Insights about electricity demand dynamics is fundamental for investment capacity, optimal energy policies, and a balanced electricity system. This paper presents an empirical analysis of the monthly Italian electricity demand since January 2001 to June 2012. In the first section we conduct the...

The three-tier inclining block tariff (‘‘IBT’’) issued by the Chinese government in 2010 is focusing attention of energy economists, among whom Lin and Jiang (2012. Designation and influence of household increasing block electricity tariffs in China. Energy Policy 42, 164–173) who...

The compressed air flow in the pneumatic networks is studied from thermodynamic point of view. Generally speaking, the flow issue is presented as next: knowing the characteristics p1 (pressure), v1 (specific volume), T1 (temperature) and the fluid speed w1, in the initial section (point 1), of a...

Since the early 1970s there has been a worldwide upsurge in the price of energy and in particular of gasoline. Therefore, demand functions for energy and its components like gasoline have received much attention. However, since confidence in the estimated demand functions is important for use in...

This study is focused on the construction of long – term scenarios for the transition to renewable energy. Utilizing European and national targets, the key objective of this work is to investigate how these targets are reflected in both economic and environmental terms. The constructed model...

The fresh calculation of the centrifugal-type compressor characteristics at the aspirations parameters and rotations modification has a significant importance in practice, because the tests of compressors generate high energetic consumptions. The solution of the problem is based on replacement...