Publicación: Does energy poverty influence decarbonisation through electrification of the heating Sector?
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2024-04-19
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Cleaner end-uses of energy, including electrified heating, represent a cornerstone of a decarbonised energy
transition. On the other hand, many governments have adopted measures to mitigate energy poverty and
facilitate access to modern energy services, including heating. Both objectives may be interrelated, since energy
poor people are less likely to use cleaner (and costlier) heating fuels. This paper analyses the impact of energy
poverty on the decision to use different heating sources and identifies whether the events of COVID and the
Ukraine war have affected this decision. Thus, a multinomial probit model is estimated using information from a
large database of Spanish households in 2019, 2021 and 2022. The results show that being energy poor increases
the probability to use carbon-intensive energy sources for heating compared to electricity, and that COVID and
the war in Ukraine have affected this relationship. The increase in energy poverty over those years has negatively
affected the decarbonisation goal with respect to heating choices. The influence of those events on the probability
to use electric heating depends on some household and dwelling features. Therefore, mitigating energy
poverty increases the welfare of energy poor people while supporting the choice of cleaner heating.
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La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Energy and Buildings 2024, 312, 114110, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: ScienceDirect, https://doi.org/10.3390/arts13030109
The registered version of this article, first published in Energy & Buildings 2024, 312, 114110, is available online on the publisher's website: ScienceDirect, https://doi.org/10.3390/arts13030109
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Heating, Energy poverty, COVID, Multinomial probit
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Mercedes Burguillo, Pablo del Río, Pedro Juez-Martel, Does energy poverty influence decarbonisation through electrification of the heating Sector?, Energy and Buildings, Volume 312, 2024, 114110, ISSN 0378-7788, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114110
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Facultades y escuelas::Facultad de Derecho
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Economía Aplicada y Gestión Pública