By Fernando Nuno / Published on Sun, 2009-12-27 22:56
Session 8: Pricing
Once the revenue requirements are established they should be converted into tariff systems. This session explains the major economic principles of electricity pricing and the general pricing models using average and marginal costs. Moreover the session explores the major pricing models for the electricity activities including: generation, transmission, distribution and retail activities.
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By Fernando Nuno / Published on Sun, 2009-12-27 22:50
Session 7: Quality of Supply Regulation
Quality of supply regulation is becoming more and more important as cost-decreasing incentives may have a mid- and long-term effect on the quality provided. This session explains how quality of supply is defined, measured and regulated.
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By Fernando Nuno / Published on Wed, 2009-12-23 11:46
A PSERC Public Webinar
The inherent variability of generation from renewable sources, such as wind and solar power, may
1) increase the operating costs associated with additional ramping requirements, and
2) increase the amount of installed conventional generating capacity needed to maintain the operating reliability of a network.
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By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Tue, 2009-12-22 16:04
This Application Note is aimed at describing the use of energy and the potential energy savings in the school sector, on the basis of theory and practical case studies.
Schools represent some 6% of the total energy consumption in the tertiary sector. Before going into detail on the energy consumption of a school, the first paragraphs will briefly introduce the energy use of the utility sector and the part schools play in it.
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By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Mon, 2009-12-21 18:04
This application guide is aimed at describing the use of energy and the potential energy savings in the offices sector, on the basis of theory and practical case studies.
Before going into detail on the energy consumption of an office building, the first paragraphs will briefly introduce the energy use of such buildings.
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By Isabelle Heriakian / Published on Thu, 2009-12-17 17:51
In this guide, circuit protection is detailed as a way to ensure an installation is safe and functional. This document is concerned primarily with protection against the effects of over-currents and fault currents for property protection, but the improvements presented may also lead to secure people as an indirect benefit. There is a focus on circuit breakers as well as on issues that are likely to arise in circuit maintenance and it takes a systemic approach.
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By Guy Kasier / Published on Mon, 2009-12-14 14:23
The technical aids to enable elderly people to live at home for longer do not differ so much from those that can be used to help dementia sufferers and their home carers in the home situation. The difference lies primarily with the videophone (although this could also improve social contact for non-dementia sufferers) and the GPS wandering detection techniques. In a home situation with a dementia sufferer, the emphasis is primarily on offering support to the carer, who may or may not live in the home.
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By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Thu, 2009-12-10 13:20
The success of the electric vehicle will depend on a number of factors that need to be tackled within the near future. Incentives by governments and the premise of environmental concerns will probably not balance the limited range or the grid integration issues.
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By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Thu, 2009-12-10 13:14
Electric vehicles may be going mainstream very soon! Whether it is just trendy to have one or not, governments and industries across the world are getting to grips with them. All it takes is to have the vehicles on the market, because the grounds for buying one are there. The reduction in emissions and energy savings convince many customers, but to counter the price premium, governments across Europe (and the world) are bringing up a number of incentives.
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By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Thu, 2009-12-10 12:56
The recently established Electrification Coalition, a group of business leaders committed to promoting the deployment of electric vehicles though a variety of policies and actions, has published its Electrification Roadmap: a sweeping report outlining a vision for the deployment of a fully-integrated electric drive network.
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By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Thu, 2009-12-10 12:47
Transport & Environment, a Brussels-based organisation whose mission is to promote transport policy that is based on the principles of sustainable development, has recently published a report analysing what role electric cars could play in the decarbonisation of transport.
Visitors to the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show may have been left with only one impression: the future is electric. Virtually every manufacturer exhibited a car powered by batteries. Electric cars are the talk of the town.
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By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Thu, 2009-12-10 12:36
In 2008, WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) published Plugged-in: The end of the oil age making the case for electric vehicles.
This book aims to demonstrate how automotive electrification can ease the necessary transition towards a transport paradigm which is both highly efficient and compatible with a sustainable renewable energy future.
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By Isabelle Heriakian / Published on Mon, 2009-12-07 15:48
Prior to designing a power supply system for a building or other structure, a designer carries out a detailed analysis concerning the requirements for reliability of power supply of loads to be installed in the designed building or facility.
This chapter of the Guide for Design Engineers develops a step by step methodology to size the source power.
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