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This study applies financial portfolio theory to determine efficient frontiers in the provision of electricity for the United States and Switzerland. Expected returns are defined by the rate of productivity increase of power generation (adjusted for external costs), volatility, by its standard...
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The current state of municipal water pricing in Canada is significantly flawed, with costs that include underfunded water agencies, aging infrastructure and excessive consumption. Reforms are required, including the expanded use of water meters and seasonal surcharges that better reflect costs.
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The primary aim of the Renewable Energy Programme in UK is the development of a self-sustaining market for each of the … technologies as they become technically, economically and environmentally viable. The White Paper “Energy for the Future: Renewable … Sources of Energy suggests very ambitious targets. To achieve a 12 % contribution from renewable energy sources to the EU …
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energy. Prevailing contents by section are as follows: first, land management, pasture improvement, soil protection, upland … policies; fourth, ecology, energy sources, including nuclear, and related policy issues. After presenting the structure of the …
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electricity, (c) to meet greenhouse gas mitigation goals efficiently, and (d) to support efforts to increase energy security and …
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used for this purpose are the production values that belong to manufacturing industry, mining and stone quarry and energy …
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Finnish and Russian energy clusters widely use resources and competences of each other. They can be considered as a … concrete energy clusters cooperation, summarises the main reasons, benefits and barriers for their cooperation, and imposes …
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We consider a situation where an exhaustible-resource seller faces demand from a buyer who has a perfect substitute but there is a time-to-build delay for the substitute. We that find in this simple framework the basic implications of the Hotelling model (1931) are reversed: over time the stock...
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In this paper we investigate a numerical algorithm for the pricing of swing options, relying on the so-called optimal quantization method. The numerical procedure is described in detail and numerous simulations are provided to assert its efficiency. In particular, we carry out a comparison with...
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This paper identifies areas of common interest for Bangladesh in terms of energy use and energy trade through an … examination of Canada’s experience in developing its energy sector. The paper outlines the general principles and provisions … applicable to energy trade under the World Trade Organization (WTO), and examines how issues of energy security and regional …
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