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Showing 1 to 20 of 94 for “"Electricity prices"”.
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Relationship between electricity prices, consumption and economic growth in South Africa
This study analyses the relationship between electricity prices, consumption and economic growth at national and per sector levels in South Africa over the period from 2006 to 2017 using the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach and error correction model (ECM). With …
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Key Concepts and Methods in Point and Probabilistic Forecasting of Electricity Prices
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Dynamic relationships between sectoral electricity consumption, economic growth and electricity prices in South Africa
Dynamic relationships between sectoral electricity consumption, economic growth and electricity prices in South Africa The purpose of this paper is to explore the dynamic relationship between the sectoral outputs, electricity supply and electricity price in South Africa within the endogenous growth …
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A spot villamosenergia-árak elemzése statisztikai és ökonofizikai eszközökkel = Analysis of spot electricity prices using statistical and econophysical methods
A villamosenergia-piaci liberalizáció és dereguláció következtében világszerte megjelentek a szervezett villamosenergia-piacok. Ezek egyik formája a villamosenergia-tőzsde, amelyeken az ún. másnapi (day-ahead) árammal is kereskednek, azaz a következő munkanap vagy naptári nap (ill. a nap egy órája, …
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Essays on Households' Technology Choices and Long-Term Energy Use
… to study how sensitive these investments are to electricity prices and how socio-demographic characteristics of households are related to technology choices. The data link each new house to the house owner as well as local electricity prices. Identification of price impacts is based on …
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Valuing energy storage in electricity grids : a machine learning approach
… policy or decision rules, ideally charging when electricity prices are low and discharging when prices are high. In this thesis, state-of-the-art Machine Learning methods in the field of electricity price forecasting were used to accurately predict electricity prices. An improvement on existing …
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Essays on the economics of renewable energy
… cited as a rationale for subsidizing renewable electricity, there is relatively little project-level evidence on how knowledge is accrued. Using detailed atmospheric data to account for potential output, I study whether generation and installation experience leads to increased productivity for …
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The effects of variable operation on RO plant performance
… can impact the optimal size of the plant. The electricity price is one factor of importance. When long periods of time are considered, other factors such as weather and seasonal water demand can influence the operation and size as well. With long-term operation, water storage is possibile. This …
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US Virgin Islands renewable energy future
… electrical system. There are two problems with electricity production in the USVI-it's dirty and it's expensive. Nearly one hundred percent of the electricity in these islands comes from imported diesel, brought in by ship. Expensive fuel and inefficient power generation facilities have caused …
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Engineering Options Analysis of Dual Hydrogen - Natural Gas Fueling: A Texas Power Plant under Carbon Price
… together with uncertainties in fuel and electricity prices, may affect their profitability. Due to this uncertain future, the need for flexibility in design and operation in natural gas power plants is expected to increase. This thesis presents a model to value the investment of …
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Managing Financial Risks for Wind Power Producers in Wholesale Electricity Markets
… are exposed to financial risk in wholesale electricity markets due to the uncertain nature of wind forecasts, day-ahead electricity prices, and real-time electricity prices. In the event of a shortfall compared to the production forecast, the wind generator may have to repurchase power at a …
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Cold side thermal energy storage system for improved operation of air cooled power plants
… are dependent upon the on-peak vs off-peak electricity prices. Economic analysis using 2011 transient price data from the U.S. Midwest Region results in a small increase in annual income. The increased income from the proposed cold side TES system is found to be insufficient to outweigh the …
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Essays on the Economics of Food and Agricultural Technology
… key drivers of adoption, including temperature, electricity prices, and financial capacity, and predicts state-level adoption rates. These predicted adoption rates are then incorporated into an equilibrium displacement model to simulate CEA expansion and electricity price shocks. The results …
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The role of market-based instruments that use existing markets to promote energy efficiency in South African industry
… and s12L of the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962, the electricity levy implemented under the Customs and Excise Act 91 of 1964, Eskom's Demand Side Management (DSM) programme and NERSA's proposed Cogeneration Feed-in Tariff (COFIT) programme. The latter three MBIS are incorporated into the recent …
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Techno-Economic Analysis of Fusion Energy in the European Electricity Market
… in the decarbonization of the European Union its electricity market. The study simulates various scenarios by employing the GenX least-cost optimization model, factoring in different investment costs and emission caps. The research addresses how fusion energy could influence total system costs, …
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Knowledge Controversies and Renewable Energy Transition: Exploring Science and Policy Debates
… different causal frames of the issue of rising electricity prices was mediated through a decade of newspaper coverage in Ontario. It demonstrates how coverage framed the issue of rising electricity prices overwhelmingly as a consequence of the Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009, amplifying …
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Algorithmic And Mathematical Programming Approaches To Scheduling Problems With Energy-Based Objectives
… concerns related to energy consumption and electricity cost in manufacturing enterprises. Two classes of problems are considered in this dissertation: (i) minimizing the makespan in a permutation flow shop with peak power consumption constraints (the PFSPP problem for short) and (ii) …
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Computational models of natural gas markets for gas-fired generators
… the world's energy landscape today, and as electricity consumes 40% of total energy, huge efforts are being undertaken to reduce the carbon footprint within the electricity sector. The electric sector has been taking steps to reform the grid, retiring carbon-intensive coal plants, increasing …
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Project process mapping : evaluation, selection, implementation, and assessment of energy cost reduction opportunities in Manufacturing
Company X uses large amounts of electricity in its manufacturing operations. Electricity prices at selected plants in the company's Region 1 territory rose by over 350% between 2000 and 2011, in part due to increasing reliance on high-cost fossil fuels. A focus on reducing these costs has …
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