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Presents a detailed and in-depth introduction to the economic and technical foundations of modern electricity markets operating with locational marginal price (LMP). Based on the author’s graduate-level course and written to fill the gap in the market for a book that not only describes the fundamentals of LMP but also …

By 2013. the province of Cienfuegos in Cuba consumed about 5165 GWh of primary energy. of which an estimated 60 % was used to produce 767 GWh of electricity. 29 % of the primary energy was obtained from renewable fuel. and only less than 5 % of the biomass energy. …

Environmental problems associated with emissions from fossil fuel. along with limited supply. volatile prices. and energy security. prompted developed and developing countries to find more reliable and sustainable sources of energy. Renewable energy (RE) sources. being abundant. inexhaustible. cleaner. and readily available. emerge as a promising alternative energy source. According …

The book systematically introduces smart power system design and its infrastructure. platform and operating standards. It focuses on multi-objective optimization and illustrates where the intelligence of the system lies. With abundant project data. this book is a practical guideline for engineers and researchers in electrical engineering. as well as power …

Energy and human’s ability to transform energy into useful work has been the cornerstone of the development of civilizations. Throughout the majority of human existence. we relied solely on metabolic energy derived from plants and animals. In only a few centuries. society has almost completely transformed. from relying on somatic …

The main objective of this study was to analyze the impact of energy consumption (divided into renewable and non-renewable sources) and income on CO2 emissions within the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) model for the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR). To do so. the annual panel data collected during the 1990–2014 periods …

As a result of great increases in CO2 emissions in the last few decades. many papers have examined the relation- ship between renewable energy and CO2 emissions in the energy economics literature. because as a clean energy source. renewable energy can reduce CO2 emissions and solve environmental problems stemming from …

The aim of this document is to investigate the dynamic relationship between economic growth. renewable energy consumption. energy consumption and CO2 emissions in Tunisia over the period 1990–2015. Unit root tests and co-integration test was used in order to detect the order of stationary and to test the existence long …

Methods and perspectives to model and measure productivity and efficiency have made a number of important advances in the last decade. Using the standard and innovative formulations of the theory and practice of efficiency and productivity measurement. Robin C. Sickles and Valentin Zelenyuk provide a comprehensive approach to productivity and …

Over the last few years. Chile has experienced a remarkable energy transformation. The investors’ interest in renewable energies has been increasing rapidly. Despite a relatively small energy market. Chile became the second largest market. after Brazil. for renewable energy investment in South America. Investment—excluding large hydro—reached a record level of …