In most European countries in the energy sector, a reconsideration of renewable energy priorities is taking place, increasing consumer safety and protecting the environment through the use of renewable energy sources that provide an affordable and guaranteed solution in the medium and long term....

The main aim of this paper is to observe the environmental behaviour in some cities of the word, by analyzing for each city the trends of several energy and emissions indicators that appear as explanatory variables in both energy and labour average productivity equations. At the same time we...

Energy is an area of strategic and vital importance for Romania's economic development. At national level there is a wide activity of using biomass for the production of electricity and heat, determined by the requirements of the European Union's energy policy to reduce CO2 emissions. The...

An entrepreneurial perspective to introduction of sustainable energy solutions to the market has been recognized as important for decades, but mainly concerning large firms. Today, attention is increasingly turning to young high-technology ventures which, compared to large incumbents, are more...

Nowadays Russian government pays a lot of attention to solutions of the high energy intensive production system in the country. The key factors of low efficiency of regional energy saving programs is the lack of approved standards and algorithms in the area of energy audit. In practice, both...

The present paper studies the effect of an upward correction of the natural gas price on the Russian domestic market. Russia has the largest gas reserves in the world and currently produces around 550 billion cubic meters of gas each year. Sixty percent of the production is sold domestically at...

I analyze energy-efficiency policy as a prescription of a minimum-efficiency standard for energy-using household goods like cars, building insulation, and home appliances. Such a policy has two effects. At the intensive margin, a household that invests will choose a more efficient device. At the...

In order to evaluate the reliability of distribution system with demand response, this paper established the load peak-valley partition model and demand response model corresponding to every period based on load peak-valley characteristics. Then considering the characteristics of distribution...

As the pressure of supply-demand balance increases with the high penetration of renewable energy resources, it is widely accepted that demand side resources including air conditioners (ACs) play an important role in providing ancillary services to the grid. In this paper, air conditioning loads...