The Development and Issues of Energy-ICT: A Review of Literature with Economic and Managerial Viewpoints
This paper reviews the economic and managerial literature on the relationship between energy-ICT and the development of the green energy economy. It is summarized that there are four lines of existing literature on energy-ICT: cost and benefit analysis, fair competition issues, cybersecurity issues,...
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| description | This paper reviews the economic and managerial literature on the relationship between energy-ICT and the development of the green energy economy. It is summarized that there are four lines of existing literature on energy-ICT: cost and benefit analysis, fair competition issues, cybersecurity issues, and promotion policy issues. Even though ICT is energy-consuming, most of the existing empirical studies support the idea that energy-ICT has net positive effects on energy savings, energy efficiency improvement, emission reduction, and economic growth at both enterprise and economy-wide levels. Energy-ICT equips the platform operator with higher bargaining power, such that a governance mechanism to assure the fair access right of each entitled participant is required. A smarter energy-ICT network also becomes riskier, and hence the cybersecurity protection is more important than before. Future research and development opportunities remain on these issues of the fair competition, cybersecurity, and promotion policy of energy-ICT. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-44a8f80cb6a54545addc4e9d555342892023-11-23T13:38:54ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-01-0115259410.3390/en15020594The Development and Issues of Energy-ICT: A Review of Literature with Economic and Managerial ViewpointsJin-Li Hu0Yi-Chou Chen1Ya-Po Yang2Institute of Business and Management, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei City 10044, TaiwanInstitute of Business and Management, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei City 10044, TaiwanInstitute of Business and Management, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung City 81148, TaiwanThis paper reviews the economic and managerial literature on the relationship between energy-ICT and the development of the green energy economy. It is summarized that there are four lines of existing literature on energy-ICT: cost and benefit analysis, fair competition issues, cybersecurity issues, and promotion policy issues. Even though ICT is energy-consuming, most of the existing empirical studies support the idea that energy-ICT has net positive effects on energy savings, energy efficiency improvement, emission reduction, and economic growth at both enterprise and economy-wide levels. Energy-ICT equips the platform operator with higher bargaining power, such that a governance mechanism to assure the fair access right of each entitled participant is required. A smarter energy-ICT network also becomes riskier, and hence the cybersecurity protection is more important than before. Future research and development opportunities remain on these issues of the fair competition, cybersecurity, and promotion policy of energy-ICT.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/2/594energy-ICTcost and benefitfair competitioncybersecuritypromotion policy |
| spellingShingle | Jin-Li Hu Yi-Chou Chen Ya-Po Yang The Development and Issues of Energy-ICT: A Review of Literature with Economic and Managerial Viewpoints Energies energy-ICT cost and benefit fair competition cybersecurity promotion policy |
| title | The Development and Issues of Energy-ICT: A Review of Literature with Economic and Managerial Viewpoints |
| title_full | The Development and Issues of Energy-ICT: A Review of Literature with Economic and Managerial Viewpoints |
| title_fullStr | The Development and Issues of Energy-ICT: A Review of Literature with Economic and Managerial Viewpoints |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Development and Issues of Energy-ICT: A Review of Literature with Economic and Managerial Viewpoints |
| title_short | The Development and Issues of Energy-ICT: A Review of Literature with Economic and Managerial Viewpoints |
| title_sort | development and issues of energy ict a review of literature with economic and managerial viewpoints |
| topic | energy-ICT cost and benefit fair competition cybersecurity promotion policy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/2/594 |
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