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Shortages in the supply of electricity in resource constrained electricity systems of developing nations is a poorly … documented but commonly observed phenomena. The literature on electricity systems has a perspective on the issue of interruptions … in the supply of electricity that focuses on the high cost of unpredictable but infrequent interruptions. This …
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A robust methodology for estimating the value of service reliability improvements is presented. Although econometric models for estimating value of service (interruption costs) have been established and widely accepted, analysts often resort to applying relatively crude interruption cost...
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The ’social impacts’ of dams may be defined as 'impacts on the lives of individual people or groups or categories of people, or forms of social organisation'. Social impacts are distinct from environmental or economic impacts, though all of these are closely linked. This review...
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This paper discusses the energy savings that could be obtained in Sweden by instituting specific standards for five … energy efficiency standards for residential appliances. This paper discusses the energy savings that could be obtained by … instituting specific standards for five product types (refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, clothes washers, and dryers) starting …
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In metrology and standards, thermoelectricity is most often associated with thermometry. Therefore, this paper …
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This 3.1 version of the Impact of Sector Energy Technologies (ImSET) model represents the next generation of the previously-built ImSET model (ImSET 2.0) that was developed in 2005 to estimate the macroeconomic impacts of energy-efficient technology in buildings. In particular, a special-purpose...
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As part of measuring the impact of government programs on improving the energy efficiency of the nation`s building stock, the Department of Energy Office of Building Technology, State and Community Programs (BTS) is interested in assessing the economic impacts of its portfolio of programs,...
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energy efficiency standards for furnaces and boilers. A key factor in DOE's consideration of new standards is the economic … impacts on consumers of possible revisions to energy-efficiency standards. Determining cost-effectiveness requires an …
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resources to sustainable and renewable energy sources. …
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