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Climate change is projected to have severe impacts on the frequency and intensity of peak electricity demand across the United States Open
Significance The existing empirical literature on the impacts of climate change on the electricity sector has focused on changing electricity consumption patterns. In this paper, we show that incorporating impacts on the frequency and inte…
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Modelling electric vehicles use: a survey on the methods Open
In the literature electric vehicle use is modelled using of a variety of approaches in power systems, energy and environmental analyses as well as in travel demand analysis. This paper provides a systematic review of these diverse approach…
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Implications of COVID-19 for the electricity industry: A comprehensive review Open
As COVID-19 sweeps through the whole world, human activities have been changed significantly. Under such circumstances, the electricity sector is deeply affected and faced with great challenges. This paper provides a comprehensive review o…
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North–south polarization of European electricity consumption under future warming Open
Significance We statistically analyze 2006–2012 high-frequency temperature and electricity load data from 35 European countries to compute climate change impacts on electricity demand until 2100. Extrapolating countries’ load responses to …
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A Review of Energy Sector of Bangladesh Open
A brief overview of current electricity generation status and energy scenarios in Bangladesh has been presented in this paper. Being a developing country, the electric energy demand in Bangladesh has been increasing at a significantly high…
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The Price Elasticity of Electricity Demand in the United States: A Three-Dimensional Analysis Open
In this paper we employ a dataset of three dimensions—state, sector, and year—to estimate the short- and long-run price elasticities of state-level electricity demand in the United States. Our sample covers the period 2003-2015. We contrib…
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Consumer demand for time of use electricity tariffs: A systematized review of the empirical evidence Open
Time of use (TOU) tariffs, if widely adopted, could help make electricity more secure, clean and affordable. However, quite little is known about whether consumers will switch to a TOU tariff or what might increase uptake if switching rate…
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Skilful seasonal predictions for the European energy industry Open
We assess the utility of seasonal forecasts for the energy industry by showing how recently-established predictability of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) in winter allows predictability of near-surface wind speed and air temperature a…
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Estimation of European Union residential sector space cooling potential Open
Data on European residential space cooling demands are scarce and often of poor quality. This can be concluded from a review of the Comprehensive Assessments on the energy efficiency potential in the heating and cooling sector performed by…
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The Long-Run Dynamics of Electricity Demand: Evidence from Municipal Aggregation Open
We study the dynamics of residential electricity demand by exploiting a natural experiment that produced large and long-lasting price changes in over 250 Illinois communities. Using a flexible difference-in-difference matching approach, we…
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Energy access challenge and the role of fossil fuels in meeting electricity demand: Promoting renewable energy capacity for sustainable development Open
The energy access challenge remains a significant barrier to sustainable development, with millions of people still needing access to modern energy services. Fossil fuels have played a crucial role in meeting electricity demand, but they f…
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A Review of Electricity Demand Forecasting in Low and Middle Income Countries: The Demand Determinants and Horizons Open
With the globally increasing electricity demand, its related uncertainties are on the rise as well. Therefore, a deeper insight of load forecasting techniques for projecting future electricity demands becomes imperative for business entiti…
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Evolving practice of demand-side management Open
The concept of demand-side management (DSM) was invented in the late 1970s along with the development of many of the frameworks in use to plan and implement it in the years immediately following. It was originally referred to as demand-sid…
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Electricity Demand Forecasting by Multi-Task Learning Open
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Review of Renewable Energy Potentials in Indonesia and Their Contribution to a 100% Renewable Electricity System Open
Indonesia has an increasing electricity demand that is mostly met with fossil fuels. Although Indonesia plans to ramp up Renewable Energy Technologies (RET), implementation has been slow. This is unfortunate, as the RET potential in Indone…
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Projected material requirements for the global electricity infrastructure – generation, transmission and storage Open
We analyse how the global material stocks and flows related to the electricity sector may develop towards 2050. We focus on three electricity sub-systems, being generation, transmission and storage and present a model covering both bulk an…
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Why marginal CO<sub>2</sub>emissions are not decreasing for US electricity: Estimates and implications for climate policy Open
Significance Marginal emissions of CO 2 from the electricity sector are critical for evaluating many climate policies. We provide estimates of marginal CO 2 emissions for electricity use in the United States that vary by region, hour of da…
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the U.S. Electricity Demand and Supply: An Early View From Data Open
After the onset of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, a number of studies reported on possible changes in electricity consumption trends. The overall theme of these reports was that "electricity use has decreased during the pandemic, but the po…
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The critical role of humidity in modeling summer electricity demand across the United States Open
Cooling demand is projected to increase under climate change. However, most of the existing projections are based on rising air temperatures alone, ignoring that rising temperatures are associated with increased humidity; a lethal combinat…
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Adaptive Methods for Short-Term Electricity Load Forecasting During COVID-19 Lockdown in France Open
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has urged many governments in the world to enforce a strict lockdown where all nonessential businesses are closed and citizens are ordered to stay at home. One of the consequences of this po…
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The relationship between wind power, electricity demand and winter weather patterns in Great Britain Open
Wind power generation in Great Britain has increased markedly in recent years. However due to its intermittency its ability to provide power during periods of high electricity demand has been questioned. Here we characterise the winter rel…
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Incentive-based demand response model for maximizing benefits of electricity retailers Open
The change of customer behaviors and the fluctuation of spot prices can affect the benefits of electricity retailers. To address this issue, an incentive-based demand response (DR) model involving the utility and elasticity of customers is…
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Review of wind generation within adequacy calculations and capacity markets for different power systems Open
The integration of renewable energy sources, including wind power, in the adequacy assessment of electricity generation capacity becomes increasingly important as renewable energy generation increases in volume and replaces conventional po…
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The role of temperature in the variability and extremes of electricity and gas demand in Great Britain Open
The daily relationship of electricity and gas demand with temperature in Great Britain is analysed from 1975 to 2013 and 1996 to 2013 respectively. The annual mean and annual cycle amplitude of electricity demand exhibit low frequency vari…
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An Empirical Analysis of Green Electricity Adoption Among Residential Consumers in Poland Open
This paper investigates the acceptance of green electricity among Polish residential consumers. Our focus was on the socio-economic and environmental attributes of consumers in terms of their willingness to adopt renewable energy sources (…
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Technologies and Practical Implementations of Air-conditioner Based Demand Response Open
Nowadays, the most notable uncertainty for an electricity utility lies in the electrical demand of end-users. Demand response (DR) has acquired considerable attention due to uncertain generation outputs from intermittent renewable energy s…
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Turkey’s electricity generation problem and nuclear energy policy Open
Energy is undoubtedly the most key to sustainability of the economic growth of a country. Turkey is today dependent on energy approximately at a rate of 75%. The country is able to meet approximately half of its total electricity demand ow…
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The impact of wind power and electricity demand on the relevance of different short-term electricity markets: The Nordic case Open
Electricity wholesale markets are undergoing rapid transformation due to the increasing shares of variable renewable energy sources. We therefore asked whether trading activity is shifting from the traditionally dominant day-ahead market i…
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Power‐to‐X: Between Electricity Storage, e‐Production, and Demand Side Management Open
The common understanding of Power‐to‐X is exclusively the use of renewable electricity to manufacture products currently based on fossil sources. In this paper, it is argued that beyond such e‐Production many of these technologies also inc…
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Demand and Load Forecasting Open
The current COVID-19 pandemic and the preventive measures taken to contain the spread of the disease have drastically changed the patterns of our behavior. The pandemic and movement restrictions have significant influences on the behavior …