In a carbon-constrained world, natural gas with low emission intensity plays an important role in the energy consumption area. Energy consumers and distribution networks are linked via energy hubs. Meanwhile, reconfiguration that optimizes operational performance while maintaining a radial network topology is a worldwide technique in the electricity distribution system. To improve the overall e...

The energy use increases rapidly due to growth in population, urbanization, and economic growth. Residential electricity consumption has an important place in the rapidly growing electricity consumption in India. Most of the studies that are carried out for energy planning in India, use macrolevel data for the estimation of price and income elasticities of electricity demand. The present study ...

The deployment of smart metering in the electricity industry has opened up the opportunity for real-time BI-enabled innovative business applications, such as demand response. Taking a holistic view of BI, this study introduced a visual data mining driven application in order to exemplify the potentials of real-time BI to the electricity businesses. The empirical findings indicate that such an a...

Although an enormous amount of research effort has been devoted to understanding people’s energy consumption habits, visualizing their consumption and finding ways of motivating them towards more sustainable behaviours we are still in the dark with regards to people’s basic perception of electricity, their concept of what electricity is and their notion of the consumption rates of various elect...

Due to exposure to uncertainty created by the deregulation of electricity industries worldwide and the need to respond to climate change via investment in more sustainable technologies, the challenges and opportunities facing power companies have increased over the past decade. Consequently, the electric power sector requires decision support that is more responsive to market conditions, while ...

In many parts of the developing world where an electricity grid remains out of reach for the foreseeable future, Photovoltaic-based Energy Conversion Systems (PVEC) can help fulfill rural energy needs [1] by providing people with electricity for basic services and amenities [2]. Despite the massive number of PVEC installations and the considerable support and initiatives provided by donors and ...

China has been highly successful in electrifying rural areas in the past half century. Institutional structure and its reform are important for investment and, therefore, development of rural electrification. Over time, there have been three major institutional changes initiated by the central government;When the People’s Republic was founded in 1949, it was short of capital, technology and man...

The paper aims to elaborate on the notion of sustainable development in relation to spatial planning and to question its applicability based on the experience arising from the distinct socio-economic situation in Greece. Experience accumulated in the country with the adoption of sustainable development as a spatial policy concept proves to be in contradiction with perceptions that consider it a...

No single energy resource can sustainably meet the energy demands of any country. Integrating all exploitable energy sources is a viable way of achieving stability in energy supply for Nigeria. Hence, the paper focuses on the role of energy mix in sustainable development of Nigeria. Secondary data was analyzed using linear regression (Ordinary Least Square) estimation procedure to measure the i...