Electricity restructuring in Turkey

Turkey implemented the electricity sector reform by which the Electricity Market Law no. 4628 passed in February 2001. Recently, all segments of the Turkish electricity sector are dominated by a vertically integrated, public-owned monopoly—Türkiye Elektrik Kurumu—the Turkish electricity institution. The Turkish electricity reform involves vertical deintegration of generation, transmission and distribution, introduction of competition into generation and retail sale, establishment of an independent regulatory authority and privatization of public generation and distribution entities. This article provides an overview of the Turkish electricity sector reform and defines some problems that may affect the reform success.     

美国国际发展署/ECO-Asia清洁发展和气侯项目建议书征集通知

清洁项目融资咨询网络(The Private Financing Advisory Network,简称PFAN)是一个多边参与的全球性合作组织,由气候技术倡议(Climate Technology Initiative,简称CTI)与联合国气候变化框架协议(UNVCCC)技术转移专家组一起合作发起成立.     

Electric sector restructuring in Italy

In this paper, the author describes how Italian electricity supply industry restructuring is moving at a rapid pace, with many generators entering the production sector, a new ISO entrusted with the transmission function and tariffs that will gradually eliminate existing cross-subsidies     

Review of the various proposals for the European offshore grid

The integration of large amounts of renewable power, the will to create a single European Energy Market, and the requirements for system adequacy and security of supply are strong drivers towards more electricity interconnection infrastructure in Europe. This is especially true for the European seas with the North Sea in particular.During the last years, various proposals for an offshore grid in Europe have been published in the public domain, varying from research proposals to long-term visions or more concrete projects. Taken up by policymakers and other stakeholders, they have resulted in a number of ongoing initiatives like the Adamowitsch Working Group, the ENTSO-E Regional North Sea Group and the North Seas Countries’ Offshore Grid Initiative.The paper provides the background on offshore grids and an extensive overview of the various proposals. Furthermore, the remaining challenges are discussed and explained in the context of the different initiatives.     

Energy price forecasting - problems and proposals for such predictions

This paper discusses the value of price forecasting in the electricity market during bidding or hedging against volatility. When bidding in a pool system, the market participants are requested to express their bids in terms of prices and quantities. Since the bids are accepted in order of increasing price until the total demand is met, a company that is able to forecast the pool price can adjust its own price/production schedule depending on hourly pool prices and its own production costs. This paper also discusses the challenges of price forecasting and describes some of the proposed methods for meeting these challenges.     

Electricity restructuring [Business Scene]

The Islamic Republic of Iran currently manages an electricity sector with about 40,000 MW of installed capacity, which serves more than 13 million end users through a 36,000-km high-voltage transmission interconnected grid and a more than 50,000-km medium-voltage distribution network. This fairly large power system with an annual peak demand growth rate of about 10%, one of the highest rates in the world, makes the movement toward restructuring the electricity industry of Iran unavoidable, mainly for two reasons: 1) it is expected that the restructuring and consequently the privatization would improve the performance and efficiency of the present industry 2) it is expected that the development of a new competitive paradigm in the electricity industry could make the sector more attractive for potential independent investors. Based on these ideas, the restructuring studies primarily were begun in early 1990. The studies had two main directions: providing legal foundations and determining the main implementation steps. This article discusses these two directions     

对浙江省风电发展的建议

介绍了浙江风能资源与风电发展现状;阐述了浙江省开发风电对于优化能源结构、保障能源供应安全、改善与保护生态环境和促进经济增长的积极意义;针对推进浙江风电产业发展提出了扶持风电设备制造业、推进风电设备国产化,加强风电前期工作,鼓励风电投资、保证合理回报的建议.     

Northeast Asia regional energy infrastructure proposals

Economic growth in the countries of Northeast Asia has spurred a massive increase in the need for energy, especially oil, gas, coal, and electricity. Although the region, taken as a whole, possesses financial, technical, labor, and natural resources sufficient to address much of the region's needs now and into the future, no one country has all of those attributes. As a result, over the past two decades, there has been significant interest in regional proposals that would allow sharing of resources, including infrastructure to develop and transport energy resources from the Russian Far East to South Korea, China, and Japan, and cooperation on energy-efficiency, renewable energy, and the nuclear fuel cycle as well. In this article we review some of these proposals, identify some of the factors that could contribute to the success or failure of infrastructure proposals, and explore some of the implications and ramifications of energy cooperation activities for energy security in the region.     

Challenging offers of material science for adsorption heat transformation: A review

Booming progress in the materials science offers a huge choice of novel porous solids which may be used for adsorption transformation of low temperature heat. This communication gives an overview of original and literature data on several classes of materials potentially promising for this important application, namely, metalaluminophosphates (AlPOs, SAPOs, MeAPOs), metal-organic frameworks (MIL, ISE, etc.), ordered porous solids (MCM, SBA, etc.), porous carbons and various composites (SWSs, AlPO-Al foil). For the SWS composites, we briefly considered the recent trends in their developing, namely, usage of host matrices with uniform pore dimensions and binary salt systems. We hope that this review will give new impulses to target-oriented research on the novel adsorbents for AHT and may also be beneficial for further consolidating international activities in materials science and heat transformation applications.     

Motivations for market restructuring: Evidence from U.S. electricity deregulation

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether electricity restructuring was brought about due to the Public Interest Theory (that regulatory changes are undertaken to benefit society) or the Interest Group Theory (that groups hoping to gain from deregulation lobby for regulatory changes). From 1996 to 2002 eighteen states developed restructuring programs targeted at improving efficiency through the use of increased wholesale trading, abolition of ‘cost of service’ regulation, measures to open electricity production to non-utility entities, and the unbundling of transmission and distribution. Results indicate some evidence of the Public Interest Theory and strong evidence of the Interest Group Theory.     

Mergers and restructuring in the world oil industry

This study focuses on the world oil industry since the relevant markets are global. Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the petroleum industry reflect the accelerating rate of M&A activity worldwide. The basic change forces are: technological advances, globalization, deregulation, industry dynamics, pressure for economies, and favorable economic environments. The change forces have blurred the boundaries of industries and have multiplied the forms and sources of competition. M&As and restructuring have had positive influences in the performance of the economy. Since the 1980s, real GDP growth in the U.S. has been strong with only short interruptions. During the past 2 decades, almost 2 million new jobs per year have been created. Patterns in the oil industry have mirrored these changes in the economy as a whole, emphasizing technological improvements and cost reductions. Instabilities of prices and other increased risks in the oil industry have triggered M&As and restructuring. Financial analysis of the BP acquisition of Amoco demonstrates that even if a fraction of the estimated cost savings are achieved, market values will be increased. If five major mergers are completed, the HHI for the world oil industry will rise from a very low 389 to 581, still well below the 1,000 critical level specified by the regulatory authorities. Analysis suggests that the BP Amoco acquisition will have positive economic effects on the economy of Alaska.