und Niveau der Infrastruktur keineswegs generell an Bedeutung verloren haben, spielt heute die Existenz vorhandener … determinants of FDI as market size, wage differences, high developed infrastructure and natural resources remain relevant, FDI …

between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure investment allocation. … zwischen Infrastruktur und privater Produktivität. Das zweite Thema sind die Determinanten regionaler …

?r verschiedene Themen aus den Bereichen Infrastruktur und Applikationen vorgestellt. Nach einer kurzen Einf?hrung befasst sich der … fields of infrastructure and applications are presented. After a brief introduction, the first contribution deals with …

United States as well as in Europe. A large-scale introduction of wind power causes a number of challenges for electricity … model-based scenario, in which wind energy provides 20% of the U.S. electricity demand in 2030. The report discusses a set … of technical and economic challenges that have to be overcome for this scenario to unfold. In Europe, several countries …

-owned utilities (IOUs) and nonutility electricity generators (NUGs) when making decisions on technologies for new generating plants …

Wind is the fastest growing source for electricity in the United States. During 2001, U.S. wind power plant … allowing higher electricity rates that may increase the rate of wind plant development. Power shortages, natural gas price …

, EPRI has developed the Electricity Technology Roadmap. The Roadmap identifies several major strategic challenges that must … be successfully addressed to ensure a sustainable future in which electricity continues to play an important role in … importance of reliable electricity in different sectors of the economy. This report is intended to contribute to that …

The Electricity Market Module (EMM) is the electricity supply component of the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS …). The EMM represents the generation, transmission, and pricing of electricity. It consists of four submodules: the … Electricity Capacity Planning (ECP) Submodule, the Electricity Fuel Dispatch (EFD) Submodule, the Electricity Finance and Pricing …

vertically integrated utilities with approval from state public utility commissions. As the U.S. electricity industry is … choose to face real-time (spot) prices and will respond to the occasionally very high prices by reducing electricity use at … volatile energy prices; (2) lower electricity costs and prices; and (3) a generation mix with more baseload, and less peaking …

Electricity markets are complex adaptive systems that operate under a wide range of rules that span a variety of time … scales. These rules are imposed both from above by society and below by physics. Many electricity markets are undergoing or … electricity markets have recently undergone this transition with extremely unsatisfactory results, most notably in California …