The Role of Renewable Energy Sources in Alleviating Energy Poverty in Households in Poland

Biernat-Jarka, Agnieszka; Trębska, Paulina; Jarka, Sławomir

doi:10.3390/en14102957

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“…On the one hand, although the subject of poverty is comprehensively covered by the economic aspect of sustainable development [43][44][45][46][47][48][49], it is also considered to be a precursor of problems in health and education, since it causes a deterioration in people's living conditions [31,[50][51][52][53]. Furthermore, the topic has been investigated in terms of its various links with, for example, inequalities and differences in income [54][55][56][57], gender [58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65] and race [8,[66][67][68][69], the nexus of renewable energy, smarter technology, energy efficiency and its alleviation [70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78], energy prices, energy security and energy dependence [79][80][81][82][83] and the relationship between CO 2 emissions, climate change and energy poverty [84][85]…”

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Bibliometric Literature Analysis of a Multi-Dimensional Sustainable Development Issue: Energy Poverty

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Energy plays a critical role in building a sustainable future—economically, socially, and environmentally. Energy poverty holds a similarly prominent position and covers certain economic, social and environmental issues that are underlined by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Due to its multidimensional role in plans for achieving sustainable development, there is a growing body of literature focusing on various aspects of energy poverty. This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of this literature by utilizing more extensive data from the Web of Science, covering all information on energy poverty studies. The analysis reveals how energy poverty has attracted attention over time, who the leading authors are, which studies constitute outstanding contributions to the literature, which different sides of the research topic stand out, and also highlights the potential research gaps. The results reveal all the network flows among researchers, publications, journals, keywords, organizations, co-cited publications, and bibliographic coupling for energy poverty studies. The findings confirm the increasing popularity of energy poverty as a topic and demonstrate the increasing awareness of the issue in academia over time.

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“…The relationships between renewable energy and the issues of energy poverty are widely discussed in the literature. Different studies justify that renewable technologies can reduce energy costs in combination with traditional energy sources [85,86] or by replacing fuel-based technologies with renewable-based ones [4,5,87,88]. Additionally, renewable energy has a huge potential for the electrification of off-grid zones and in improving energy access and reducing energy poverty in developing countries [89][90][91].…”

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“…There are many studies, which show the relationships between energy poverty and the state of the environment. According to Biernat-Jarka et al [4], investments in renewable energy technologies have a positive impact on reducing energy poverty in Poland. The results of the research by Masron and Subramaniam [5] show that the development of renewable energy sources has a positive impact on the level of energy poverty among households and state of the environment in developing countries.…”

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A Systematic Literature Review of Indices for Energy Poverty Assessment: A Household Perspective

Siksnelyte-Butkiene

2021

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Both developed and developing countries face energy poverty issues today. The growing interest over the last few years at the scientific level demonstrates the importance of the problem. It was a practice for many years to measure energy poverty by calculating the economic single indicators. In recent years, this practice was increasingly criticized and new, more comprehensive indices were developed. Review and analysis of indices developed can help scholars to dig deep into the specific aspects of the problem. The paper aims to review the indices for energy poverty assessment from households’ perspectives and to provide the main insights into the indicators selection process by providing the set of indicators for sustainable energy poverty assessment. The literature search and analysis follows the SALSA (Search, Appraisal, Synthesis and Analysis) and the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) methodologies. The literature search was carried out in the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database. The search covered the period 1994–2020. Thirty-four developed indexes for energy poverty were identified for assessment. In order to measure the most important dimensions and to reflect the modern concept of the energy poverty, the paper proposes a set of indicators for sustainable energy poverty assessment.

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“…Energy poverty also includes issues related to the socioeconomic status of the inhabitants [27]. It can also be understood as a lack of sufficient choices for appropriate, low-cost, reliable, high-quality, safe, and environmentally friendly energy services [28][29][30]. Energy poverty means that households cannot afford to buy enough energy to meet their domestic needs [31].…”

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“…The causes of energy poverty, as well as the consequences, are many. The most common identified in the literature include technical causes, economic causes, and causes related to attitudes towards the efficient and proper use of energy [30]. However, fuel poverty is a situation of material deprivation that goes beyond income poverty [34].…”

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Energy Poverty and Sustainable Economic Development: An Exploration of Correlations and Interdependencies in European Countries

2021

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The problem of energy poverty exists in practically every European country. Its size and scope are determined by a variety of factors, ranging from economic development to the direction of energy and climate policy implementation to cultural factors. Our aim in this paper was to carry out a comparative analysis of indicators related to energy poverty and sustainable development to identify correlations and links between the two issues and determine how they are related. The fact that the analysis was performed for most European countries is new and represents a broad spectrum of research; we were not limited to studies of countries bound by formal political-economic arrangements or by consideration of the degree of economic development. This approach enabled explication of how diverse the situation is in Europe. The research methods used included a critical analysis of the literature and the use of descriptive and mathematical-statistical tools. The main conclusions and findings of the analysis were that in some countries in economically developed Europe, energy poverty is a major problem, and that, in this respect, there are large differences between “old European Union” and “new European Union” countries, and in the countries that do not belong to political-economic structures in Europe. It is clear, from the research, which countries are rapidly and effectively reducing their energy poverty problems and which factors are the determinants of this. These results are linked to the new direction of energy policy and the shift towards more environmentally friendly energy use. In conclusion, it has been possible to identify the causes of energy poverty and how the energy poverty situation in Europe is changing.

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The Role of Renewable Energy Sources in Alleviating Energy Poverty in Households in Poland

Cited by 38 publications

References 59 publications

Bibliometric Literature Analysis of a Multi-Dimensional Sustainable Development Issue: Energy Poverty

Bibliometric Literature Analysis of a Multi-Dimensional Sustainable Development Issue: Energy Poverty

A Systematic Literature Review of Indices for Energy Poverty Assessment: A Household Perspective

Energy Poverty and Sustainable Economic Development: An Exploration of Correlations and Interdependencies in European Countries

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