The electric power grid forms the foundation for several other critical infrastructures of national importance such as public health, transportation and telecommunication systems, to thrive. The current power grid runs on the century-old technology and faces serious challenges of the 21st...

This paper aims to determine the significance of a corporate accelerator program in Bangladesh and its success in developing an entrepreneurship process. The corporate accelerators provide initial supports to the start-up through ensuring some facilities such as initial funding, space, office...

Performance of electric utilities is essential for the reform of the electricity sector in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. The World Bank is leading a number of initiatives to improve electric utility performance in SSA. The Africa Energy unit of the World Bank recently introduced the...

The paper looks at the current status of Bangladesh-EU relationship, identifies the salient features of the new Cooperation Agreement and looks at some of the important emerging challenges in the context of the evolving Bangladesh-EU relationship. The paper also focuses on the trends and...

<CENTER><H4>An Analysis of the Financial Incentives Impact on the Utility Demand-Side Management Programs</h3></center><p align="justify"> Many utilities implement the financial incentive plans in promoting their Demand-Side Management (DSM) programs. The plans are intended to reduce the customer investment cost for a high efficiency...</p></h4>

The thesis aims to introduce an efficient resource development strategy in electric utility long term planning under uncertainty considerations. In recent years, electric utilities have recognized the concepts of robustness, flexibility, and risk exposure, to be considered in their resource...