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Wind Energy Economics
Leaving aside competition from other sources of energy, an understanding of the benefits and costs is fundamental for any investment, howsoever small...
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Power Relationships: Marginal Cost Pricing of Electricity and Social Sustainability of Renewable Energy Projects
The days of Feed-in-Tariff programs to promote Renewable Energy (RE) capacity addition might be behind us. With RE generation constituting increasing...
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Simulating the deep decarbonisation of residential heating for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C
Whole-economy scenarios for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C suggest that direct carbon emissions in the buildings sector should decrease to almost...
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Hydraulic Simulation and Optimisation of Water Transmission and Distribution Systems
This chapter presents a detailed theoretical study on hydraulic simulation and optimal design and energy efficiency optimisation of water...
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Electrified Transportation Network
The excessive consumption of coal and petroleum products not only causes potential shortage of energy resources in the foreseeable future, but also...
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Emissions Trading
Climate change is being exacerbated by the emissions of globe-warming greenhouse gases (GHGs) as a consequence of economic activities associated with...
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Electric, plug-in hybrid, hybrid, or conventional? Polish consumers’ preferences for electric vehicles
Poland aims at stimulating the market to reach a target of 50,000 plug-in and battery electric vehicles by 2020. However, as in other Eastern...
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Energy-efficiency skeptics and advocates: the debate heats up as the stakes rise
Energy efficiency (EE) is rapidly growing in many markets today, but its its cost-effectiveness and potential for growth are being hotly debated....
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Steady-State Neutron Transport Theory and Simulation
Neutron transport theory is the research basis for neutronics and focuses on the description of neutron motion in media and the corresponding laws....
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Combustion-Based Transportation in a Carbon-Constrained World—A Review
The transportation sector accounts for around a quarter of global CO2 emissions and is powered predominantly by fossil-derived fuels. The regulatory...
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An intertemporal decision framework for electrochemical energy storage management
Dispatchable energy storage is necessary to enable renewable-based power systems that have zero or very low carbon emissions. The inherent...
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High-resolution techno–ecological modelling of a bioenergy landscape to identify climate mitigation opportunities in cellulosic ethanol production
Although dedicated energy crops will probably be an important feedstock for future cellulosic bioenergy production, it is unknown how they can best...
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The role of psychology and social influences in energy efficiency adoption
Current energy efficiency policy and incentive programs tend to target economic motivations, which may misalign with other potentially important...
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Development of a Network-location-model for the Economic Optimization of Local Heating Systems in Urban Chile
Cogeneration of heat and electricity is an important pillar of energy and climate policy. To plan the production and distribution system of combined...
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Investment and Profitability Calculation
Capital budgeting and profitability accounting are necessary for assessing the economic viability of energy investments. Although the methodology for...
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System Dynamics Simulation to Explore the Impact of Low European Electricity Prices on Swiss Generation Capacity Investments
European electricity markets are co** with low energy prices as a result of overinvestments in generation capacity, subsidies for renewables and...
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Demand Response in Electricity Markets: An Overview and a Study of the Price-Effect on the Iberian Daily Market
The electricity industry is undergoing a deep transformation as Europe moves towards a greener, healthier future—the growth of renewable generation...
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How do The External Costs of Renewable and Fossil Fuel Energy Compare?
This chapter presents the methodology and results of the Externalities of Energy project as an example of how the environmental impacts of energy...