scholarly journals Do Markets Reduce Costs? Assessing the Impact of Regulatory Restructuring on U.S. Electric Generation Efficiency

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kira Markiewicz ◽  
Nancy Rose ◽  
Catherine Wolfram
Keyword(s):  
Generation Efficiency ◽  
Electric Generation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Regulatory Restructuring

scholarly journals Do Markets Reduce Costs? Assessing the Impact of Regulatory Restructuring on US Electric Generation Efficiency

2007 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 1250-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kira R Fabrizio ◽  
Nancy L Rose ◽  
Catherine D Wolfram
Keyword(s):  
Electricity Markets ◽  
Cost Minimization ◽  
Industry Structure ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Generation Efficiency ◽  
Input Demand ◽  
Electric Generation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Regulatory Restructuring ◽  
Wholesale Electricity Markets

While neoclassical models assume static cost-minimization by firms, agency models suggest that firms may not minimize costs in less-competitive or regulated environments. We test this using a transition from cost-of-service regulation to market-oriented environments for many US electric generating plants. Our estimates of input demand suggest that publicly owned plants, whose owners were largely insulated from these reforms, experienced the smallest efficiency gains, while investor-owned plants in states that restructured their wholesale electricity markets improved the most. The results suggest modest medium-term efficiency benefits from replacing regulated monopoly with a market-based industry structure. (JEL D24, L11, L51, L94, L98)

scholarly journals Investigation of the Impact of the Pumping Beam Waist Size and Position on the Efficiency of YVO4/Nd : YVO4/YVO4 Laser Generation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Jaroslaw Mlynczak ◽  
Maciej Zyskowski
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Beam Waist ◽  
Laser Generation ◽  
Pumping Power ◽  
Generation Efficiency ◽  
Resonator Length ◽  
Waist Size ◽  
Yvo4 Laser ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

This article presents the results of the investigation of the generation efficiency for different sizes and positions of the pumping beam waist inside the active medium of the YVO4/Nd : YVO4/YVO4 lasers. The measurements were carried out for a fixed resonator length of 36.1 mm, a constant pumping power of 1.16 W, and four output couplers with different radii of curvature. According to the knowledge of the authors, such an extended experimental approach is presented for the first time.

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Power System Cycles

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen E. Veyo ◽  
Wayne L. Lundberg
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Power System ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Generation Efficiency ◽  
Electric Generation ◽  
Useful Heat ◽  
Hybrid Cycle

Reviewed are power system concepts employing the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) at atmospheric pressure in simple cycle; in an atmospheric pressure hybrid cycle with a gas turbine (SOFC/GT); and in a pressurized SOFC/GT hybrid (PSOFC/GT). Estimates of power system performance are presented and discussed. Simple atmospheric pressure SOFC systems designed for combined heat and power (CHP) application can approach 50% electric generation efficiency (net AC/LHV) and 80% fuel effectiveness [(net AC + useful heat)/LHV]. Pressurized SOFC systems with intercooled, recuperated, and SOFC-reheated GT cycles can approach 70% electric generation efficiency, while the atmospheric pressure SOFC/GT hybrid cycle and a simple pressurized SOFC/GT cycle can approach 55% and 60% generation efficiency, respectively. These high levels of efficiency are extraordinary in that they are achievable at the MW capacity level.

The impact of electric generation capacity by renewable and non-renewable energy in Brazilian economic growth

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (32) ◽  
pp. 33236-33259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maiara de Oliveira Noronha ◽  
Roselaine Ruviaro Zanini ◽  
Adriano Mendonça Souza
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Generation Capacity ◽  
Electric Generation ◽  
The Impact

Formation of Lunar Craters and Bright Rays as a Result of Meteorite Impacts

1962 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 415-418
Author(s):  
K. P. Stanyukovich ◽  
V. A. Bronshten
Keyword(s):  
Explosive Charge ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Meteorite Impacts ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Lunar Craters ◽  
The Impact

The phenomena accompanying the impact of large meteorites on the surface of the Moon or of the Earth can be examined on the basis of the theory of explosive phenomena if we assume that, instead of an exploding meteorite moving inside the rock, we have an explosive charge (equivalent in energy), situated at a certain distance under the surface.

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