China aims for 70GW of solar in race to ditch coal
19 May 2014, Businessgreen.com (requires subscription – free trial available)
Topic: Competitiveness, trade and economic growth
China: a critical decade
China’s consumption of coal could reach a peak by 2020, or even earlier, as part of its plans to pursue more sustainable economic growth. The policy paper by Fergus Green … read more »
China could start to cut its consumption of coal by 2020
China’s consumption of coal could reach a peak by 2020, or even earlier, as part of its plans to pursue more sustainable economic growth, according to a new report published … read more »
Data set on the consumption of energy and energy services (1700-2010)
From Fouquet, R. (2014) Long run demand for energy services: income and price elasticities over 200 years. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 8(2).
Historical energy price shocks and their changing effects on the economy
The purpose of this paper is to identify the changes in the impact of energy shocks on economic activity – with an interest in assessing if … read more »
Nicholas Stern on the UK budget
“Chancellors cannot resist the temptation to fiddle. Fiddling creates policy uncertainty and that in turn reduces investment including, and critically, in the energy sector by raising the cost of capital.” read more »
A macroeconomic perspective on climate change mitigation: Meeting the financing challenge
Building on simulations using Integrated Assessment Models and historical evidence, this paper explores some of the issues posed by this dual financing challenge. We discuss the “fiscal self-reliance” of the energy sector, finding that carbon pricing would generate sufficient fiscal revenues within each region to finance total investment in energy supply. read more »