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Hribernik, Tanja, and Uroš Vek. "Mutual Fund Performance in Slovenia: An Analysis of Mutual Funds with Investment Policies in Europe and the Energy Sector." South East European Journal of Economics and Business 6, no. 1 (2011): 61–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10033-011-0006-y.

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Mutual Fund Performance in Slovenia: An Analysis of Mutual Funds with Investment Policies in Europe and the Energy Sector This paper examines the risk and return performance of mutual funds in Slovenia from 2005 until August 2009. The research is limited to the regional investment policies in Europe and the energy sector. Using monthly returns, we analyzed different risk-adjusted measures such as: the Treynor ratio, the Sortino ratio and the Information ratio. We also studied selections and timing ability using the Treynor-Mazuy model. The risk and return performance of mutual funds in the Slovenian market does not deviate from those in developed markets. We also found out that the selection ability of fund managers is better than market timing and that the findings of this paper are in accordance with other international studies.
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Gualberti, Giorgio, Christine Eibs Singer, and Morgan Bazilian. "The capacity to spend development funds in the energy sector." Utilities Policy 26 (September 2013): 36–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2013.05.001.

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Marti‐Ballester, Carmen‐Pilar. "The role of mutual funds in the sustainable energy sector." Business Strategy and the Environment 28, no. 6 (2019): 1107–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bse.2305.

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Kim, Jaemin, and Clay Dibrell. "Will overseas mutual funds never be a good stakeholder? Evidence from the US energy-sector funds." Academy of Management Proceedings 2013, no. 1 (2013): 17348. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2013.17348abstract.

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Martínek, Stanislav. "Sovereign wealth funds – Driving growth of the nuclear power sector." Energy Strategy Reviews 18 (December 2017): 141–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2017.09.018.

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CHANG, CHIA-LIN, and YU-PEI KE. "TESTING PRICE PRESSURE, INFORMATION, FEEDBACK TRADING, AND SMOOTHING EFFECTS FOR ENERGY EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS." Annals of Financial Economics 09, no. 02 (2014): 1440006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s2010495214400065.

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This paper examines the relationships between flows and returns for five exchange traded funds (ETF) in the U.S. energy sector. Four alternative hypotheses are tested, including the price pressure hypothesis, information (or price release) hypothesis, feedback trading hypothesis, and smoothing hypothesis. The five ETF are the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), iShares U.S. Energy ETF (IYE), iShares Global Energy ETF (IXC), Vanguard Energy ETF (VDE), and PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio (PXE). A vector autoregressive (VAR) model is used to analyze the relationships between energy flows and returns. The empirical results show that energy ETF flows and subsequent returns have a negative relationship, thereby supporting the smoothing hypothesis. Moreover, the smoothing effect exists for XLE and IYE during the global financial crisis. Regardless of whether the whole sample period or the sub-samples before, during and after the global financial crisis are used, no evidence is found in support of the price pressure hypothesis, information hypothesis, or feedback trading hypothesis.
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Косухин, Andrey Kosukhin, Косухин, Mikhail Kosukhin, Семак, and Aleksandr Semak. "EVALUATION OF ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL ON THE BASIS OF ENERGY AUDIT." Bulletin of Belgorod State Technological University named after. V. G. Shukhov 1, no. 12 (2016): 89–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/22640.

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There were presented the findings of the research in energy saving and energy efficiency of public and residential buildings with the purpose of evaluating the energy saving potential on the basis of energy audit. There was demonstrated the nature of energy consumption and the evaluation figures of energy saving in state-financed sphere and housing sector of the country. On the basis of research and calculations of various specialists it was determined, that the highest potential of energy efficiency improvement belongs to the housing funds of the country. It was pointed out that capital repairs and reconstruction of the existing housing funds are the necessary condition of implementing the energy saving measures. The investment issues, their types and their attractiveness for energy saving measures and improving the energy efficiency are reflected.
 
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Volpon, Fernanda Torres, and Luciene Machado. "CHALLENGES FACED BY FOREIGN INVESTORS IN THE BRAZIL’S ENERGY SECTOR." PANORAMA OF BRAZILIAN LAW 4, no. 5-6 (2018): 347–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.17768/pbl.v4i5-6.34439.

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The Brazilian energy sector suffered constantly changes during the past years. The process of transformation looked for a competitive market aiming funds to develop infrastructure in Brazil. Foreign investment is necessary to develop and strengthen the energy market, but the sector still present some challenges to be faced by the foreign investors. As consequence, some questions shall be raised in connection with the real effectiveness of mechanisms imposed to foreign investment at its entrance in the Brazilian energy sector. Does the Brazilian legal framework provide legal certainty to the foreign investors interested in investing in the energy sector? The objective of this article is to provide an overview of reform made to the energy market and current hindrances to the investor’s entry in such sector.
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Volpon, Fernanda Torres, and Luciene Machado. "CHALLENGES FACED BY FOREIGN INVESTORS IN THE BRAZIL’S ENERGY SECTOR." PANORAMA OF BRAZILIAN LAW 4, no. 5-6 (2018): 347–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.17768/pbl.v4i5-6.p347-375.

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The Brazilian energy sector suffered constantly changes during the past years. The process of transformation looked for a competitive market aiming funds to develop infrastructure in Brazil. Foreign investment is necessary to develop and strengthen the energy market, but the sector still present some challenges to be faced by the foreign investors. As consequence, some questions shall be raised in connection with the real effectiveness of mechanisms imposed to foreign investment at its entrance in the Brazilian energy sector. Does the Brazilian legal framework provide legal certainty to the foreign investors interested in investing in the energy sector? The objective of this article is to provide an overview of reform made to the energy market and current hindrances to the investor’s entry in such sector.
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Volpon, Fernanda Torres, and Luciene Machado. "CHALLENGES FACED BY FOREIGN INVESTORS IN THE BRAZIL’S ENERGY SECTOR." PANORAMA OF BRAZILIAN LAW 4, no. 5-6 (2017): 347–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.17768/pbl.y4.n5-6.p347-375.

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The Brazilian energy sector suffered constantly changes during the past years. The process of transformation looked for a competitive market aiming funds to develop infrastructure in Brazil. Foreign investment is necessary to develop and strengthen the energy market, but the sector still present some challenges to be faced by the foreign investors. As consequence, some questions shall be raised in connection with the real effectiveness of mechanisms imposed to foreign investment at its entrance in the Brazilian energy sector. Does the Brazilian legal framework provide legal certainty to the foreign investors interested in investing in the energy sector? The objective of this article is to provide an overview of reform made to the energy market and current hindrances to the investor’s entry in such sector.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Energy sector funds"

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Skotáková, Tereza. "Opec Fond pro mezinárodní rozvoj a dopady půjček poskytnutých touto organizací do energetického sektoru ve vybraných afrických zemích." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-204025.

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This thesis aims to assess the impacts of public loans granted by the OPEC Fund for International Development in the energy sector in selected African countries. The assessment is based on the methods of analysis and comparison of technical and macroeconomic indicators. The work is divided into four chapters. The first chapter describes the OPEC Fund for International Development and explains the methods of granting loans by this organization. The second chapter presents four energy projects in African countries, to which the organization provided loans. These are projects in Sudan, Sierra Leone, Egypt and Djibouti. The third chapter examines the impact of these projects on the economies of these countries after their completion. The fourth chapter first assesses the impacts of individual projects and compares them with each other. At the conclusion of this chapter are given recommendations for effective lending to the energy sector in selected African countries.
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Correia, Nuno Francisco Gonçalves. "Desempenho de fundos do setor energético dos E.U.A." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/54202.

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Dissertação de mestrado em Finanças<br>Este estudo avalia o desempenho de 36 fundos mutualistas de investimento dos Estados Unidos da América que investem no setor da energia durante o período de investimento de janeiro de 1999 a setembro de 2014. Os fundos foram indentificados através da Lipper Global Classification. O desempenho dos fundos é medido usando métodos não condicionais e condicionais, e por comparação a índices de referência do mercado geral e do setor. Como padrão de comparação com o mercado foi usado o indíce da CRSP e como padrão de comparação com o setor foi usado o indíce do S&P 500 Energy. A maioria dos modelos indicaram um desempenho neutro dos gestores e apenas três modelos indicaram um desempenho positivo do gestor, sendo que nesses casos a evidência é muito fraca. Os dados ainda sugerem que os fundos do setor energético estão mais expostos a ações de baixa capitalização, a ações de valor e a ações com bom desempenho no passado, e a ações com rendibilidades fracas. Quando é utilizado o benchmark do mercado, as estimativas das regressões mostram que o modelo condicional de quatro fatores é o modelo que apresenta o R2 ajustado mais elevado, o que justifica a introdução de variáveis públicas de informação de forma a ter em conta a alteração do retorno esperado e dos fatores de risco ao longo do tempo. Quando é usado o benchmark do setor existe apenas um pequeno incremento do R2 ajustado, demonstrando que as variáveis de informação pública não apresentam tanta relevância para este benchmark. O setor tem pouca correlação com o mercado geral, o que justifica R2 ajustados baixos. Os resultados ainda sugerem, tal como seria de esperar, que os modelos condicionais têm uma maior capacidade explicativa das rendibilidades.<br>This study evaluates the performance of 36 U.S. energy mutual funds over the period of January 1999 and September 2014. The funds were identified through the Lipper Global Classification. The performance of funds is measured using unconditional and conditional models, and comparing them to a market benchmark and to a sector benchmark. The market benchmark is the CRSP index and the sector benchmark is the S&P 500 Energy index. The majority of the models suggest a neutral performance of sector fund managers, with only three models indicating a positive performance, but with very weak evidence backing the results. The data also suggest that the energy sector funds are more exposed to small cap stocks, to value stocks, to stocks with good past performance and to stocks with weak profitability. When the market benchmark is used, the regression estimates show that the conditional four factor model has the highest adjusted R2, which justifies the introduction of public information variables to take the variation over time of the expected return and the risk factors into account. When considering the sector benchmark, the public information variables aren't that important anymore because there is only a little increment in the adjusted R2. As expected this sector has little correlation with the overall market, which also explains the low adjusted R2 values. The results also suggest that the conditional models have more explanatory power.
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Thopacu, Hilda. "Poverty reduction through sustainable development: an assessment of world bank energy strategies in the energy sector in Uganda." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3291.

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Books on the topic "Energy sector funds"

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1946-, Clinton Bill, and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, eds. Request and availability of funds: Communication from the President of the United States transmitting the request and availability of funds pursuant to Section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. U.S. G.P.O., 2000.

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Affairs, United States Congress House Committee on Interior and Insular. Ensuring that funds provided under section 4213 of the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 may be used to acquire land for emergency shelters: Report (to accompany S. 1813 which ... was referred jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Interior and Insular Affairs) (including the cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). U.S. G.P.O., 1990.

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Affairs, United States Congress House Committee on Interior and Insular. Ensuring that funds provided under section 4213 of the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 may be used to acquire land for emergency shelters: Report (to accompany S. 1813 which ... was referred jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Interior and Insular Affars) (including the cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). U.S. G.P.O., 1990.

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United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton). Making available appropriations: Communication from the President of the United States transmitting his request to make available appropriations totaling $5 million in budget authority for the Department of Health and Human Services for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and designate the amount made available as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1107. U.S. G.P.O., 1997.

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United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton). Making available appropriations: Communication from the President of the United States transmitting his request to make available appropriations totaling $16,661,000 in budgetary authority for the emergency pest suppression fund of the Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture and to designate the amount made available as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1107. U.S. G.P.O., 1996.

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United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton). Making available appropriations: Communication from the President of the United States transmitting his request to make available appropriations totaling $210,000,000 in budget authority for the Department of Health and Human Services for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and designate the amount made available as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended--received in the United States House of Representatives, January 31, 1997, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1107. U.S. G.P.O., 1997.

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Clinton), United States President (1993-2001 :. Making available appropriations: Communication from the President of the United States transmitting his request to make available emergency appropriations totaling $537,223 in budgetary authority for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and to designate the amount made available as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1107. U.S. G.P.O., 1995.

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Clinton), United States President (1993-2001 :. Making available appropriations: Message from the President of the United States transmitting his request to make emergency fiscal year 1997 supplemental appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Army Corps of Engineers--Civil, Interior, Transportation, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency ... pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1107. U.S. G.P.O., 1997.

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Clinton), United States President (1993-2001 :. Making available appropriations: Communication from the President of the United States transmitting his request to make available appropriations totaling $51,200,000 in budget authority to the Department of the Interior, and to designate the amounts made available as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1107. U.S. G.P.O., 1996.

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United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton). Making available appropriations: Communication from the President of the United States transmitting his request to make available appropriations totaling $39.2 million in budget authority for the Department of the Interior, and designate the amount made available as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended--received ... January 30, 1997, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1107. U.S. G.P.O., 1997.

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Book chapters on the topic "Energy sector funds"

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Gormus, Alper. "Mutual funds and the energy sector." In Routledge Handbook of Energy Economics. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315459653-25.

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Figueroa, Maria. "Building a Green New York." In Unions and the City. Cornell University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501706547.003.0006.

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This chapter discusses two energy retrofit initiatives: the city- and real estate-led PlaNYC policy for retrofitting Manhattan's commercial office space, and the Laborers (LIUNA)-sponsored Green Jobs/Green New York weatherization initiative covering residential property in the city and the state. In the highly competitive and mostly nonunion residential property sector, a familiar tension between affordability for working-class consumers and union concerns with labor standards emerged as the federal stimulus funds used to finance retrofitting work were scaled back. Despite the enormous potential of a green jobs strategy to address employment disparities, revive neighborhoods without gentrification, and launch economic recovery while mitigating ecological damage, labor's vision of a sustainable city seemingly cannot prevail when it confronts the entrenched power of real estate and finance in the global city.
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Ince, Rebecca. "Local variations in implementing energy-efficiency policy: how third sector organisations influenced cities’ responses to the Green Deal." In Social Policy Review 31, edited by Elke Heins, Catherine Needham, and James Rees. Policy Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447343981.003.0009.

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Between 2011 and 2016 – the Green Deal era - the UK government encouraged owner occupied households to retrofit their properties, to improve energy efficiency and contribute to reducing carbon emissions, improving energy security and boosting economic development. The ‘Green Deal’ (a finance mechanism and accreditation scheme) the Energy Companies Obligation (a legal requirement for energy companies to fund energy efficiency) and a growing localism agenda were the dominant policies of the era. The Green Deal was implemented through a process of socio-technical experimentation by local coalitions of actors including local authorities, third sector organisations and private sector companies. This chapter investigates place-based variations in responding to Green Deal policy using three case studies in Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester, and explores the particular contribution that third sector organisations made to each response. These reflections are relevant not only for energy policy but also for other fields delivering policy through localised networks, with often contested interests and priorities.
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Kararach, George. "Innovative financing for infrastructure: Africa50 Fund issues." In Infrastructure in Africa. Policy Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447326632.003.0016.

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Increasing the rate of infrastructure delivery in Africa implies a greater focus on project preparation and project development. The specific case of the Africa50 Fund as a financing vehicle is explored. The vehicle aims at mobilizing private financing to accelerate the speed of infrastructure delivery in Africa. Africa50 will focus on high-impact national and regional projects in the energy, transport, ICT and water sectors. A number of issues for the Fund’s success are discussed. First, to deliver on Africa’s current infrastructure pipeline, including PIDA, Africa50 will need an equity investment of USD 10 billion, as well as attracting USD 100 billion worth of local and global capital. Second, to function as a commercially oriented financial institution, Africa50 will need to preserve and grow its capital base and provide a return to shareholders. Finally, the ownership of the founder’s equity by African countries is central to the strategy of Africa50.
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Park, Yoosun. "Social Work in the Camps." In Facilitating Injustice. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199765058.003.0005.

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Welfare programs took months to develop in the War Relocation Authority camps. When aid finally reach the impoverished, it proved not only inadequate, but delivered through a Kafkaesque system designed to uphold the “radically abnormal” economic structure of the camps. Many conflicting factors were at play. Public assistance was a new phenomenon for the Nikkei; the deep reluctance to accept aid was slow to ebb and never entirely jettisoned. The concentration camps were, however, costly places to live; while subsistence food, shelter, and basic medical care were provided, private funds were necessary to purchase all else required for daily living. While the Nikkei Welfare Section workers believed public assistance was necessary reparation rather than unearned charity, a deeply held censure of aid—lest it breed dependency, fund the undeserving, coddle the enemy—existed on the part of the Caucasian administrators. Even the begrudgingly doled and unequivocally insufficient aid was difficult to obtain.
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Medda, Francesca Romana, Candace Partridge, and Gianni Carbonaro. "Energy Investment in Smart Cities Unlocking Financial Instruments in Europe." In Smart Cities and Smart Spaces. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7030-1.ch051.

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The intense pressures being brought to bear by the increasing diversity in European urban development patterns call for innovative funding mechanisms to promote smart sustainable urban development, most notably in the energy sector. Currently in Europe, various policy initiatives support sustainable urban development through financial engineering mechanisms operating at municipal and regional scales. The objective of this chapter is to review the main financial mechanisms focusing on energy, and in particular on urban investments committed to a highly energy-efficient, and low carbon, economy. Within this framework we assert that, in order to achieve the EU sustainable urban development outcomes, specific European financial instruments will need to be considered as viable key investment options. The structure and operational features of European Financial Instruments are explored here in the case of the Urban Development Fund implemented in London. We also discuss the importance of ESCOs and crowdfunding as essential funding sources for community energy projects, and suggest that European policy should recognise their importance.
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Medda, Francesca Romana, Candace Partridge, and Gianni Carbonaro. "Energy Investment in Smart Cities Unlocking Financial Instruments in Europe." In E-Planning and Collaboration. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5646-6.ch040.

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The intense pressures being brought to bear by the increasing diversity in European urban development patterns call for innovative funding mechanisms to promote smart sustainable urban development, most notably in the energy sector. Currently in Europe, various policy initiatives support sustainable urban development through financial engineering mechanisms operating at municipal and regional scales. The objective of this chapter is to review the main financial mechanisms focusing on energy, and in particular on urban investments committed to a highly energy-efficient, and low carbon, economy. Within this framework we assert that, in order to achieve the EU sustainable urban development outcomes, specific European financial instruments will need to be considered as viable key investment options. The structure and operational features of European Financial Instruments are explored here in the case of the Urban Development Fund implemented in London. We also discuss the importance of ESCOs and crowdfunding as essential funding sources for community energy projects, and suggest that European policy should recognise their importance.
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Medda, Francesca Romana, Candace Partridge, and Gianni Carbonaro. "Energy Investment in Smart Cities Unlocking Financial Instruments in Europe." In Handbook of Research on Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability in the Development of Smart Cities. IGI Global, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8282-5.ch019.

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The intense pressures being brought to bear by the increasing diversity in European urban development patterns call for innovative funding mechanisms to promote smart sustainable urban development, most notably in the energy sector. Currently in Europe, various policy initiatives support sustainable urban development through financial engineering mechanisms operating at municipal and regional scales. The objective of this chapter is to review the main financial mechanisms focusing on energy, and in particular on urban investments committed to a highly energy-efficient, and low carbon, economy. Within this framework we assert that, in order to achieve the EU sustainable urban development outcomes, specific European financial instruments will need to be considered as viable key investment options. The structure and operational features of European Financial Instruments are explored here in the case of the Urban Development Fund implemented in London. We also discuss the importance of ESCOs and crowdfunding as essential funding sources for community energy projects, and suggest that European policy should recognise their importance.
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Dryzek, John S., Richard B. Norgaard, and David Schlosberg. "Transition, Resilience, and Reconstruction." In Climate-Challenged Society. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199660100.003.0012.

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In the long run, responding to the challenge of climate change is going to require a de-carbonized economy with different energy systems and reconceptualized social-ecological relationships. Given the magnitude of the task, quite how to move in this direction remains a matter of some contention. In this chapter we examine several potentially complementary approaches, though nobody has yet identified the key to transition, and we do not resolve all the big questions about how to proceed. This coverage of a variety of innovations also makes sense in light of the failure to date of established centers of power—be they the global economic system, UNFCCC negotiations, or national governments—to craft effective responses. We group innovations under social resilience, new thinking about economics, new movements that embody this thinking, and new governance. Some developments are incremental, some more radical. These developments give us something more upbeat to end on, showing that transition is already being lived, if only, so far, on the margins of societies. In Chapter 4 we looked at the importance of adaptation, especially in light of current global failure to advance on the mitigation front. Adger et al. (2011a: 757) point out that “adaptive responses are not equal in terms of the sustainability of resource use, energy intensity, reduction of vulnerability, or in the distribution of their benefits.” While the international community has had difficulty in coming to terms with adaptation (even by 2011 the Green Climate Fund adopted at the Durban meeting of UNFCCC covered adaptation but omitted any clear definition of the term), it does hold significant potential. Adaptation does not have to be defeatist, and indeed can be linked to empowerment— we adapt by recognizing “that human beings can protect themselves from damage by living harmoniously with their atmospheric environment” and reduce their vulnerability to climate change (Burton, 1994: 15). In this section we consider how adaptation might contribute to transition. On the academic side, adaptation to environmental change is increasingly understood in terms of the concept of resilience. According to the multinational Resilience Alliance (2013), “A resilient ecosystem can withstand shocks and rebuild itself when necessary.
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Conference papers on the topic "Energy sector funds"

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Antonescu, Aurelia-Gabriela. "THE USE OF EUROPEAN FUNDS AND THE ENERGY SECTOR." In 14th SGEM GeoConference on ECOLOGY, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION AND LEGISLATION. Stef92 Technology, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgem2014/b53/s21.067.

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Kveselis, Vaclovas, Eugenija Farida Dzenajavičienė, and Aurimas Lisauskas. "Effectiveness of Residential Buildings Renovation on the Example of Kaunas City." In Environmental Engineering. VGTU Technika, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/enviro.2017.264.

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Improvement of energy efficiency in buildings is one of the main strategic goals of country’s energy strategy and its’ implementation policy. This goal is being implemented using support measures and implementation instruments in public and residential buildings. Implementation programs were designed and are being implemented in this sector since year 2004; however, there is still lack of research investigating the effectiveness of implemented actions in terms of environmental, economic, and social sustainability using respective criteria. On the other hand, there is lack of objective information for wider research based on measured data, as most of the data comes from programs administrators as estimated energy consumption and savings. The paper provides main criteria for defining renovation sustainability of multi-apartment residential buildings as well as initial assessment of energy efficiency improvement in such buildings implemented under programs partly funded by EU funds and Modernization program for multi-apartment houses. The Kaunas district heating company provided data of metering readings for 103 buildings which are fully or partially renovated in Kaunas City and Kaunas Regional municipalities and covers period of 12 years. The results of investigation show wide scattering of renovation effectiveness regarding renovation costs, energy savings and costs of saved energy.
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Keçi, Julinda. "Infrastructure Public Private Partnership Implementation and Risk Management – Lessons from Albanian Approach." In IABSE Symposium, Guimarães 2019: Towards a Resilient Built Environment Risk and Asset Management. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/guimaraes.2019.0900.

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&lt;p&gt;Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) are being frequently used today to offer large infrastructure projects in the Western Balkan. In a small country like Albania, today there are more than 170 infrastructure PPPs, counted mainly in hydropower and road sector. Their application aims to provide funds to reduce the existing gap between the available budget and public expenses, expand investments in infrastructure as a major drive of economic development, improve the quality of services and the efficiency of project delivery, optimize resource utilization, commercial valuation of public assets and achieve optimal risk allocation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this paper is to study and review the application of PPPs for large infrastructure projects, highlighting lessons learnt from Albanian approach. The focus will be on implementation framework and risk management. The study uses a combined approach: questionnaire survey- targeting the applied PPPs in Albania- to identify the main risks encountered and their allocation preferences, and case study approach to investigate the phenomena within its real-life context. Three case studies are chosen: Mother Teresa Airport Terminal, as a representative of infrastructure project, in its operation phase; ASHTA HPP, as representative of a PPP in hydro energy, in its operation phase; Devolli HPP, as a hydropower concession, in its construction phase. Observations and documentation review-aimed to identify the phases and procedures, and semi structure interviews- aimed to identify the main risks, their allocation and treatment, are used.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The findings of the study are organized in three parts: First, the qualitative study identified the mostly used PPPs, their main risks and allocation preferences. Secondly, the case study review and third, lessons learned for future applications, such as the need for lifecycle value for money analysis on procurement methods, unsolicited proposals implications, lack of negotiation phase contractual cost implication, lack of social assessment requirement.&lt;/p&gt;
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Marinshaw, Richard, Michael Gallaher, Tanzeed Alam, and Nadia Rouchdy. Technology Costs as a Barrier to Energy and Water Efficiency in the Commercial Sector of the United Arab Emirates. RTI Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2017.pb.0013.1706.

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Studies have shown that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has some of the highest electricity and water consumption rates in the world. To understand the barriers to the adoption of energy and water efficiency, Emirates Wildlife Society in association with the World Wildlife Fund conducted 363 face-to-face interviews with representatives of companies tasked with energy and water management. The purpose was to understand the most important barriers hindering the UAE’s private sector from achieving wide-scale energy and water efficiency and to begin to identify solutions to mitigate these barriers. This paper focuses on technology costs as a barrier to energy and water efficiency in the commercial sector. Preliminary analysis indicates that, for the commercial sector, a contributing factor to the perception that efficient technologies are costly is the lack of accurate information on the full range and life cycle costs and benefits of efficient products. The most immediate solutions would be to address the financing and informational aspects of the technology cost barrier, as well as potentially provide incentives, such as rebates. In addition, attention must be given to barriers underlying many of the technology cost issues, such as subsidized tariffs and relatively few standards that would encourage adoption.
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Public–Private Partnership Monitor: Papua New Guinea. Asian Development Bank, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/sgp210068-2.

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The public–private partnership (PPP) market in Papua New Guinea is at a nascent stage. The country has witnessed six financially closed projects with an investment of $433 million and predominantly in the energy sector. The small number of PPPs stems from the lack of a robust enabling framework, limited public sector capacities to design and manage PPPs, and constrained ability of the government to fund infrastructure development. Realizing the critical role of PPPs in helping achieve the country’s infrastructure investment target, the government is implementing the PPP Act of 2014 and setting up enabling institutions to increase financing and investment opportunities.
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