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Forty years of energy security trends: a comparative assessment of 22 industrialized countries

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posted on 2023-06-08, 23:30 authored by Marilyn A. Brown, Yu Wang, Benjamin SovacoolBenjamin Sovacool, Anthony Louis D'Agostino
This article correlates energy policy and practice with the multidimensional concept of energy security and empirical performance over forty years. Based on an analysis of 22 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development between 1970 and 2010, it concludes that many industrialized countries have made limited progress toward the goal of achieving secure, reliable and affordable supplies of energy while also transitioning to a low-carbon energy system. However, some national best practices exist, which are identified by examining the relative performance of four countries: the United Kingdom and Belgium (both with noteworthy improvements), and Sweden and France (both with limited improvements). The article concludes by offering implications for energy policy more broadly and by providing empirical evidence that our four dimensions (availability, affordability, energy efficiency, and environmental stewardship) envelop the key strategic components of energy security.

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  • Published

Journal

Energy Research & Social Science

ISSN

2214-6296

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

4

Page range

64-77

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-01-22

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