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Missing markets and missing pipelines: the problem of resource adequacy in a natural-gas-fired dominated system
(2016)
Since the beginning of the century, US electric power systems have increasingly become dominated by
natural gas-fired power plants. In this context, the traditional concern of electricity regulators to ensure
that market ...
Assessment of alternative designs of capacity remuneration mechanisms in the spanish power system in the 2030 horizon
(2016)
Capacity margins in the Spanish electricity system are currently in safe levels. However, this situation may no longer hold in the medium- to long-term, as there is considerable uncertainty about the evolution of the ...
Mothballing mechanisms in the spanish power system : economic and operational assessment
(2015)
Durante los últimos años, los ciclos combinados se han visto significativamente desplazados del mercado español debido a la menor demanda y su mayor cobertura con fuentes de energía renovables. La reducción de su producción, ...
Distributed solar thermal energy in China : a regional analysis of building energy costs and CO2 emissions
(2014)
Energy consumed in buildings accounts for about 40% and 25% of total annual energy consumption in the United States (U.S.) and China, respectively. This paper describes a regional analysis of the potential for distributed ...
Interconnecting Malta's isolated electric power system to the european market-institutional challengees and implications for maltese electricity consumers
(2014)
In light of European electricity market liberalization this master‘s thesis addresses the
envisaged grid interconnection – a high voltage subsea cable with 200 megawatt
transmission capacity – between the two EU member ...
Interaction between DER adoption decisions, tariff design and power system cost recovery
(2017)
Increasing concerns over global warming, unstable prices of
fossil fuels, pollution are only few of the reasons for the
growth of the renewable generation. Renewable generation is
supported at different levels, but ...
Study of the wind energy development and the wind curtailment problem in China
(2017)
The progressive trend in favor of renewable energy has been accelerating during the past few decades. This inclination for clean energy swept over the whole world and, China which is the biggest developing country and ...
Study of electricity and gas imbalances for retailers' risk reduction and profit maximization
(2017)
Due to increasing competition and margin reduction, gas and electricity retailing
activities require a good understanding of costs to make the business profitable. One of
these outflows is the imbalance cost, which comes ...
Economic analysis of the wind power integration in an a-FRR control area
(2017)
This Master’s Thesis is devoted to carry out an analysis of the economic consequences from the wind power integration within an specific aFRR control area (“Zona de Regulación”). This integration should be understood as a ...
Simulation of the optimal programing strategy between different markets of a pure pumping storage plant
(2017)
The increasing incorporation of renewable energies in the electrical system needs
more and more energy storage systems due to their intermittent associated
production. Currently, the industry's state of the art technology ...