International Journal of Energy Sector Management: Volume 13 Issue 2

Social and economic aspects of the recent fall in global oil prices

Saeed Solaymani

The global energy market has been facing lower prices of crude oil in recent years. Lower fuel price leads to lower transport cost and cheaper agricultural inputs (such as…

What precipitates growth in CO2 emissions?: New evidence from a panel of economic community of West African states (ECOWAS)

Abimelech Paye Gbatu, Zhen Wang, Presley K. Wesseh, Vamuyan A. Sesay

The degradation of the natural habitat at the expense of economic development is a harmful growth that warrants environmental policy actions. For instance, the economic impacts of…

Determining the efficacy of consolidating municipal electric utilities in Ontario, Canada

Philip R. Walsh, Olalekan Ajibade

This paper aims to examine empirically if the encouragement by government policy of merger and acquisition activity involving municipal and provincially owned electricity…

Demand response-based dynamic dispatch of microgrid system in hybrid electricity market

Deepak Kumar, Yajvender Pal Verma, Rintu Khanna

Technological development has not only helped in effective integration of renewable sources but also made it possible for consumers to participate in system operation. Different…

Innovative renewable energy technology projects’ success through partnership

Vahe Odabashian, Hassan R. HassabElnaby, Agassy Manoukian

The purpose of this paper is to uncover the importance of several variables centered around partnership in renewable energy (RE) projects. The concept developed earlier is applied…

Does human capital matter for reduction in energy consumption in India?

Vaseem Akram, Bhushan Praveen Jangam, Badri Narayan Rath

This paper aims to investigate whether improvement in human capital can foster energy conservation by reducing the energy consumption in India using annual data from 1980 to 2014…

Oil and agricultural commodity prices in Nigeria: New evidence from asymmetry and structural breaks

Ismail Olaleke Fasanya, Temitope Festus Odudu, Oluwasegun Adekoya

This paper aims to model the relationship between oil price and six major agricultural commodity prices using monthly data from January 1997 to December 2016.

Data analytics criteria of IoT enabled smart energy meters (SEMs) in smart cities

Kiran Ahuja, Arun Khosla

This paper aims to focus on data analytic tools and integrated data analyzing approaches used on smart energy meters (SEMs). Furthermore, while observing the diverse techniques…

Economic implications of domestic natural gas allocation in Indonesia

Aldi M. Hutagalung, Djoni Hartono, Maarten J. Arentsen, Jon C. Lovett

The purpose of the paper is to provide to a better scientific understanding of Indonesia’s domestic gas allocation policy and its effects on the national economy and to answer the…

The impact of industrial self-supply on Bavaria’s electricity system – effects on supply security and market prices

Christopher Scheubel, David Matthäus, Gunther Friedl

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of industrial self-supply in the transition process from centralized energy generation based on fossil fuels and nuclear power to…

Oil refining and delivery in the Western European region

Vladimir Pavlovich Klepikov, Vladimir Vladimirovich Klepikov

This paper aims to analyse the key trends in oil delivery and production and evaluate the capacities of crude oil transportation systems in the Western European region.