Turning Around the Power Distribution Sector: Learnings and Best Practices from Reforms

The distribution sector has been the Achilles’ heel of the Indian power sector, consistently making large losses, reflecting weaknesses in operations, infrastructure, and regulation. We will not be able to achieve a high-growth, low-carbon economy unless the distribution sector achieves profitability.Different states in India have followed different reform trajectories, and today, policy-makers can draw upon a wealth of accumulated experience. This report aims to document the best practices and lessons from across India, and where required, across the world.

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Synthetic Evaluation of China’s Regional Low-Carbon Economy Challenges by Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response Model

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17155463 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (15) ◽

pp. 5463

Author(s):

Wenyan Pan ◽

Muhammad Awais Gulzar ◽

Waseem Hassan

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Evaluation System ◽

Impact Response ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Analytic Hierarchy ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Low Carbon Economy ◽

The North ◽

Pressure State ◽

Carbon Economy

The “driver–pressure–state–impact–response” (DPSIR) model has recently become a popular approach to deal with environmental problems. The combination of DPSIR with analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is a useful method to study low-carbon evaluation because the AHP model has a special advantage in multi-indexes evaluation. This paper constructs the low-carbon economy evaluation system and comprehensively evaluates the numerical value of low-carbon economic development of China’s 30 regions from 2000 to 2015 by using the AHP method. It shows that the numerical value of low-carbon economy of China’s 30 regions varies in terms of growth rate. The numerical value of east regional low-carbon economy shows a pattern that is gradually higher than that of the west region. The numerical value of low carbon economic development in the south region is higher than that of the north region by degrees. In addition, based on the model of coordination degree in 2015, the result indicated that the four subsystems have primary coordination in the east area and bare coordination in the central and west areas. It is indicated that the four sub-indexes should be developed at the same pace and promoting the development of a low-carbon economy in the mid-west areas is the key in China. Finally, we proposed that environmental regulations and policies should be formulated to improve coordination in various aspects and various departments. Calculating the degree of low-carbon economic coupling coordination may be helpful for policy makers to formulate effective policies and take actions in the future.

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Decarbonisation and renewable energies in Hungary

Acta Agraria Debreceniensis ◽

10.34101/actaagrar/55/1915 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 89-93

Author(s):

Orsolya Nagy

Keyword(s):

Renewable Energy ◽

Renewable Energies ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Power Sector ◽

National Legislation ◽

Low Carbon Economy ◽

Carbon Dependency ◽

Carbon Economy ◽

The Eu

The decarbonisation of the power sector signifies reducing its carbon dependency. The aim of several programmes is making a conversion to a sustainable & low-carbon economy. Some of the targets by the EU are legally binding, thus appear in the national legislation and strategies. To meet the objective, we need to use renewable energy soures expansively.

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