This study set out to determine the social and economic viability of a proposal that smaller turbines are 'better' for wind energy in the county of Herefordshire. The study is in two parts, an opinion poll and a technical desk study. The opinion poll was to discover variations in attitude to...

How can a decision-maker assess the potential of environmental policies when a group of experts provides divergent estimates on their effectiveness? To address this question, we propose and analyze a variant of the well-studied $\alpha$-maxmin model in decision theory. In our framework, and...

Increased renewable deployment is necessary to reduce environmental impacts, and improve the sustainability of the U.S. electricity sector. This dissertation explores implications of increased photovoltaic (PV) utilization using an integrated energy economic framework with four methods: life...

Regulation and protection have been the major issues to prevent the consumers from enjoying good quality of service (QoS) at reasonable prices, for example, electricity and long distance call service. Deregulation in such industries started in early 1970sand have achieved significant results in,...

After deregulations in power industries, the original boundary lines have been removed and how to support optimal cross-border electricity trade planning has become an important issue. Decentralization, or all market participants have the rights to participate in decision making, is one of the...

In the last century, the electric power market has been transformed to be more competitive around U.S. Several states have deregulated the industry and expect lower energy prices and higher social benefits to result. However, the electric industry is still operated in a regulated market in many...

This article aims to examine the theoretical foundations and practical aspects underlying the creation of a common currency based on natural resources, within the space of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). On July 6, 2024, in Niamey, the leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger signed the...

This article aims to examine the theoretical foundations and practical aspects underlying the creation of a common currency based on natural resources, within the space of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). On July 6, 2024, in Niamey, the leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger signed the...

We study the role of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the intermediate-term price dynamics of twenty rice varieties across six key rice-exporting countries over the 2011-2021 period. We apply two inter-related techniques. First, we generate impulse responses for up to 26-week horizons...

Se propone que el Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA), usando al Banco Nación como agente, provea una herramienta financiera a los productores agrícolas en la cual les ofrezca una tasa de interés comprensibles en términos físicos y relativos al valor de la producción...