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Showing 1 to 20 of 175 for “"Electricity Supply"”.
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Restructuring South African electricity supply industry
… government called for the restructuring of the electricity supply industry (ESI) in South Africa. Secondly, this will also identify areas where there is convergence and divergence between the positions of these stakeholders. Finally, the dissertation will attempt to understand the reasons for …
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The reforming of the electricity supply industry
… and implementing a reform model for the electricity industry. It argues that the appropriate reform model depends on the circumstances in the considered jurisdiction. Especially in small and less developed electricity systems a dilemma may emerge: the technical circumstances suggest the …
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Restructuring the South African electricity supply industry
In a post-apartheid South Africa, the electricity supply industry (ESI) will be under pressure to make up the backlog in electricity provision to poor households. Simultaneously, it will have to protect its financial viability in order to maintain a low-cost electricity supply to support a growing …
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Regional Coordination in Electricity Supply and Investment Financing
… in the face of: (1) anticipated changes in electricity rate structures; (2) the large number and high costs of various power generation activities; and (3) the corresponding large number, high costs and complexities of different technical alternatives for controlling the environmental …
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Regulating the environmental impacts of the electricity supply industry.
The electricity supply industry (ESI) in England and Wales does not operate efficiently, in terms of optimising the balance between benefits of electricity and costs associated with environmental impacts. The optimal situation would be one where such impacts are minimised per unit of electricity …
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Telecommunications networks for remote electricity supply metering and load control
… of this thesis are to investigate remote electricity supply metering and load control in terms of the now availble UK Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) private and national telecommunications networks, the intelligent building, the home computer and domestic energy management concepts. …
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Electricity Supply in Khartoum: the planned, the delivered, the experienced
… into the existing policy framework that governs electricity supply in Khartoum, its implementation and how it's experienced by Khartoum's residents. By zooming into one locality in Khartoum, the “Eastern Nile Locality”, the research has attempted to analyse the ways with which the limited …
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Design and evaluation of seasonal storage hydrogen peak electricity supply system
The seasonal storage hydrogen peak electricity supply system (SSHPESS) is a gigawatt-year hydrogen storage system which stores excess electricity produced as hydrogen during off-peak periods and consumes the stored hydrogen to produce electricity during peak periods of electricity demand. This …
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An economic history of the Scottish electricity supply industry 1878-c.1930
The influence of legislation on the Scottish electricity supply industry was great and by 1931 promoting greater national efficiency. Until the mid-1890's private installations underpinned the development of electricity supply but were being overtaken by the more efficient central generating …
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Potential contribution of solar thermal power to electricity supply in Northern Nigeria
… has been considerably low. The present level of electricity supply is short of demand and the supply is not reliable. As the country is experiencing rapid growth in population, adequate energy provision is necessary for corresponding level of production and development. The need for sustainable …
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Towards a pricing strategy for the South African electricity supply and distribution industry
… this dissertation is to develop a strategy for electricity pricing in the South African electricity supply and distribution industry. To achieve this, the thesis focuses on three specific areas: Electricity pricing theory; past and present electricity pricing in South Africa; and a review of …
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Pool-based electricity market model for Malaysia electricity supply industry considering minimum generation capacity payment
Malaysia is improving its electricity supply industry to become more transparent, productive and competitive with the introduction of the single buyer market model. However, since the electricity demand is lower than the reserved capacity, the implementation of this market model does not provide …
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An Analysis of Residential Electricity Supply and Demand in California During the Summer of 2000
Prior to 1996, roughly 70% of electricity service in California was provided by investor owned utilities (IOUs). The IOUs operated as monopolies in their respective service territories, performing all of the functions necessary to generate and deliver electricity to the consumer. In exchange for …
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Strategies for electricity supply in the province of Mendoza : a multi-attribute trade-off analysis application
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996.
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Improving electricity supply in the Indian state of Odisha using under-the-grid micro-grid technology
… programs, the issue of reliable and affordable electricity persists in the rural areas of India. Besides, the distribution companies (DISCOMs) that provide power supply to the rural areas are in poor financial health due to high operating costs, high AT&C losses, power theft and subsidized …
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The reform of the electricity supply industry in Zimbabwe and its impact on power sector investments since 2002
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply (ESI) reforms of 2002 were primarily meant to improve the quantity and quality of electricity supply through encouraging private participation, especially in generation, introducing regulation and competition and restructuring the utility. The reforms have not …
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Development of a model to investigate the sustainability of Ontario’s future electricity supply through a dual life cycle lens
… economically, be used to meet Ontario’s future electricity demand. A model was developed to calculate the life cycle impacts based on the installed capacity of each generation technology and its respective life cycle factors. The model was validated against historical results and then used to …
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