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If the video is not visible, please accept all cookies to enable the player. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, installations of solar photovoltaics (PV) have grown from 1.2 GW in 2008 to an estimated 30 GW… View Summary +
If the video is not visible, please accept all cookies to enable the player. Energy Efficiency Obligations (EEOs) are a strong driver of energy savings in Europe and around the world. Many EU Member States have chosen EEOs as… View Summary +
Electricity generators often claim that prices cannot fully reflect the value of the reliability they offer the market. Hence they insist they need separate capacity payments to justify investments. But according to Mike Hogan, the current energy market design is… View Summary +
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Looking at the electric power industry today brings to mind the well-known April 1970 dispatch from Apollo 13: “Houston, we have a problem.” Actually, we have several. Prominent among them is the growing permeation of environmental issues into energy… View Summary +
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Getting the formation of prices in wholesale electricity markets right is key to ensuring reliability, delivering value for money, and empowering and protecting consumers. Yet many of the measures proposed to address what is known as the “missing money… View Summary +
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It is time for jurisdictions serious about moving to a new utility model to transition from a rate-of-return structure to direct performance regulation. It will help utilities move to cleaner energy, energy efficiency, and their corollaries: customer-friendly and… View Summary +
This report, produced by RTI International, provides guidance on U.S. best practices in air quality planning and recommendations intended to assist Jiangsu Province and the three pilot cities with developing the next generation of air quality plans. Control strategies are… View Summary +
本报告由三角国际研究院(RTI International )项目组成员编制完成,报告将基于美国大气质量管理的最佳实践方案提出一系列指导和建议,以帮助江苏省与三试点城市建立下一阶段的大气质量管理规划。其中,报告介绍了降低PM2.5,PM2.5前体物(二氧化硫、氮氧化物和挥发性有机物)和有害大气污染物排放的污染防治策略,并在能源规划和温室气体减排方面提出了相关建议。报告同时也介绍了中国在全国层面的大气质量管理规划方面所作的工作,以及江苏省与三试点城市在此方面取得的进展。 睿博能源智库的Christopher James 和 Max Dupuy负责其中能源规划章节,我们的建议包括将电力行业政策和清洁空气目标更紧密的结合: 启动电力规划工作。 将新能源的开发与省级大气质量目标进行联结。 为燃煤电厂建立最大容量利用因子(CUF)。 为大气和能源监管部门建立规划协调合作机制。 确定江苏省清洁能源政策的环境效益。 利用环境影响分析(EIA)鼓励大气和能源政策的结合。… View Summary +
Energy efficiency projects, despite their financial attractiveness and air-pollution-reducing benefits, often face institutional and technical barriers. In China, which has both severe air pollution and a sophisticated set of nationwide energy efficiency programs, more still needs to be… View Summary +
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