Regional Energy Efficiency Programs in Russia: The Factors of Success
In this paper, we study the reasons for extremely high difference in energy intensity of the Russian regions under different methodological approaches. We compare the most popular measures of state’s energy efficiency policy in Russia with best world practices and investigate the factors of their ef...
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| author | Svetlana Valerievna Ratner Pavel Dmitrievich Ratner |
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| description | In this paper, we study the reasons for extremely high difference in energy intensity of the Russian regions under different methodological approaches. We compare the most popular measures of state’s energy efficiency policy in Russia with best world practices and investigate the factors of their effectiveness. We test the hypothesis that the level of development of regional innovation system determines how the regional economy reacts to the removal of market barriers to energy efficiency. Our findings reveal that in the face of rising electricity prices regions with well-developed regional innovation systems induce technical and other kinds of innovation in the field of energy efficiency, while other regions are not able to reduce their energy intensity. The main practical implementation of the study is that market measures for improvement of energy efficiency do not work in the regions with underdeveloped innovation systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d54ba7efc61413b9e52b4ffb914dd3f2023-01-02T12:11:26ZengERSAREGION2409-53702016-05-0131718710.18335/region.v3i1.7138Regional Energy Efficiency Programs in Russia: The Factors of SuccessSvetlana Valerievna Ratner0Pavel Dmitrievich Ratner1V.A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences, Russian Academy of SciencesPlekhanov Russian University of EconomicsIn this paper, we study the reasons for extremely high difference in energy intensity of the Russian regions under different methodological approaches. We compare the most popular measures of state’s energy efficiency policy in Russia with best world practices and investigate the factors of their effectiveness. We test the hypothesis that the level of development of regional innovation system determines how the regional economy reacts to the removal of market barriers to energy efficiency. Our findings reveal that in the face of rising electricity prices regions with well-developed regional innovation systems induce technical and other kinds of innovation in the field of energy efficiency, while other regions are not able to reduce their energy intensity. The main practical implementation of the study is that market measures for improvement of energy efficiency do not work in the regions with underdeveloped innovation systems.https://openjournals.wu-wien.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/71EnvironmentExternalities |
| spellingShingle | Svetlana Valerievna Ratner Pavel Dmitrievich Ratner Regional Energy Efficiency Programs in Russia: The Factors of Success REGION Environment Externalities |
| title | Regional Energy Efficiency Programs in Russia: The Factors of Success |
| title_full | Regional Energy Efficiency Programs in Russia: The Factors of Success |
| title_fullStr | Regional Energy Efficiency Programs in Russia: The Factors of Success |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regional Energy Efficiency Programs in Russia: The Factors of Success |
| title_short | Regional Energy Efficiency Programs in Russia: The Factors of Success |
| title_sort | regional energy efficiency programs in russia the factors of success |
| topic | Environment Externalities |
| url | https://openjournals.wu-wien.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/71 |
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