International Journal of Energy Sector Management: Volume 9 Issue 2

Assessing the effectiveness of the policies to boost hydropower consumption

Sakiru Solarin

This paper aims to investigate, with the view to determine the effectiveness of blueprints that are designed to boost hydroelectricity use, the unit root properties of…

Economic sustainability of ground mounted photovoltaic systems: an Italian case study

Domenico Campisi, Donato Morea, Elisa Farinelli

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the expected cost of a large-sized photovoltaic (PV) system (= 1 MW) in reaching grid parity, not taking into account any type of…

A financial decision support framework for the appraisal of renewable energy infrastructures in developing economies

Eugene Kozlovski, Umar Bawah

The paper aims to report on an integrated techno-economic framework for the performance analysis of energy production based on the renewable energy resources (RERs). Whilst the…

From environmentalism to corporate environmental accountability in the Nigerian petroleum industry: Do green stakeholders matter?

Aminu Hassan, Reza Kouhy

– The purpose of this paper is to explore firm–stakeholder environmental accountability relationship in the Nigerian oil and gas industry.

Oil prices as a driving force in the diffusion of renewables?

Uwe Kehrel, Nathalie Sick

Researchers began investigating the diffusion of renewable energy technologies (RETs) in the late 1990s, and, up to today, a variety of authors have presented different approaches…

Investigation on the effectiveness of ABC algorithm for hydrothermal energy management considering emission aspects

V Moorthy, P Sangameswararaju, S Ganesan, S Subramanian

The purpose of the paper is to solve hydrothermal scheduling (HTS) problem for energy-efficient management by allocating the optimal real power outputs for thermal and…

Signaling with convertible debt in the renewable energy industry?

Christoph Ettenhuber, Dirk Schiereck

The purpose of this paper is to show how convertible debt is used in the renewable energy industry. The authors argue that there is an investor rationing component to the design…

Editorial

Prasanta Kumar Dey