A review of microgrid development in the United States – A decade of progress on policies, demonstrations, controls, and software tools [PDF]
, 2018 Microgrids have become increasingly popular in the United States. Supported by favorable federal and local policies, microgrid projects can provide greater energy stability and resilience within a project site or community.
Bao, Y +6 more
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AI and OR in management of operations: history and trends [PDF]
, 2007 The last decade has seen a considerable growth in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for operations management with the aim of finding solutions to problems that are increasing in complexity and scale.
Kobbacy, KAH, Rasmy, MH, Vadera, S
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amidst dwindling state funding and the legislative withdrawal from public university research support, a heightened political process shapes the allocation of scarce tax dollars. This article explores how advocacy within the political process influences funding support for higher education from state legislatures.
Gregory M. Perry +2 more
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A probabilistic reliability‐centred maintenance approach for electrical distribution networks
IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 2021 Reliability improvement is a fundamental issue in electric distribution network (EDN) operation. In this regard, providing the most efficient maintenance policy can dramatically assist the electric utility companies in reducing the failure rate of EDN ...
Habib Allah Ravaghi Ardabili +2 more
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Dollars for Drops: Abatement Cost of Water for Irrigation in the Colorado River Basin
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Colorado River is a lifeline for more than 40 million people in the western United States. However, with climate change diminishing snowpacks in the Rocky Mountains and increasing demands from agriculture and urban areas, the river's flow has become insufficient to meet all the competing needs.
Shahin Bahrami +2 more
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Enabling demand response for optimal deployment of multi‐carrier microgrids incorporating incentives
IET Renewable Power Generation, 2022 This paper inspects customer multi‐carrier microgrid deployments' techno‐economic viability and assists investors in deciding whether or not to invest in multi‐carrier microgrid installations equipped with smart demand‐side technologies.
Mahdi Azimian +4 more
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Definition of a Balancing Point for Electricity Transmission Contracts [PDF]
, 2004 Electricity transmission contracts allocate scarce resources, allow hedging against locational price differences and provide information to guide investment.
Neuhoff, Karsten, Olmos, Luis
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich +3 more
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A vision of flexible dispatchable hybrid solar‐wind‐energy storage power plant
IET Renewable Power Generation, 2021 Dispatchable renewable generation is essential for 100% renewables power system. It is in the interest of both power system operators and customers since it reduces the need for flexibility and reserve.
Mostafa Bakhtvar +3 more
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Modeling economic systems as locally-constructive sequential games [PDF]
, 2017 Real-world economies are open-ended dynamic systems consisting of heterogeneous interacting participants. Human participants are decision-makers who strategically take into account the past actions and potential future actions of other participants.
Tesfatsion, Leigh, Tesfatsion, Leigh
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