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The determinants of entry in the electricity generation sector in OECD countries : a focus on renewable energy
Benatia, David; Koźluk, Tomasz - 2016
Ease of entry is crucial to well-functioning electricity markets. This paper investigates the patterns of entry in the generation segment of the electricity industry of OECD countries and seeks to provide an understanding of their key determinants. It aims to derive implications for the design...
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Political economy of Nigerian power sector reform
Ogunleye, Eric Kehinde - 2016
The Nigerian power sector reform is necessitated by the chronic poor performance of the sector and has as its compass the 2005 Electric Power Sector Reform Act and the Roadmap for Power Sector Reform 2010. Implementing reform has resulted in significant progress that includes unbundling and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440968
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Dimensions of energy insecurity on small islands : the case of the Maldives
Shumais, Mohamed; Mohamed, Ibrahim - 2019
The study explores the dimensions of energy insecurity on small islands in terms of heavy dependence on fossil fuels and the challenges involved in improving efficiency and renewable energy capacity to enhance energy security in the electricity system. Although all inhabited islands in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012132053
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Trade in energy services : GARS and India
Mukherjee, Arpita; Goswami, Ramneet - 2009
Energy plays a vital role in the development of any economy and given its unequal distribution trade in energy, especially fossil fuels, is an important component of international trade. In the past, due to its public good characteristics, energy-related services were mostly supplied by the...
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Market design options for a hydrogen market
Niedrig, Nicolas; Giehl, Johannes Felipe; Jahnke, Philipp; … - 2024
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Market design for trading commoditized renewable energy
Heshmati, Almas; Abolhosseini, Shahrouz - 2014
production of renewable energy resources and, accordingly, decreases transmission loss, increases energy saving, and enhances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010393862
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Towards a green internal electricity market : the self-regulation of European Transmission System Operators for Electricity within EU multilevel governance
Brüning, Anna - 2014
Due to the 3rd Energy Package of 2009 the regulation of European electricity transmission did change considerably …. Before, cross-border electricity issues have been regulated by voluntary contractual agreements between Transmission System … Operators. Now, the new-founded Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the European Network of Transmission …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010235855
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Privacy and the New Energy Infrastructure
Quinn, Elias Leake - 2014
This article examines the privacy consequences of the diffusion of smart grid and smart metering technologies. It illustrates how high resolution electricity usage information can be used to reconstruct many intimate details of a consumer's daily life, and provides examples of how that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014209474
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100 % renewable energy for Germany : coordinated expansion planning needed
Göke, Leonard; Kemfert, Claudia; Kendziorski, Mario; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 29/30, pp. 209-215
Due to ambitious climate change targets and other energy and industrial policy goals such as the nuclear phase-out, the energy transition in Germany is heading toward a completely renewable energy system. This Weekly Report is the first to describe scenarios for 100 percent renewable energy...
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Interstate Transmission Challenges for Renewable Energy : A Federalism Mismatch
Klass, Alexandra B.; Wilson, Elizabeth J. - 2015
This Article discusses current challenges to siting new electric transmission infrastructure to facilitate the growth … renewable resources to the transmission grid that is determined by the jurisdiction’s laws governing renewable energy; state and … local laws governing the siting of electric transmission lines; the jurisdiction’s relationship to a state or regional …
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