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Overview of the Chinese Electricity Industry and Its Current Issues
Yang, H. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2006
In China, many ongoing problems in the electricity sector can be traced back to the old ‘centrally planned’ economy. Since the start of liberalization in the 1980s, the clash between a liberalized economy (excluding a few so-called strategic industries) and a centrally controlled electricity...
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The challenge of diversity management: police reform and the Arab minority in Israel
Ben-Porat, Guy; Yuval, Fany; Mizrahi, Shlomo - In: Policy Sciences 45 (2012) 3, pp. 243-263
attitudes of minority groups as the basis for any reform plan. A survey was conducted among Arab citizens to identify general …
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2013 EPRG Public Opinion Survey: Smart Energy Survey — Attitudes and Behaviours
Oseni, Musiliu 0.; Poilitt, Michael G.; Retner, David M.; … - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2013
We present results of the 2013 Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) public opinion survey on smart metering and consumption behaviour. Our survey examines the energy consumption awareness and attitudes of the British public, the effect of peers on consumption behaviour, the potential for consumer...
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Distributional impacts of climate change mitigation in Indian electricity: The influence of governance
Rao, Narasimha D. - In: Energy Policy 61 (2013) C, pp. 1344-1356
Studies that examine the distributional impacts of climate change mitigation policies often neglect the influence of institutions that implement these policies. This study examines the short-term consumption-side distributional impacts of expanding low-carbon electric supply in the state of...
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From state to market and back again: Egypt's experiment with independent power projects
Eberhard, Anton; Gratwick, Katharine - In: Energy 32 (2007) 5, pp. 724-738
This paper focuses on Egypt's three independent power projects (IPPs), evaluating the context in which they were developed as well as how the context has changed. Initially the Egyptian government planned a series of 15 gas-fired, steam cycle, independent power projects. The first three,...
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Electricity securitization in China
Liu, Wei; Wang, J.H.; Xie, Jun; Song, Chang - In: Energy 32 (2007) 10, pp. 1886-1895
speeds up the reform by stranded cost securitization, a novel idea for electricity industry in China. …
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An analysis of Australia's large scale renewable energy target: Restoring market confidence
Nelson, Tim; Nelson, James; Ariyaratnam, Jude; Camroux, … - In: Energy Policy 62 (2013) C, pp. 386-400
in relation to large-scale renewable energy policy: constant review is not reform. …
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Realizing truly sustainable development: A proposal to expand Aboriginal ‘price adders’ beyond Ontario electricity generation projects
Krupa, Joel - In: Utilities Policy 26 (2013) C, pp. 85-87
Recognizing the sustainable development potential of incentivizing domestic renewable energy generation, the Province of Ontario (Canada) presciently implemented the Green Energy Act in 2009. The feed-in tariff provisions of this Act provided guaranteed, premium price contracts for new renewable...
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Electricity demand savings from distributed solar photovoltaics
Glassmire, John; Komor, Paul; Lilienthal, Peter - In: Energy Policy 51 (2012) C, pp. 323-331
Due largely to recent dramatic cost reductions, photovoltaics (PVs) are poised to make a significant contribution to electricity supply. In particular, distributed applications of PV on rooftops, brownfields, and other similar applications – hold great technical potential. In order for this...
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Lurching towards markets for power: China’s electricity policy 1985–2007
Zhao, Xiaoli; Lyon, Thomas P.; Song, Cui - In: Applied Energy 94 (2012) C, pp. 148-155
. Meanwhile, the electricity price reform in 1996 promoted power generation corporations more responsive to electricity demand and … price signals to some extend. However, it cannot be proved that the electricity price reform in 2003 (and the dismantle … reform at the end of 2002) affect electricity generation corporations in the same way. …
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