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Energy Security: Insights from a Ten Country Comparison

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  • Malavika Jain Bambawale
  • Benjamin K. Sovacool

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The article explores the extent to which energy security concerns differ between countries from the perspectives of energy users. It relies on a survey distributed to more than 2,100 energy consumers across Brazil, China, Germany, India, Kazakhstan, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and United States, facilitated through its translation into seven languages (English, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, German, and Japanese). The article first discusses the survey methodology and then presents a discussion of the results according to four key components of energy security, namely availability, affordability, energy efficiency and stewardship. In addition to analyzing the survey results by different demographic and country levels, the authors compare the results to country-level data indicators. They find that energy security is a multi-dimensional concept with different priorities for different countries that can often be explained by the country's inherent circumstances.

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  • Malavika Jain Bambawale & Benjamin K. Sovacool, 2012. "Energy Security: Insights from a Ten Country Comparison," Energy & Environment, , vol. 23(4), pages 559-586, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:23:y:2012:i:4:p:559-586
    DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.23.4.559
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