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traditionally segregated sectors: electricity, transportation, and heating. Model calculations suggests that in order to achieve the … the dominant source. Average costs of electricity generation in 2050 are about 4 €cents/kWh (excluding infrastructure and … transportation costs). …
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In certain circumstances, both researchers and policy makers are faced with the challenge of determining individual efficiency scores for each decision making unit (DMU) under consideration. In this study, we use a Monte Carlo experimentation to analyze the optimal approach to determining...
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efficiency increases in the transportation and heating sectors. By taking grid expansion costs into account, power generating … potentials, both electricity demand and overall energy demand can be covered by renewable energy. Due to electrification and … sector coupling, electricity demand has doubled to around 1,200 terawatt hours. However, there have also been significant …
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integrated power systems, electricity supply today still has a largely national basis. Policies to decarbonise the power sector … renewables. But a development which fosters integration, growing transmission distances and bigger markets will likely lead to a … see the advantages of renewables and the exploitation of domestic energy resources, yet the necessary adaptations of power …
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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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The geographical distribution of African natural gas resources is going through a period of profound change as new gas discoveries in East Africa emerge to reshape the continent's energy landscape. This region is rapidly establishing itself as a world-class natural gas province and two countries...
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The main drivers of transformation processes of electricity markets stem from climate policies and changing economic … electricity market by applying a techno-economic electricity market model for the period from 2005 to 2014. Similar changes may …
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Increasing interaction between economic growth and its environmental implications requires a more focused study of energy linkages. This paper is an attempt to trace changing energy linkages in an I-O framework using widely accepted concepts of backward and forward linkages. It differs from...
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Energy metrics is the development of a whole new theoretical framework for the conception and measurement of energy and economic performances, energy efficiency and productivity improvements with important political economy implications consistent with the best use of all natural and economic...
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high cost of electricity is a major constraint impacting on the external competitiveness of local businesses. This paper …
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