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This study applies financial portfolio theory to determine efficient electricity-generating technology portfolios for the United States and Switzerland, adopting an investor point of view. Expected returns are defined by the rate of decrease of power generation cost (with external costs...
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, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. While energy was implicit in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the SDGs … explicitly recognise the direct linkage between energy access and consumption and poverty and development. This evolution of the … seen as a more holistic measure of overall quality of life. Energy has thus become recognised as an important aspect of …
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European policies. Accordingly, the protection of critical infrastructures and in particular, the resilience of the energy …
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Hydrogen is currently enjoying a renewed and widespread momentum in the energy market. In the last years, demand for … promising opportunities not only to fight climate change, but also to redraw geopolitical relations between states. The energy … transition is already taking place, with renewable energies gradually eroding the global energy system based on fossil fuels. A …
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. Among our findings, we show that, in the absence of renewable energy sources and break-through technologies, meeting the …
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The 2012 SAM for the Sudan, with a special focus on agriculture, water and energy, is built using data from domestic … activities based on the modes of irrigation, energy based on its major sources and water based on modes of production and types …
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Energy plays a vital role in the development of any economy and given its unequal distribution trade in energy …, energy-related services were mostly supplied by the government. With liberalization and globalization the sector underwent … significant transformation. Many new services developed and large multinationals emerged which increased global trade in energy …
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This paper provides new evidence on the convergence process of energy, water and food per capita consumption levels for … desired levels according to the prescription of the SDG of per water, energy and food capita consumption is reached by each … investment have a positive accelerating effect on food convergence as well as on energy convergence. …
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comparisons across regions. Thanks to the theoretical structure of the model, which considers energy as an explicit input factor …, we examine macroeconomic and energy indicators across regions. We find that a general slow down in economic growth is … framework showing the costs of delaying the energy transition. Our figures relies on fossil-fuel inputs and exogenous energy …
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Having efficient and accurate samplers for simulating the posterior distribution is crucial for Bayesian analysis. We develop a generic posterior simulator called the "dynamic striated Metropolis-Hastings (DSMH)" sampler. Grounded in the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm, it draws its strengths from...
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