Many urban areas in the United States have experienced difficulty meeting the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), partially due to pollution from electricity generating units. We evaluated the potential for residential demand response to reduce pollutant emissions on days with above...

The combination of the ambitious German greenhouse gas reduction goals in the power sector and the nuclear phase-out raises many questions concerning the operational security of the German electricity generation system. This paper focusses on the technical feasibility (electricity generation and...

With deregulation in the electric power industry, traditionalapproaches for minimizing production costs have become unfit forthe present competitive environment. Owners of generationassets must now consider price uncertainty in solving unitcommitment problems for scheduling and operating their...

Combined heat and power (CHP) plants are characterized by high fuel efficiency and are therefore usually the thermal power producing units of choice within a district heating network. The operation of CHP units is typically controlled by the current heat demand and thus delimits the range of...