International Journal of Energy Sector Management: Volume 8 Issue 3

DSO tariff structures: development options from stakeholders’ viewpoint

Samuli Honkapuro, Jussi Tuunanen, Petri Valtonen, Jarmo Partanen

– The purpose of the paper is to analyze the development needs and opportunities in the distribution system operators’ (DSO) tariff structures in the smart-grid environment.

Regional cost sharing in expansions of electricity transmission grids

Hans Nylund

The purpose of this paper is to analyse how the regional effects of expansion can be managed under the constraints of voluntary cooperation. This paper studies international…

Analysis of machinery breakdowns in power plants fed by biomass and MSW

Stefano De Antonellis, Mario De Antonellis

The aim of the study is to identify main failure phenomena and to evaluate reparation costs, reparation time, loss of profit and their relationship with power plant and faulty…

Placement of DG for reliability improvement and loss minimization with reconfiguration of radial distribution systems

Ponnaganti Pavani, S.N. Singh

The purpose of the paper is to find the best distributed generators (DGs) location for improving reliability and reducing power loss using distribution system reconfiguration…

Energy and exergy analysis of fuels

Hari Bhaskaran Anangapal

The purpose of this study is to carry out energy and exergy analysis of fuels. Production of power and heat in industrialized countries is almost entirely based on combustion of…

Analysis of road transport energy consumption and emissions: a case study:

Sainu Franco, Venkata Ravibabu Mandla

The purpose of this study is to examine the growing energy consumption pattern and emissions due to increasing vehicular density in the Vellore district. The transport demand in…

GDP growth – energy consumption relationship: revisited

Usama Al-mulali

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between gross domestic product (GDP) growth and renewable and non-renewable energy consumption in 82 developing…

Barriers to industrial energy efficiency

Peter Lunt, Peter Ball, Andrew Levers

The purpose of this research is to capture organisational barriers that can inhibit energy reduction in manufacturing. Energy consumption is a significant contributor to the…

Cost benefit analysis on SVC and UPFC in a dynamic economic dispatch problem

Sekharan Sreejith, Sishaj P. Simon

The aim of this paper is to compare the performance of static VAR compensator (SVC) and unified power flow controller (UPFC) in dynamic economic dispatch (DED) problem. DED…

Editorial

Prasanta Kumar Dey