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The Rise and Decline of U.S. Private Sector Investments in Energy R&D since the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973

Dooley, James J. - 2010

This paper presents two distinct datasets that describe investments in energy research and development (R&D) by the US private sector since the mid1970s, which is when the US government began to systematically collect these data. The first dataset is based upon a broad survey of more than 20,000...

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Oil and gas development in the United States in the early 1990`s: An expanded role for independent producers

2009

Since 1991, the major petroleum companies` foreign exploration and development expenditures have exceeded their US exploration and development expenditures. The increasing dependence of US oil and gas development on the typically much smaller nonmajor companies raises a number of issues. Did...

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Geothermal investment analysis with site-specific applications to Roosevelt Hot Springs and Cove Fort-Sulphurdale, Utah

Cassel, T.A.V.; Edelstein, R.H.; Blair, P.D. - 2007

The analysis and modeling of investment behavior in the development of hydrothermal electric power facilities are … reported. This investment behavior reflects a degree of sensitivity to public policy alternatives concerning taxation and … model was developed which offers an efficient means for site-specific investment analysis of private sector firms and …

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Alternative scenarios for Federal transportation policy. Volume I. Summary. First year final report

Friedlaender, A.; Simpson, R. - 2008

, procurement, government ownership and investment, special programs for particular transportation industry problems and impacts of …

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How can energy-efficient structures compete in an inefficient energy market

Noll, S. - 2009

The only way resources can be efficiently allocated in our market system is if prices of resources, goods, and services properly reflect their true value to society. However, because of (a) imperfections in the pricing mechanisms that currently influence private-sector decision making; (b) the...

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Geothermal development and production of electricity in the Southwestern United States

Nowotny, K.R.; Rao, C.R. - 2007

temperature geothermal resources. GIRORA-Electric is a discounted cash flow investment model which evaluates the rate of return on … producers' capital investment. This model consists of two major submodels: the exploration and development of a geothermal … calculated rate of return on the capital investment earned by the geothermal producer. The results of the sensitivity analysis of …

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