International Journal of Energy Sector Management: Volume 5 Issue 2

Compact fluorescent lamps and electricity consumption trend in residential buildings in Ilorin, Nigeria

Bolaji F. Sule, Kajogbola R. Ajao, Habeeb A. Ajimotokan, Mohammed K. Garba

The purpose of this study is to examine the electricity consumption trend in residential buildings using incandescent lamps and retrofitting with compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).

Electricity markets: an overview and comparative study

Anurag K. Srivastava, Sukumar Kamalasadan, Daxa Patel, Sandhya Sankar, Khalid S. Al‐Olimat

The electric power industry has been moving from a regulated monopoly structure to a deregulated market structure in many countries. The purpose of this study is to…

A review on reactive power management in electricity markets

Sanjoy K. Parida, Suresh C. Srivastava, Sri N. Singh

The main purpose behind this work is to explore the methods already proposed in various literatures to overcome the issues associated with VAr management in a competitive…

Impact of accidents risk on hydrogen road transportation cost

Antonio C. Caputo, Pacifico M. Pelagagge, Paolo Salini

The purpose of this paper is to estimate delivered hydrogen cost including both transport and expected accidents cost comparing compressed gas or liquid hydrogen road transport…

Practical feasibility and assessment model for combined heat and power

Alexander Nock, Udechukwu Ojiako, Tolga Bektas, Max Chipulu

This paper seeks to set out opportunities for the development of a UK‐focused feasibility and sizing model utilising linear programming.

Logistics sector development potential of world's oil exporters

Olli‐Pekka Hilmola

Oil exporters have been identified as having problems in the friendliness and performance of their logistics sector, particularly in general cargo group. The purpose of this…

Green energy sources (GES) selection based on multi‐criteria decision analysis (MCDA)

Asim Datta, Amitava Ray, Gautam Bhattacharya, Hiranmay Saha

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel consumption is a big challenge on the view of global warming and climate changes caused by greenhouse gases as per recent…

Economic‐emission unit commitment solution for wind integrated hybrid system

Yajvender Pal Verma, Ashwani Kumar

With the inclusion of significant wind power into the power system, the unit commitment (UC) has become challenging due to frequent variations in wind power, load and requirement…

Sustainability criteria for biomass – views of Finnish stakeholders

Anne Hämäläinen, Virgilio Panapanaan, Mirja Mikkilä, Lassi Linnanen, Jussi Heinimö

The purpose of this paper is to find out the views, concerns and opinions of stakeholders in Finland about the on‐going EU‐wide development of sustainability criteria for biomass…

Editorial

Subhes C. Bhattacharyya, Prasanta K. Dey