Application Service Providing (ASP) is a recently emerged software delivery model under which an Application Service Provider hosts, manages and delivers software as a service to customers via the Internet or a private network. The ASP model offers benefits from cost savings, specialized...

Metals, Energy and Sustainability Barry Golding Abstract In his keynote address to delegates attending the 1993 Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Centenary Conference, Brian Skinner concluded that; “The global resources of minerals mined for purposes other than energy are such...

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) will soon start to be introduced into the transportation sector, thereby raising a host of issues related to their use, adoption and effects on the electricity sector. Their introduction has the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions from the...

Energy forecasts are widely used by the U.S. government, politicians, think tanks,and utility companies. While short-term forecasts were reasonably accurate, medium andlong-range forecasts have almost always been highly erroneous. In the U.S. many energypolicy decisions are driven by Annual...

This article documents seasonal patterns and other characteristics of electricity spot prices in the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM), over a 7-year sample period. The goal is to investigate more specifically the influence of seasonalities and outliers noted in the body of literature...

Auf Grund der dynamischen Entwicklung der Regulierungsvorgaben und der daraus resultierenden fehlenden Rechts-, Planungs- und Finanzierungssicherheit sowie dem Mangel an entsprechender (gültiger)Literatur ist es für einen österreichischen Verteilernetzbetreiber äußerst schwierig, die...

Die kumulative Habilitationsschrift setzt sich aus acht Publikationen und zwei eingereichten Artikeln zusammen, die umweltökonomische und energiewirtschaftliche Forschungsthemen behandeln. Der gemeinsame thematische Hintergrund der Einzelbeiträge besteht in der Analyse von...

Demand for liquid fuels (i.e., petroleum products) has burdened the U.S. with major challenges, including national security and economic concerns stemming from rising petroleum imports; impacts of global climate change from rising emissions of CO2; and continued public health concerns from...