Search Results - subject:"Electricity Demand"

Design of optimal power cogeneration for North-east Sri Lanka based on stand-alone renewable energy systems

Davidrajuh, Reggie - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 1 (2009) 2, pp. 155-166

This article presents an optimal model to satisfy electricity needs of North-east Sri Lanka (NE-SL). With the absence of indigenous fossil fuel and large-scale hydrologic resources, NE-SL depends on the import of fossil fuel for electricity generation, causing economic and environmental...

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Demand side management: Benefits and challenges

Strbac, Goran - In: Energy Policy 36 (2008) 12, pp. 4419-4426

In this paper, the major benefits and challenges of electricity demand side management (DSM) are discussed in the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005219063

Conservation: From Voluntary Restraint to a Voluntary Price Premium

Kotchen, Matthew; Moore, Michael - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 40 (2008) 2, pp. 195-215

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The Non-Linear Link between Electricity Consumption and Temperature in Europe : A Threshold Panel Approach.

Fouquau, Julien; Bessec, Marie - Université Paris-Dauphine - 2008

This paper investigates the relationship between electricity demand and temperature in the European Union. We address …

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Prospects for nuclear energy in West Asia and North Africa

Rogner, Hans-Holger; Abdel-Hamid, Sayed B. - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 30 (2008) 1/2/3/4, pp. 162-176

Population and economic growth in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) continue to drive upward the demand for energy services and freshwater. Currently, oil and gas are the principal fuels for electricity generation and desalination, but this is expected to change in the future. Demand...

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Electricity demand loads modeling using AutoRegressive Moving Average (ARMA) models

Pappas, S. Sp.; Ekonomou, L.; Karamousantas, D. Ch.; … - In: Energy 33 (2008) 9, pp. 1353-1360

This study addresses the problem of modeling the electricity demand loads in Greece. The provided actual load data is …

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Electricity demand for Sri Lanka: A time series analysis

Amarawickrama, Himanshu A.; Hunt, Lester C. - In: Energy 33 (2008) 5, pp. 724-739

This study estimates electricity demand functions for Sri Lanka using six econometric techniques. It shows that the …

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Time-of-use pricing and electricity demand response: evidence from a sample of Italian industrial customers

Abrate, Graziano - In: International Journal of Applied Management Science 1 (2008) 1, pp. 21-40

The introduction of real time pricing in many wholesale market as well as the liberalisation process involving the retail market poses the attention over the measurement of demand response to time differentiated price signals. This paper shows an example of how to estimate elasticities of...

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Time-of-use pricing and electricity demand response: evidence from a sample of Italian industrial customers

Abrate, Graziano - In: International Journal of Applied Management Science 1 (2008) 1, pp. 21-40

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005236950

Peakload electricity demand in Kuwait

Al-Enezi, Mohammed; Burney, Nadeem A.; Hamada, Salwa; … - In: Economia Internazionale / International Economics 60 (2007) 3, pp. 273-291

, non-payment of electricity bills, air-conditioning load, etc. The estimated model was used to project future electricity … demand under alternative scenarios and determine future capacity requirements. …

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