Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

8-2011

Abstract

This article provides a synthesized, workable framework for analyzing national energy security policies and performance. Drawn from research interviews, survey results, a focused workshop, and an extensive literature review, this article proposes that energy security ought to be comprised of five dimensions related to availability, affordability, technology development, sustainability, and regulation. We then break these five dimensions down into 20 components related to security of supply and production, dependency, and diversification for availability; price stability, access and equity, decentralization, and low prices for affordability; innovation and research, safety and reliability, resilience, energy efficiency, and investment for technology development; land use, water, climate change, and air pollution for sustainability; and governance, trade, competition, and knowledge for sound regulation. Further still, our synthesis lists 320 simple indicators and 52 complex indicators that policymakers and scholars can use to analyze, measure, track, and compare national performance on energy security. The article concludes by offering implications for energy policy more broadly. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Energy security, Security of supply, Energy poverty

Discipline

Energy and Utilities Law | Energy Policy | Political Science

Research Areas

Political Science

Publication

Energy

Volume

36

Issue

8

First Page

5343

Last Page

5355

ISSN

0360-5442

Identifier

10.1016/j.energy.2011.06.043

Publisher

Elsevier

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2011.06.043

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