In this paper the feasibility of off-grid solar PV systems in Sub Sahara Africa (SSA) is analysed focusing on five major issues in the context of falling system costs: cost-effectiveness, affordability, financing, environmental impact, and poverty alleviation. Solar PV systems are found to be an...

In this study, an attempt is made to develop estimates of the value of economic rent from production of hydro-electricity. These estimates are made for the year 1979, which is the latest period for which a comprehensive set of data was available at the time this work was undertaken. The...

The use of market-based incentives (MBIs) as mechanism for influencing pollution abatement has increased greatly in recent years. This trend reflects the realization that the integration of economic and environmental decision-making will induce the private sector to take steps to reduce their...

In this paper, the tax and regulatory system applicable to petroleum production in Canada is modeled so that an estimate can be made of its impact on private investor’s evaluation of petroleum resources located in that country. This analysis is made from both the point of view of an investor...

The development of the international petroleum industry has been influenced by the taxation policies of the United States, the home country of most of the major integrated international petroleum producers. These corporations are multinational in the most general definition of the word,...

Access to modern energy is a central feature of economic and social development. Almost all developing countries need to expand and improve the efficiency of their energy infrastructure. It is difficult to imagine the conditions that would allow the eradication of poverty without adequate and...

Over the past few decades, the environmental policy debate has evolved to recognize the utility of influencing pollution abatement by using market forces that integrate economic and environmental decision-making. Market-based incentive (MBI) instruments may be broadly classified to include...

The objective of this paper is to examine some aspects of the planning and pricing practices of the publicly owned electric utilities and to indicate how the economic welfare of the country could be improved through changes in these practices. We shall deal with two related sets of questions....

The unreliability of electricity supplies is a major cause of the high cost of manufacturing in developing countries. In this paper, we are able to measure the cost imposed by power outages and suggest some feasible mitigating measures. The study employs a rich, if not unique, set of data from...

Because hydro dams are complex to design and usually involve long-term planning, they are particularly susceptible to cost and time overruns. The controversy surrounding their development remains an unresolved issue in the energy policy debate. This study re-examines the cost issues associated...