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New Methodological Approach for Performance Assessment in the Bioenergy Field

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  • Claudiu Cicea

    (Department of Management, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Corina Marinescu

    (Department of Management, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Nicolae Pintilie

    (Department of Management, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania)

Abstract

Bioenergy, along with other renewables, has always played its part in the world’s energy transition. Tracking the progress to meet specific goals has long been tackled and led to performance evaluation in the field. The present study aims to contribute to this area with a performance assessment framework in the bioenergy field. It comprises 16 European countries and 30 indicators assigned to three dimensions: innovation, efficiency, and sustainability and it follows a well-established methodology. For enabling country-to-country comparison, five maps are designed for better illustration. The country performance ranking is one of the main outputs of the analysis, revealing the outperformers and the weakest countries from its bottom half, as well as the particularities of countries scoring on each of the three dimensions. The policy recommendations and study limitations represent the most relevant part of the conclusions.

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  • Claudiu Cicea & Corina Marinescu & Nicolae Pintilie, 2021. "New Methodological Approach for Performance Assessment in the Bioenergy Field," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-19, February.
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