International Journal of Energy Sector Management: Volume 12 Issue 1

Multi-fuel energy source dispatch considering bi-objectives using ant lion algorithm

Balachandar Pandiyan, Sivarajan Ganesan, Nadanasabapathy Jayakumar, Srikrishna Subramanian

The ever-stringent environmental regulations force power producers to produce electricity at the cheapest price and with minimum pollutant emission levels. The electrical power…

GDP, energy consumption and financial development in Italy

Cosimo Magazzino

This study aims to explore the relationship among energy consumption, real income, financial development and oil prices in Italy over the period 1960-2014.

Identification of sustainable expansion alternatives for heterogeneous grid topologies

Tobias Lühn, Genoveva Schmidtmann, Jutta Geldermann

The aim of this paper is to introduce a newly developed multi-criteria analysis for the comparison of two grid expansion alternatives, conventional and voltage-regulated…

Harvesting straw in Poland and Finland: How does it affect greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity and soil physical quality?

Katri Joensuu, Taija Sinkko

There is growing interest in using crop residues, particularly cereal straw, to replace fossil fuels in heat and electricity production. The purpose of the present study was to…

A goal programming model for a sustainable biomass supply chain network

Konstantinos Petridis, Evangelos Grigoroudis, Garyfallos Arabatzis

The design of a biomass supply chain is a problem where multiple stakeholders with often conflicting objectives are involved. To accommodate the aspects stakeholder, the supply…

Forecasting performance of time series models on electricity spot markets: a quasi-meta-analysis

Marc Gürtler, Thomas Paulsen

Empirical publications on the time series modeling and forecasting of electricity prices vary widely regarding the conditions, and the findings make it difficult to generalize…

An aggregate and disaggregate energy consumption, industrial growth and CO2 emission: Fresh evidence from structural breaks and combined cointegration for China

Tehreem Fatima, Enjun Xia, Muhammad Ahad

This study aims to examine the relationships between aggregated and disaggregated energy use in the industrial sector, carbon emissions and industrial output in China.

Overview of the Italian natural gas sector

Vincenzo Bianco

The purpose of this study is to analyze the natural gas sector in Italy, with a specific focus on the regulatory framework, the development of infrastructures and the supply and…

Client orientation of central power generation companies

Alina Fedosova, Irina Volkova

This paper aims to identify the effects of client orientation on the business models of central power generation companies.

Calculation and analysis of energy consumption of Chinese national rail transport

Jiangwei Liu

The rail transport sector in China represents one of the largest consumers of energy today, and the primary purpose of this paper is to examine the causes of changes in energy…