Open AccessThe Implications of Soaring Gas and Coal Prices on Europe’s Energy Poverty Trap
Author(s) -
Fateh Bélaïd
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.30573/ks--2021-ii08
Subject(s) - trap (plumbing) , natural gas , poverty trap , economics , coal , natural resource economics , poverty , energy (signal processing) , energy poverty , economy , environmental science , waste management , engineering , economic growth , environmental engineering , medicine , statistics , mathematics , alternative medicine , panacea (medicine) , pathology
With the recovery of the world economy following the easing of restrictions designed to contain COVID-19, energy demand has surged even as natural gas stocks were dangerously low. This triggered one of the first significant energy shocks of the green era and exposed the fragilities of the ongoing process to green the energy system.