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Why market rules matter: Optimizing pumped hydroelectric storage when compensation rules differ
Paine, Nathan; Homans, Frances R.; Pollak, Melisa; … - In: Energy Economics 46 (2014) C, pp. 10-19
Policies, markets, and technologies interact to create the modern electrical system. Integrating large amounts of electricity generated by variable renewable resources, such as from wind and sunlight, into electricity systems may require energy storage technologies to synchronize electricity...
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The microstructure of the North American oil market
Kaminski, Vincent - In: Energy Economics 46 (2014) S1, pp. 1-1
Recent developments in production of oil and natural gas from the tight sand and shale rock formations (primarily hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling) have a profound impact on the North American energy markets. The paper reviews recent crude oil production trends and their impact on...
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Considering macroeconomic indicators in the food before fuel nexus
Qiu, Cheng; Colson, Gregory; Escalante, Cesar; … - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) 6, pp. 2021-2028
A structural vector autoregression (SVAR) model along with a direct acyclic graph is employed to decompose how supply/demand structural shocks affect food and fuel markets. The results support the hypothesis that fundamental market forces of demand and supply are the main drivers of food price...
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Investments into forest biorefineries under different price and policy structures
Kangas, Hanna-Liisa; Lintunen, Jussi; Pohjola, Johanna; … - In: Energy Economics 33 (2011) 6, pp. 1165-1176
Increasing scarcity of oil reserves and the high CO2 emissions from using oil have contributed to the development of renewable biofuels. Pulp and paper mill integrated forest biorefineries offer one important means to increase biofuel production. This study analyzes the effects of policies to...
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Distributed solar renewable generation: Option contracts with renewable energy credit uncertainty
Zeng, Yaxiong; Klabjan, Diego; Arinez, Jorge - In: Energy Economics 48 (2015) C, pp. 295-305
Solar energy is rapidly emerging thanks to the decreasing installation cost of solar panels and the renewable portfolio standard imposed by state governments, which gave birth to the Renewable Energy Credit (REC) and the Alternative Compliance Payment (ACP). To make profits from the REC market...
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Exploring the future role of Asia utilizing a Scenario Matrix Architecture and Shared Socio-economic Pathways
Eom, Jiyong; Calvin, Kate; Clarke, Leon; Edmonds, Jae; … - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) S3, pp. 325-325
We explore the implications that alternative pathways for human population and economic development have for the role of Asia in reference no-climate-policy scenarios and scenarios in which climate forcing is limited. We consider three different pathways of socioeconomic development, which we...
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The benefit from reduced energy import bills and the importance of energy prices in GHG reduction scenarios
Dowling, Paul; Russ, Peter - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) S3, pp. 429-429
The POLES energy model has been used to assess Asia's role in combating climate change and the benefits it stands to gain. This paper focuses on the role of major Asian economies in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the benefits to their economies from reduced energy...
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Dynamic demand for residential electricity in Taiwan under seasonality and increasing-block pricing
Hung, Ming-Feng; Huang, Tai-Hsin - In: Energy Economics 48 (2015) C, pp. 168-177
This paper studies the dynamic demand for residential electricity in Taiwan employing a monthly panel data set, composed of 19 counties and spanning the period from 2007:01 to 2013:12. The partial adjustment model used addresses the endogeneity of the electricity price that results from the...
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Estimates of inter-fuel substitution possibilities in Chinese chemical industry
Lin, Boqiang; Wesseh, Presley K. - In: Energy Economics 40 (2013) C, pp. 560-568
The chemical sector is a key driver of China's remarkable growth record and accounts for about 10% of the country's GDP …, natural gas and electricity in Chinese chemical sector by employing a translog production and cost function. Ridge regression …. In addition, the study produces evidence that the significant role of coal in the Chinese chemical fuel mix converges …
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Fuzzy interval programming for energy and environmental systems management under constraint-violation and energy-substitution effects: A case study for the City of Beijing
Dong, Cong; Huang, Guohe; Cai, Yanpeng; Li, Wei; Cheng, … - In: Energy Economics 46 (2014) C, pp. 375-394
In this research, a fuzzy interval-parameter approach considering constraint-violation and energy-substitution effects (FIP-CVESE) was developed for planning municipal energy systems, which was an integration of interval linear programming (ILP) and fuzzy linear programming (FLP), as well as...
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