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This paper describes the current state of the Macedonian electricity sector. It looks at ongoing structural changes …, driven by the gradual adoption of the EU acquis on energy, and comes up with estimates for electricity subsidies. It …
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electricity consumption. This number can be reduced down to 15% once all countries are networked together with unconstrained … and import capabilities of countries participating in a fully renewable European electricity system. …
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The commercial status of the principle solar electric technologies, photovoltaic and solar thermal, is reviewed. Current and near-term market niches are identified, projected longer-term markets are explored along with the key strategies for achieving them: technological breakthroughs,...
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Driving infrastructure development, notably mobilizing financial resources for infrastructure projects, has been challenging in many countries. This study includes two parts: an empirical analysis of macroeconomic risks associated with infrastructure booms, and a case study of four emerging...
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as consisting of the three subsectors of crude oil and natural gas production, refinery, and electricity production. It … electricity sector, and inefficient government subsidies in the latter two subsectors. …
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The purpose of this paper is to draw lessons from past development assistance for renewable electric power technologies and make recommendations regarding how it could more effectively overcome existing market and policy barriers to greater use of renewables. The lessons are extracted from a...
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This paper approaches one of the main problems of rural electrification: the choice of the most appropriate technology for each case. The main objective of this project is to apply Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to divide the research zone into areas in that are more appropriate for...
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can be improved to a great extent. The hydroelectric power has tremendous potential for generation of electricity in the …
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energy prices, we find electricity prices––relative to oil and gas––to be more important in the manufacturing process …, with a one standard deviation reduction in electricity prices leading to a 2.8 percent increase in manufacturing output …. Our estimated elasticities together with plausible reductions in electricity tariffs derived from the energy reform, could …
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This work builds a comprehensive North–West European Electricity Market model for the year 2020 and uses it to quantify … the impacts of ambitious national renewable electricity targets. The geographical coverage of the model comprises Germany …, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Great Britain and Ireland. The model simulates the electricity market operation for …
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