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Energy is a key issue that is present in all the sectors of modern economies. The availability of cheap, abundant and safe energy sources is indeed a requisite for sustained economic development in emerging economies. The ways in which it is consumed and used to produce welfare is the matter of several disciplinary fields. Energy technologies are important because energy is crucial in the overall economic system, not only because of the scarcity of the resources (the world energy mix is based on non renewable energy carriers), but also because of the environmental concerns. Indeed, environmental degradation is due, to a large extent, to the effects of energy production, transformation and use.
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Capros, P. et al. (1999). Introduction. In: Climate Technology Strategies 1. ZEW Economic Studies, vol 3. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58679-8_1
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