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Kuwait Petroleum Corporation: Searching for Strategy in a Fragmented Oil Sector
July 2008
By most measures, including Kuwait Petroleum Corporation's ability to meet its own targets, the enterprise performs poorly. Many of the problems are traceable to the profound dysfunction and...
Oil and Governance: State-owned Enterprises and the World Energy Supply
January 2012
National oil companies (NOCs) produce most of the world’s oil and natural gas and bankroll governments across the globe.
Three Key Obstacles to Cookstove Adoption (And How to Overcome Them)
December 2009
The article discusses the role of commercial ventures in improving access to improved biomass stoves.
Weak on Warming
February 2002
In recent years, the U.S. debate on global warming policy has been stymied by the unachievable goals of the Kyoto Protocol. Cutting U.S.
Political Economy of Electric Power Market Restructuring: Introduction to Issues and Expectations, A
February 2003
Over the last three decades a wave of reform has spread nearly every aspect of modern economic activity.
Reform of the Chinese Electric Power Market: Economics and Institutions
January 2004
When the People's Republic was founded in 1949, the Chinese electricity industry, with only 1.85 GW installed capacity, was primitive.
Political Economy of Power Sector Reform in South Africa
February 2003
This is an updated draft version of a paper published here in Feb. 2003.
Vision for Global Electrification, A
August 2002
This paper is a working draft intended to both set the stage and stimulate discussion at the upcoming EPRI workshop on Global Electrification.
Energy and Economic Development: An Assessment of the State of Knowledge
November 2002
Energy development, interpreted broadly to mean increased provision and use of energy services, is an integral part of enhanced economic development.
Macro Patterns in the Use of Traditional Biomass Fuels
November 2002
About 2.4 billion people rely on traditional biomass, mainly for cooking and heating (IEA, 2002).
Rural Energy Patterns in China: A Preliminary Assessment from Available Data Sources
November 2002
This paper looks into the overall energy pattern in rural China and the possible reasons behind based on an assessment of available data sources.
Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources, The
May 2003
The study of regimes has focused on the negotiation of rules that, in practice, have been codified into single agreements.
Factors that Explain Investment in Cross-Border Natural Gas Transport Infrastructures: A Research Protocol for Historical Case Studies
February 2004
Techno-economic energy models consistently project world gas demand to rise sharply in the coming decades.
Political Economy of Indian Power Sector Reforms, The
December 2003
This is an updated draft of a version published in February 2003.
Political Economy of the Brazilian Power Industry Reform, The
December 2003
After a long period of rapid growth the Brazilian power industry entered a period of stagnation and crisis in the 1980s.
Rural Energy Modeling
November 2002
This paper presents the details and results of an energy model of a non-electrified rural village. The model itself was developed with MARKAL/TIMES, a modeling and optimization tool.
A Herd Mentality in the Design of International Environmental Agreements?
February 2005
When addressing an externality such as air pollution, regulators can control policy inputs (e.g., pollution taxes and technology standards) or outputs (e.g., emission caps).
Electricity Restructuring and the Social Contract
May 2003
The electricity sector is a major contributor to air and water pollution. Electricity also supplies vital services to modern societies-it literally powers economic growth.
Greenfield IPP Database (GRIPP): Based on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database, The
May 2003
The Greenfield IPP (GRIPP) database is derived from the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) database.
An Energy Model for a Low Income Rural African Village
September 2005
This article reports on efforts to extend a MARKAL energy model for South Africa to include rural energy choices, allowing for computation of optimal energy systems in a typical (non-electrified)...
Political Economy and the Hydrogen Revolution
September 2003
In recent years, the professional punditry has lofted hydrogen into the firmament of technological wonders.
Mexican Electricity Sector: Economic, Legal and Political Issues, The
November 2003
This chapter aims to explain the motivations and strategies for reform in the Mexican electricity sector.
Carbon intensity of electricity generation and CDM baseline: case studies of three Chinese provinces
December 2005
A difficult and persistent issue in the discussion of Clean Development Mechanism is estimating a carbon emissions baseline, against which tradable permits may be certified.
Algerian Gas to Europe: The Transmed Pipeline and Early Spanish Gas Import Projects
May 2004
A snapshot of the central Mediterranean region starting in the 1970's provides an ideal case for the analysis of decision making in cross-border natural gas transport projects.
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