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Water Energy Nexus at a California Tomato Processing Facility
Amon, Ricardo - 2013
A Water Energy Nexus assessment at a California tomato processing facility reveals opportunities to advance corporate … sustainability objectives by enhancing thermal energy efficiency, reducing electricity consumption, and conserving ground water … resources. The adoption of energy efficiency measures and water recovery recommendations will deliver economic benefits from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087461
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Electricity Prices, River Temperatures and Cooling Water Scarcity
McDermott, Grant R. - 2013
Thermal-based power stations rely on water for cooling purposes. These water sources may be subject to incidents of scarcity, environmental regulations and competing economic concerns. This paper analyses the effect of water scarcity and increased river temperatures on German electricity prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089970
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Electricity Prices, River Temperatures and Cooling Water Scarcity
McDermott, Grant R. - 2013
Thermal-based power stations rely on water for cooling purposes. These water sources may be subject to incidents of scarcity, environmental regulations and competing economic concerns. This paper analyses the effect of water scarcity and increased river temperatures on German electricity prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092309
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Supply curves for hydro reservoirs : estimation and usage in large-scale electricity market models
Jahns, Christopher; Podewski, Caroline; Weber, Christoph - 2019
Hydro electricity generation is of great importance for the current and the future electricity system since it provides electricity without emitting CO2 and moreover hydro reservoirs offer high operational flexibility. With increasing shares of fluctuating renewable energies, their value is even...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011962001
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A Capital Markets-Based Water Risk Assessment of Key Industrial Water Users in the Great Lakes Region : Indicators for Portfolio Managers
Arnold, Anthony; Jiang, Celina; Adriaens, Peter; Sinha, … - 2020
This project explores capital markets risk exposure from water use in key industrial sectors in the Great Lakes region, represented by a subset of the region's largest companies and water users. The largest industrial water users in the Great Lakes region include (in decreasing order):...
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Water Use, Shadow Prices and the Canadian Business Sector Productivity Performance
Dachraoui, Kais - 2009
This paper develops a production framework that allows for self-supplied water intake, an unpriced 'natural' input. The framework is then exploited to estimate the corresponding water shadow prices and to assess the extent to which water impacts on the multifactor productivity performance of the...
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Water Services in Italy : Implementation of the Reform and Efficiency of Providers
Benvenuti, Michele - 2009
The paper investigates the organization of the Italian water sector in the light of the reforms of public utilities. The aim is to examine the degree of implementation of the water sector reform (the so-called Galli Law of 1994) and assess the performance of operators through a study of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012719112
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Governance of the Water Supply Systems in the Palestinian Territories : A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach to the Management of Water Resources
Alsharif, Kamal A.; Feroz, Ehsan H.; Klemer, Andrew; … - 2018
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the governance efficiencies of the water supply systems by applying data envelopment analysis (DEA) to 33 Palestinian municipalities. We demonstrate that DEA can be a useful tool to assess the relative efficiencies of water supply systems and to establish...
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Water, Water Somewhere: The Value of Water in a Drought-Prone Farming Region
Grimes, Arthur; Aitken, Andrew - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2008
Water is critical for agriculture, yet surprisingly few studies internationally have analysed the value placed on water in specific farming contexts. We do so using a rich longitudinal dataset for the Mackenzie District (Canterbury, New Zealand) over nineteen years, enabling us to extract the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413322
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Water services in Italy: implementation of the reform and efficiency of providers
Benvenuti, Michele; Gennari, Elena - Banca d'Italia - 2008
The paper investigates the organization of the Italian water sector in the light of the reforms of public utilities. The aim is to examine the degree of implementation of the water sector reform (the so-called Galli Law of 1994) and assess the performance of operators through a study of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113689