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Improving electricity access in low-income countries is a challenging problem because of the high costs of grid … extension and low demand for grid electricity in rural areas. This study elucidates these constraints by analyzing poor … households' willingness-to-pay for different types of electricity access, including lower cost off-grid technologies. The …
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low- and -middle-income countries. Specifically, this study assesses the impact of transport, electricity, and water … dollar due to dryouts. Moreover, this study shows that electricity outages are causing sales losses equivalent to 82 billion … dollar a year. Firms are also incurring the costs of self-generated electricity, estimated to amount to 64 billion dollar a …
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This study finds that natural shocks-storms in particular-are a significant and often leading cause for power supply disruptions. This finding is based on 20 years of high frequency (i.e. daily) data on power outages and climate variables in 28 countries-Bangladesh, the United States and 26...
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The main drivers of transformation processes of electricity markets stem from climate policies and changing economic … electricity market by applying a techno-economic electricity market model for the period from 2005 to 2014. Similar changes may …
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Accurate information about electricity generation and consumption is crucial to power system modelling. Several … example, annual electricity generation from wind and solar power in Germany differs by as much as 10% - 20%, depending on who … provided, nor is it constant. The deviation is particularly worrying in Germany, where peak electricity demand might be …
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investments in the U.S. electricity generating capacity at the federal and Census Division level for 2016-2030. Results show that …
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. Increasing electricity availability affects the reallocation of inputs to more productive activities through generating higher … these two dimensions, followed by services and agriculture. The expansion of electricity infrastructure explains about 17 …
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Ministries of finance are often asked to guarantee a state-owned electricity utility's payments to an independent power …
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Entrepreneurs in developing countries report that unreliable electricity imposes a serious constraint, yet little …
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