This paper considers the institutional and regulatory framework of local infrastructure services in Florida and examines how decision-makers perceive the governance structures of publicly-owned utilities in […]

Authors are: Yurchenko, Yuliya; Thomas, Steve Low carbon sources – primarily renewables and perhaps nuclear power – are almost invariably acknowledged to give more expensive power […]

Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town This paper provides an overview of market-oriented power sector reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America […]

Authors are: Anton Eberhard, Katharine Gratwick, Elvira Morella, and Pedro Antmann The track record of Sub-Saharan Africa’s power sector is dismal. Two out of three households […]

Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town High-level energy policy objectives generally do not differ much between countries: most seek an energy sector that will […]

Energy regulation underpins the European Union’s efforts to establish competitive energy markets in each Member State. Since the 1990s a system of regulatory governance was established, […]

Authors are: Anne Held, Mario Ragwitz, Fraunhofer ISI; Malte Gephart, Erika de Visser, Corinna Klessmann, ECOFYS The objective of this report is to supplement the European […]

Best Practices from International Experience, Summary for Policymakers Authors are: Jaquelin Cochran, Lori Bird, Jenny Heeter, and Douglas J. Arent Many countries—reflecting very different geographies, markets, […]

Authors are: National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Jaquelin Cochran, Mackay Miller, Michael Milligan, Erik Ela, Douglas Arent, and Aaron Bloom; IBM: Matthew Futch; VTT Technical Research Centre […]

Authors are: National Renewable Energy Laboratory: M. Miller, L. Bird, J. Cochran, M. Milligan, M. Bazilian; Ecar Limited: E. Denny, J. Dillon, J. Bialek, M. O’Malley; DIW […]

The competitiveness of renewable power generation technologies continued improving in 2013 and 2014, reaching historic levels. Biomass for power, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind can all […]

Authors: Dr Christoph Kost, Noha Saad Hussein, M.Sc., Dr Thomas Schlegl The study compares the present costs for conversion of different energy forms into electricity and […]