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The Electric Energy-Water Nexus : Managing the Seasonal Linkages of Fresh Water Use in Energy Sector for Sustainable Future
Sri, Perini Praveena - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
The fast growing demand for fresh water-coupled with the need to protect the environment has made many areas of India and the rest of the World vulnerable to water shortages for various uses of the economy. As they interact with Electricity Industry, water availability is critical to power...
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Climate Change and Energy Security - Obama’s Historic Challenge
Takagi, Yuji - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
It was a long 35 years ago that Richard Nixon proclaimed, Our national goal should be to meet our own energy needs without depending on any foreign sources. Even now that goal of energy security remains elusive although it has occupied an attention almost continuously. Under the sharp increase...
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Energy Geo-politics of Russia and the Global Energy Security
Koyama, Ken - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
The world energy market is undergoing a period of great turbulence, and major challenges to global energy security are emerging. Under the current global economic crisis, the world energy demand is likely to stagnate for a couple of years ahead. But in the long run, world energy demand is...
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Japan’s Long-term Energy Demand and Supply Scenario to 2050 – Estimation for the Potential of Massive CO2 Mitigation
Komiyama, Ryoichi; Marnay, Chris; Stadler, Michael; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
In this analysis, we projected Japans energy demand/supply and energy-related CO2 emissions to 2050. Our analysis of various scenarios indicated that Japans CO2 emissions in 2050 could be potentially reduced by 26-58% from the current level (FY 2005) (Figure 1). These results suggest that Japan...
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Usefulness of the Forward Curve in Forecasting Oil Prices
Yanagisawa, Akira - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
When people analyse oil prices, the forward curve is often referred to as it reflects the average view among market participants. In this paper, to what extent the forward curve provides useful information in forecasting oil prices was analysed quantitatively. Although the usefulness of the...
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U.S., European and South Korean Efforts to Raise Nuclear Power Plant Utility factors - What Japan Should Learn from These Efforts
Nagatomi, Yu; Matsuo, Yuji; Murakami, Tomoko - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
Japan has recently been urged to implement measures to increase utility factors for nuclear power plants in order to address energy security and greenhouse gas emission cuts. The average utility factor for Japan's nuclear power plants in 2009 rose from 58.0% in 2008 to 64.7%, still below levels...
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Natural Gas Situation and LNG Supply/Demand Trends in Asia-Pacific and Atlantic Markets
Kobayashi, Yoshikazu - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
Since the autumn of 2008, the global LNG supply/demand balance has eased substantially. Demand-side factors including the impact of the financial crisis on global natural gas consumption, and supply-side factors such as launchings of new projects and progress in unconventional natural gas...
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Supply and Demand Trends and Plans for Natural Gas in South Korea
Tae-Hoon, An - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
South Korea, which imported around 26 million tons of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) in 2007, is the worlds second largest LNG importing country after Japan. It has recently experienced a tight supply and demand of natural gas due to both domestic and overseas issues, such as the domestic...
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The Economics of Nuclear Energy
Irie, Kazutomo - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
economics of nuclear power generation, in its narrowest sense, it refers to the power generation costs of nuclear power plants … and other arguments from other aspects can be summarized in terms of power generation costs. Therefore, this paper will … focus on power generation costs at nuclear power plants. In this paper, I will introduce an outline of the economic …
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The Recent Overview and Prospects of Nuclear Power Policy and Industrial Strategies in the UK, Italy and Sweden
Murakami, Tomoko; Matsuo, Yuji; Nagatomi, Yu - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
European countries that had moved away from nuclear energy or frozen the construction of new nuclear power plants have begun to return to the construction due to their pursuit of low-carbon electricity sources, energy security and requirements for replacements for existing nuclear plants....
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