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A generalized economic model was developed to predict the breakeven price of HDR generated electricity. Important …--effective productivity, flow impedance, and lifetime (thermal drawdown rate), (3) cost components--drilling, reservoir formation, and power … year), predictions for HDR-produced electricity result in competitive breakeven prices in the range of 5 to 9 cents/kWh for …
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economic assessment. In this review, only economic projections for base load electricity produced from HDR systems were …: (1) resource quality-average geothermal gradient (C/km) and well depth, (2) reservoir performance-effective productivity … reassess economic projections for HDR-produced electricity. In Section 9, a generalized economic model for HDR …
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total factor productivity (TFP) growth of electricity utilities in Malaysia using a parametric model. Hence, in this study … directions in the electricity industry in Malaysia. The second empirical study focuses on the efficiency and productivity … plant efficiency in the industry. The SFA model is also used to measure productivity growth for the electricity generation …
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Sound energy and environmental policies require reliable forecasts of production and pollution, as well as supply response to policy actions. In this study, we describe a model for forecasting long-term production and pollution in the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico under...
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It has been hypothesized that differentially applied environmental regulations create pollution havens, as firms will choose to invest in countries with lax environmental standards. Using a theoretical model of pest control adoption and an empirical spatial equilibrium model, we examine one such...
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Insbesondere verfolgt diese Studie zwei Hauptziele. Erstens wird das Ausmaß an abwasservermindernden Verfahrensinnovationen bei chemischen Unternehmensstandorten aus dem früheren Bundesgebiet für die 1990er Jahre untersucht. Diese Verfahren können extern erworben oder mit Hilfe...
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Society's concern over the negative impact of business activities on the naturalenvironment has significantly increased and, as a result, environmental regulationshave grown considerably both in number and scope. As these policies affectbusinesses and their competitive environment, firms are...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overarching conceptual decision model that delineates the major issues and decisions associated with carbon regulations that will allow executives to better understand the potential regulatory schemes and implications that may be imposed in...
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up to international financial flows improves aggregate productivity in the presence of limited contract enforceability. I … that aggregate productivity improves after financial integration in economies with strong contract enforcement, while it … on productivity is different in economies with different degrees of contract enforcement.The second chapter addresses …
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) are two electricity intensive technology trends in the Paper and Steel industries, respectively. This paper presents the … estimates of the impact of TMP and EAF on electricity intensities, improves the estimates of the other price coefficients, and … yields a more believable long run electricity forecast. 6 refs., 1 fig. …
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