 15(13), 4732; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15134732 - 28 Jun 2022
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The efficient and sustainable exploitation of energy resources may secure a sustainable economic growth for different regions. However, the peripheries are subject to social, economic, and political constraints, with limited power over energy management. The present work examines regional convergence in exploitation efficiency [...] Read more.
The efficient and sustainable exploitation of energy resources may secure a sustainable economic growth for different regions. However, the peripheries are subject to social, economic, and political constraints, with limited power over energy management. The present work examines regional convergence in exploitation efficiency as synopsized in the GDP generated by energy and minerals in an era of the country’s efforts to shut down the lignite-run power production. With the assistance of panel unit root tests, we confirm non convergence of the variables employed, an expected result given the fact that different energy sources are being used for energy production by each different periphery, generating different economic results. In the second stage the methodology employed is a Bayesian vector auto-regressive model (BVAR) with an informative prior on the steady state. The particular methodology outperforms the conventional VAR methodology due to limited degrees of freedom. The Impulse response analysis and the Variance Decomposition analysis confirmed interlinkages among the regions studied. This result implies that the growth generated by different energy and mineral resources are interconnected. Furthermore, the energy transition taking place in Megalopoli and West Macedonia, where the two greatest lignite industries were located until recently, affects the growth generated by energy and resource exploitation for all the other peripheries, according to our findings. The novelty of the present work stands on the concept to detect interlinkages of energy and resources-based growth for the peripheries in Greece with the assistance of the Bayesian Var. The results of the present work are significant, since our findings suggest to policy makers tools to promote economic growth generated by energy based on alternative energy sources, including the environmentally friendly ones, by taking into consideration the interlinkages established by the existing infrastructure and the conventional energy sources used. Full article
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Agriculture 5.0: A New Strategic Management Mode for a Cut Cost and an Energy Efficient Agriculture Sector
by Konstantina Ragazou, Alexandros Garefalakis, Eleni Zafeiriou and Ioannis Passas
Energies 2022, 15(9), 3113; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15093113 - 24 Apr 2022
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The farmers’ welfare and its interlinkages to energy efficiency and farm sustainability has attracted global scientific interest within the last few decades. This study examines the contribution of Agriculture 5.0 to the prosperity of the farmers in the post-pandemic era and the gradual [...] Read more.
The farmers’ welfare and its interlinkages to energy efficiency and farm sustainability has attracted global scientific interest within the last few decades. This study examines the contribution of Agriculture 5.0 to the prosperity of the farmers in the post-pandemic era and the gradual transition to an energy-smart farm. To obtain an insight into the attributes of Agriculture 5.0 and the emerging technologies in the field, Bibliometrix analysis with the use of an R package was conducted based on 2000 data consisting of peer-reviewed articles. The data were retrieved from the Scopus database. A bibliometric approach was employed to analyze the data for a comprehensive overview of the trend, thematic focus, and scientific production in the field of Agriculture 5.0 and energy-smart farming. Emerging technologies that are part of Agriculture 5.0 in combination with alternative energy sources can provide cost-effective access to finance, weather updates, remotely monitoring, and future energy solutions for the establishment of smart farms. Keywords such as “renewable energy,” “Internet of Things,” and “emission control” remain the trending keywords. Moreover, thematic analysis shows that “economic and social effects”, “energy efficiency”, “remote sensing”, and “Artificial Intelligence” with their associated components such as “anaerobic digestion”, “wireless sensor network,” “agricultural robots”, and “smart agriculture” are the niche themes of Agriculture 5.0 in combination with green energy sources, which can lead to the cut cost, energy-efficient, and sustainable energy-smart farms. Full article
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Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Pricing Mechanisms: Towards a Comprehensive Analysis of Energy and Network Service Pricing (NSP) Mechanisms to Get Sustainable Enviro-Economical Energy Sector
by Arnob Das, Susmita Datta Peu, Md. Abdul Mannan Akanda and Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam
Energies 2023, 16(5), 2198; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16052198 - 24 Feb 2023
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Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading facilitates both consumers and prosumers to exchange energy without depending on an intermediate medium. This system makes the energy market more decentralized than before, which generates new opportunities in energy-trading enhancements. In recent years, P2P energy trading has emerged [...] Read more.
Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading facilitates both consumers and prosumers to exchange energy without depending on an intermediate medium. This system makes the energy market more decentralized than before, which generates new opportunities in energy-trading enhancements. In recent years, P2P energy trading has emerged as a method for managing renewable energy sources in distribution networks. Studies have focused on creating pricing mechanisms for P2P energy trading, but most of them only consider energy prices. This is because of a lack of understanding of the pricing mechanisms in P2P energy trading. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of pricing mechanisms for energy and network service prices in P2P energy trading, based on the recent advancements in P2P. It suggests that pricing methodology can be categorized by trading process in two categories, namely energy pricing and network service pricing (NSP). Within these categories, network service pricing can be used to identify financial conflicts, and the relationship between energy and network service pricing can be determined by examining interactions within the trading process. This review can provide useful insights for creating a P2P energy market in distribution networks. This review work provides suggestions and future directions for further development in P2P pricing mechanisms. Full article
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