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Wind of Change in the Power Sector
Europe’s wind energy industry is used to breaking records for generating more power from low carbon sources but recent developments point to even more dramatic days to come.
The Benefits and Challenges of Demand Response
When evaluating demand response, it is imperative that it is considered in the context of the entire energy system. Demand response alone may offer certain benefits, however when the interaction with other system components is considered demand response may become a very attractive option.
Long Term US Energy and Emission Trends
Companies will increasingly come under pressure from pension and fund managers, even private investors, to disclose their potential exposure to climate change, and that will inevitably focus on their carbon footprint.
Watt’s Next? Why Energy Storage is the next game changer
In this article taken from The Electricity Journal, we look at the opportunities for energy storage, the impact renewable energy is having on electricity networks and the value that experts think will be created over the next 10 years.
Solar EV’s Are Picking Up the Pace
Many have argued that the next step for electric cars is to be powered by solar energy. Indeed, charging cars on solar power has many obvious advantages that would compliment the existing Tesla, Volt and Leaf's but how feasible is it?
UK’s energy policy stuck in limbo?
Many have argued that the UK lacks a clear energy policy and that this lack of direction - by many governments - has lead to expensive decisions, hasty changes in direction and confusing indicators to investors.
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Multi Agent Models for Electricity Price Forecasting
The second part of the Electricity Price Forecasting series looking at agent-based models which simulate the simultaneous operations and interactions of multiple agents in an attempt to re-create and predict the appearance of complex phenomena.
An Introduction to Electricity Price Forecasting
A variety of methods and ideas have been tried for electricity price forecasting over the last 15 years. This review series aims to explain the complexity of the available solutions, their strengths and weaknesses. This first part introduces the topic, the key terms and lays out the road ahead.
Changing Crude Oil Benchmarks
The evolving economics of the oil industry are changing how benchmarks are calculated with the WTI, Brent and Dubai all undergoing considerable evolution.
OPEC’s Crude Awakening
The oil bears are gaining leverage over the bulls as confidence in the stability of crude prices continues to wane. But to what degree can US production meet additional OPEC cuts and when will the market rebound?
Optimal Crack Spread Hedging
The traditional approach to hedging the crude oil refining margin (crack spread) adopts a fixed 3:2:1 ratio between the futures positions of crude oil, gasoline, and heating oil. The latest research indicates that this might not be the optimal approach