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International Power & Electrification
Rural Electrification in Developing Countries: Conflicts between Local Techno...
Kaoru Yamaguchi and Akihiro Watabe, “Rural Electrification in Developing Countries: Conflicts between Local Technological Innovation and the National Electrification Policy,” Increasing t...
From: ICEED
Main Issues in Financing Electrification Projects in Rural Areas (C. Rodrígue...
This paper looks at the main issues in financing electrification projects in rural areas and their long-term sustainability. Through an extensive survey process, most respondents think t...
From: ICEED
The Sri Lankan Electricity Supply Industry: A Critique of Proposed Reforms (H...
In 2002 the government of Sri Lanka proposed power-sector policy guidelines for the first time in its history in order to facilitate the restructuring of the sector. This paper attempts ...
From: ICEED
Arab Power Utilities: Strategies for Sustainable Development by Mohammed Sadeqi
This paper evaluates the electric power sectors in the Arab countries and strategies for sustainable development. To date the electric power sector has been owned by governments through ...
From: ICEED
Arab Power Utilities: Keeping Pace with Demand by Mohammed Sadeqi
This paper looks at the past, current, and future of electric utilities in Arab countries. It outlines the challenges that these utilities are facing in terms of meeting rapidly growing ...
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Gas/Power Synergy: A Least-Cost and Environmentally Sensitive Option by Jean-...
After years of dominance by coal and fuel oil, other hydrocarbons are staging a massive comeback in the power generation sector, except this time the lighter components are being used. T...
From: ICEED
The Policy of Power and the Power of Policy: Energy Policy in Honduras by Les...
The rapid industrialization of Latin America in the post-World War II period that resulted in growing demand for energy in the region has led, at times, to various supply constraints resu...
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Pricing Natural Gas for Better Environment and Economy: A Case of the Power S...
Large reserves of oil and natural gas have been discovered in Vietnam. It is estimated that Vietnam has approximately 2,000 billion cubic meters of gas reserves. Energy policies focused...
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Empowering the Poor: Possible Lessons from the International Energy Experienc...
This paper looks at the issues surround the electricity market and what lessons can be applied to developing countries from the reform experiences of the European and U.S. markets. Elec...
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The Electricity Sector in Africa: Confronting the Challenges of Demand by Moh...
This paper assesses the challenges facing the electricity sector in six West-Central African countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Mali, and Burkina Faso. Reliable and accessible...
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Environment-Based Forecasting of Peak-Load Profiles for Electricity Consumpti...
This aim of this paper is to analyze the system load profiles facing electric utilities and determine whether the observed seasonal variation in outside air temperature is the cause of se...
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Fuel Price and Demand Uncertainties and Investment in an Electricity Model: A...
This paper studies optimal investment in different types of electric plants. Neither future fuel prices nor future demand are known. Furthermore, this paper takes into account explicitl...
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Cogeneration and District Heating: Constraints and Opportunities by Panagioti...
This paper examines the combined generation of power and heating (or cooling) to meet the demands of a moderate to large area such as a neighborhood, a suburb, or a whole city from a cent...
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Experiences of Electricity-Sector Restructuring in Asia by Guy F. Caruso and ...
The objective of this paper is to present some of the findings of the Asia Electricity Study by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The paper summarizes recent developments of electri...
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Variable Costs of Electricity Generation: Effects of New-Source Bias by Timot...
Evidence of new-source bias in the electric power industry is well established in the literature, and previous studies have investigated the increase in total cost of generation caused by...
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