Distributional justice and hydropower development: A case study of Chile's equity tariff scheme
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Implementing hydropower projects requires understanding community acceptance, especially regarding equity tariff schemes. This study assesses an equity tariff scheme as a compensation mechanism for accepting new hydropower projects by considering reducing local electricity tariffs while increasing in non-electricity-generating communities. We consider two scenarios involving a small-medium hydropower project (up to 100 MW) in Southern Chile: one in a zone with existing hydropower plants and another without previous hydropower experience but with high potential.
Promoting Sustainable Heating Under Energy Poverty: A Life Cycle Approach
Residential heating is a crucial sector in achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Globally, approximately 40% of households require space heating, making it a major component of home energy expenditure
Extending Data Collection of an RCT in Delhi Schools to Examine Cumulative and Persistent Effects of: ‘Technological and Behavioural Strategies to Mitigate the Effects of Air Pollution On Children’
Low-income countries facing high air pollution see their prospects of sustainable growth hampered by the adverse effects of air pollution on human capital accumulation of their workforce. Mitigating
When the Roof Reflects: Heat, Learning, and Adaptation in Early Childhood Settings
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Cool roof technologies, especially cool roof paint, offer a low-cost, easily scalable, and low-emission alternative to energy-intensive air-conditioning for reducing heat exposure in buildings – an increasingly urgent need in developing countries facing rising temperatures due to climate change. We evaluate the effectiveness of a cool roof intervention – white reflective paint applied to the roofs of government pre-schools (Anganwadis) in Thiruvananthapuram district of the Indian state of Kerala—using a randomized controlled trial.
Southeast Asia faces high stranded asset risk from coal power investments
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Southeast Asia has approximately 106 GW of active coal-fired generating capacity, behind only China, India, and the United States. The region has another 30 GW in the pipeline. If the Paris Agreement is fulfilled, there is a risk that these assets will become stranded. However, the extent of this risk remains largely unquantified. This study is the first to assess how uncertainties in renewable power development and carbon pricing affect the risk of coal-fired power plants becoming stranded assets across Southeast Asia, using a Monte Carlo-based analysis.