Supply Chain Carbon Management

Sustainable supply chain and carbon management have seen a growing interest in the last decade due to the increasing concerns about global warming and climate change. Policymakers, researchers, and executives have taken various roles in efforts to better measure and control greenhouse gas emissions. This book chapter aims to discuss the current state of the art, and key motivations for businesses to decrease emissions, and different policies and regulations that have been designed to incentivize carbon reduction and enhance the environmental awareness of all stakeholders. The chapter also examines the methodologies for measuring and managing carbon emissions of an organization and its supply chain. Further, it discusses carbon management issues related to reverse logistics, life cycle assessment and double counting of emissions

Stratégies opérationnelles et politiques optimales pour la diffusion des systèmes énergétiques de l'environnement

L’objectif principal de cette thèse est d’étudier d’abord les problèmes potentiels qui peuvent entraver ou accélérer la diffusion des systèmes énergétiques environnementaux (par exemple, énergies renouvelables), puis l’impact de la pénétration de ces technologies dans le marché de l’énergie sur les équilibres du marché. À cette fin, nous observons le processus de diffusion à partir de différents points de vue tels que les décideurs, les fabricants, les clients et l’opérateur d’un système de transmission. Le premier chapitre de cette thèse fournit introduction et le contexte de la recherche. Le deuxième chapitre examine le rôle des décideurs et des fabricants technologiques sur la diffusion de ces technologies, alors que le troisième chapitre est consacré à l’étude de l’impact des différentes dimensions d’information sur la décision d’adopter une technologie environnementale tout au long du processus de telle adoption. Le chapitre quatre examine l’effet de l’entrée de ces technologies (énergies renouvelables) dans le marché d’électricité sur le prix au comptant d’électricité et sur le déséquilibre offre-demande. Enfin, le chapitre cinq conclut les résultats de cette étude et fournit des orientations pour des recherches futures. Les résultats présentés dans cette thèse offrent un aperçu de gestion précieux pour les décideurs, les fabricants de technologie et aux entreprises opérant dans le secteur de l'énergie.The main goal of this dissertation is to study the potential factors that may hamper or accelerate the diffusion of environmental energy systems (e.g: renewable energies). To this end, using different methods such as game theory, survey data analysis, and time series data analysis we observe the diffusion of these technologies from different perspectives such as policy makers, manufacturers, and customers. This dissertation consists of five chapters. The first chapter provides introduction and background of the research. Second chapter investigates the role of policy makers and technology manufacturers on the diffusion of the environmental energy systems. Chapter three is dedicated to studying the impact of different information dimensions on the different stages of environmental technology adoption process. Chapter four examines effect of the penetration of the environmental energy systems into the electricity market by studying the electricity spot price and electricity supply- demand imbalance. Lastly, chapter five concludes the results of this study and provides directions for future researches. The results reported in this dissertation offer valuable managerial insights to policy makers, technology manufacturers and to firms operating in the energy sector

Right Information at the Right Time: Time Value of Information Characteristics for Environmental Technology Adoption

We examine empirically how different information types and information channels affect both the intention and the decision to adopt photovoltaic (PV) technology as affected by adoption stage. Analyzing data on a large European utility’s current and potential clients reveals how the effects of various drivers of adoption can change across phases of the adoption process. Our results challenge the common wisdom that information necessarily and homogeneously supports innovation adoption; instead, they strongly support the hypothesis that information types and channels have distinct effects on adoption rates. These results also highlight that, throughout the adoption process, the value of information changes. In addition, we clarify the effects of economic incentives on both the intention to adopt PV technology and actual adoption behavior. Our findings have critical implications for policy makers and for any technology manufacturing company that must optimize its marketing strategy and distribution channels to promote renewable energy systems

Optimal Feed-In Tariff Policies: The Role of Technology Manufacturers

This paper models a multi-player environment comprising a grid operator responsible for meeting electricity demands, a photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer, customers who might install PV (solar) systems, and a regulator charged with setting an optimal feed-in tariff (FIT). The grid operator must meet exogenous electricity demand and also buy back all electricity (produced by PV systems) at the FIT set by a regulator, which seeks to minimize grid operator costs. Customers decide whether or not to invest in a PV system. Adoption rates affect the manufacturer and operator by (respectively) establishing the demand for PV and determining how much electricity is fed into the grid. The PV manufacturer's decision variable is the sales price per PV unit. The decisions of all players in the model are intertwined in a way that clearly affects their respective welfare. We demonstrate in particular how technology and market characteristics -- including PV manufacturing cost and market competition -- change the optimal decisions of players and thereby influence the effectiveness of FITs, the number of PV adopters, and the cost to provide the social benefit of on-demand electricity. Our findings confirm the importance of considering technology manufacturers when devising schemes to incentivize adoption of PV systems