We analyze the effects of EU adoption of a Sky Trust (Barnes and Breslow 2003) on the income distribution of Hungary, a lower-middle income EU member. We use plausible parameters for an EU carbon charge and revenue recycling system, input-output data to track the effect of a carbon charge on...

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...

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...

This thesis addresses the problems associated with security of the electricity supply in the UK. The British electricity supply industry has experienced a significant structural change. Competition has been brought into the electricity industry and a single wholesale electricity market of Great...

Electric vehicles (EVs) offer an exciting opportunity in China both in terms of the potential to build a domestic manufacturing base and the potential to create a strong domestic market for the product. The Chinese nation stands to benefit from both supply-side and demand-side promotion due to...

The latest (June 2008) UK Renewable Energy Strategy (Consultation) document,has called for 30 – 35% of electricity to come from Renewable sources by 2020As the current level in 2008 of renewable electricity production is 4% (excluding hydro) this is a challenging target.With the Government...

The article introduces energy security policy as a new functional direction of Europe, including Georgia. The prospects of designing and implementing the energy hub policy in Georgia in accordance with the requirements of the European Union are analyzed. The Russia-Ukraine war and the sanctions...

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...

Ziel der Diplomarbeit ist die Erarbeitung eines Marketingkonzeptes zur erfolgreichen Einführung und langfristigen Sicherstellung des Contracting-Angebotes der Immobilien- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH Adelsberg am Markt.Mittels verschiedener Analysen wird die Vermarktung der...

In dieser Arbeit wird ein vollständig dezentrales Konzept zum Last- und Erzeugungsmanagement vorgestellt, mit dem sich Stromverbraucher und dezentrale Stromerzeugungsanlagen selbst organisieren können, um kurzfristig präzise Laständerungen durchzuführen. Dabei sollen nicht nur größere...