In this research, firms aim at maximizing two purposes of social welfare (environment) and profitability in the supply chain system. It is assumed that there are two supply chains, a green and an ordinary, each consists of a manufacturer and a supplier; in which the manufacturer generates profit through franchises. The green and the ordinary manufacturers form a cartel on the market of a certai...

Electricity has been produced in Norway hydropower plants since 1877. The first wind power plant was put into operation 1986. growth production weak the years after turn of millennium, but joined Swedish subsidy scheme Tradable Green Certificates 2012, there significant industry. While most is owned by public sector, majority foreign investors. Since very much discussed Norway, a levelized cost...

DFID Using AMCs to promote green mini-grids in Tanzania ii Executive Summary This annex considers how Advance Market Commitments (AMCs) might be used to promote the development of green mini-grids in Tanzania. It is one of two case studies Vivid Economics has undertaken to complement its report on the economics of AMCs. The second case study concerns the development of micro-Concentrated Solar ...

Once the definition of the CHP certificate is clear, demand for it can be organised in several ways. A well-designed system of mandatory demand, by means of an obligation to acquire a certain amount of CHP certificates each year, is effective to meet the policy target. The voluntary willingness to pay for CHP certificates is likely to be small, resulting in a very thin market. Finally, instead ...

I address commentators’ concerns about the research reported in my paper. These concerns do not threaten the conclusion that role-playing should be preferred ahead of game theory and unaided judgement for forecasting decisions in conflicts. I provide additional evidence and argument that the relative forecasting accuracy of game theory is a legitimate subject for research. I discuss non-forecas...

Till now, green computing research has mostly relied on few, short-term power capacity to illustrate the energy use of undertaking computing. This paper brings new and inclusive power datasets through power and deployment of the IT systems in the academic building. I have collected power data from many individual computing devices and have monitored a subset of CPU and network loads. This inten...

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the main tax incentives used in the EU-27 member states (MSs) to promote green electricity. Sixteen MSs use tax incentives to promote green electricity simultaneously with other promotion measures, especially quota obligations and price regulation. However, not all available technologies are promoted. For example, six MSs (Germany, Romania, Slovak...