Arrested ambition? Foreign investor protections, stabilization clauses and fossil‐fuelled power generation in developing countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian Moon
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Foreign Investor ◽  
Investor Protections

EKREM TATOGLUAND KEITH W. GLAISER, Dimensions of Western Foreign Direct Investment in Turkey (Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books, 2000). Pp. 226. $67.50 cloth.

2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 663-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asim Erdilek
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Multinational Corporation ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Foreign Investor ◽  
Managerial Control ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Nations

The surge in foreign direct investment (FDI)—investment with managerial control by the foreign investor, usually a multinational corporation—has been the major driver of globalization in the past two decades and the accelerator of economic development in many developing countries. It has, however, bypassed Turkey. By all relevant relative measures found in the United Nations' annual World Investment Report, Turkey has failed to attract much FDI.

Modelling for power generation sector in Developing Countries: Case of Egypt

Energy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 198-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yassin Yehia Rady ◽  
Matteo V. Rocco ◽  
M.A. Serag-Eldin ◽  
Emanuela Colombo
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Developing Countries

scholarly journals Application of Unit Commitment with Market Pool in a Peaking Power Generation Firm in the Philippines for a Cost Reduction Case Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Luke Rey Santillan ◽  
Kenn Brylle Senen ◽  
Robert Wamilda ◽  
Lanndon Ocampo ◽  
Rafael Seva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Unit Commitment ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Mixed Integer ◽  
Potential Cost ◽  
Small Power ◽  
Generation Costs

This paper attempts to provide an optimum loading schedule of power generating units with the least cost by solving a unit commitment (UC) problem and to present good estimates of cost differences when UC problem is not applied. UC is a fundamental optimization problem of power generation systems which determines the optimum schedule of generating units which minimizes generation costs. However, for small power generation firms which are situated in developing countries, UC-based problems are poorly understood if not implemented and the scheduling of generating units is based on some methodologies which may provide results that are not optimal. Thus, a case study in a small power generation firm in central Philippines is carried out to elucidate these objectives. The case requires a solution of the mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problem. Results show that the proposed UC-based problem yields optimal costs and the cost disparity from the current scheduling scheme is approximately at 27% which may be considered as potential cost savings. This shows that UC-based problem provides a reliable platform in achieving minimal generation costs. These results are significant to decision-makers particularly in small power generation firms and to engineering practitioners in the Philippines and in some developing countries as these provide an overview of the disparity of cost figures of not implementing UC.

Manufacturing Information and Database Systems Adoption and Usage Trends in Developing Countries

2018 ◽  
pp. 72-92
Author(s):  
Norman Gwangwava
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Software Package ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Database Systems ◽  
Academic Power ◽  
Software Packages ◽  
Manufacturing Information ◽  
Big Six

Data and information has become a central productive and strategic asset, and the success of the organization depends on its ability to gather, produce, maintain, and disseminate this information for its benefit and those in its value chain. The chapter details the results from a study concerning different types of software packages used by manufacturing and engineering firms in developing countries. The participants were categorized into six industries: academic, power generation, manufacturing chemicals, manufacturing engineering, mining, and transportation. The study revealed that 97% of the companies had a software package installed for their operations. The “big six” software packages found to be in use are Syspro, Sage, SAP, ELLIPSE, Navision, and SCADA DELTA. In the manufacturing sector, Syspro has the largest market share: 86%. ELLIPSE is largely used in the mining sectors. Companies spend about $20,000 as initial investment on the software and about $2,000 annually on license fees. More than 50% of the software users are satisfied with the performance of their software packages.

Fortifying Inequality

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Gus Van Harten
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Foreign Investor ◽  
Global Inequality ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
International Protection ◽  
Investor Protections ◽  
The One

In this chapter, foreign investor protections are introduced as a symbol and guarantor of global inequality. Backed by the most powerful adjudicative mechanism in international law, these protections benefit 255,000 people whose combined wealth exceeds that of 80 per cent of the world’s adult population, about four billion people. They lead one to ask if the one hundred companies responsible for most industrial greenhouse gas emissions, for example, are so vulnerable or helpful to others as to deserve extraordinary international protection. Commonplace arguments in favour of investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) are surveyed and criticized. The promotional role of the ISDS industry of arbitrators, lawyers, and experts, for which ISDS has generated to billions in fees, is also highlighted, focusing on arbitrators whose pro-investor interpretations laid a foundation for the explosion of ISDS.

scholarly journals DESIGN OF TRANSMISSION LINE WITH USE OF PLS-CADD & MONITORING SAG AND TENSION

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Vipin Kumar ◽  
Mantosh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Dense Population ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Generation Capacity ◽  
Extra High Voltage ◽  
Installation Cost

Power is the basic key for growth of any country’s economy. The increased demand of electricity, need to optimize the utilization of power generation capacity and increase in the interconnections are the major issues with which power sector is dealing with. Energy consumption per person is also rising tremendously in developing countries. However, installing a new power plant cannot be a solution every time. Dense population, availability of land, initial and installation cost can be the major issues in this case. Huge transfer of power from generating plants to load centre at long distance with bulky transmission lines is causing to upgrade voltage class to Extra High Voltage (EHV) from High Voltage (HV). [1]

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