Economic aspects of advanced energy technologies

Advanced energy technologies span a wide variety of resources, techniques, and end-user requirements. Economic considerations are major factors that shape their harnessing and utilization. A discussion of the basic factors in the economic arena is presented, with particular emphasis on renewable ene...

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Published inProceedings of the IEEE Vol. 81; no. 3; pp. 318 - 332
Main Authors Ramakumar, R., Butler, N.G., Rodriguez, A.P., Venkata, S.S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States IEEE 01.03.1993
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290201 - Energy Planning & Policy- Economics- (1992-)
299000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Unconventional Sources & Power Generation
BIOMASS
Cogeneration
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY
ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY
Energy resources
ENERGY SOURCES
Energy storage
Environmental economics
HYDROELECTRIC POWER
POWER
Power engineering and energy
Power generation
Power generation economics
Renewable energy resources
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
RESOURCES
SOLAR ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TIDAL POWER
Transportation
Waste management
WAVE POWER
WIND POWER
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Summary:Advanced energy technologies span a wide variety of resources, techniques, and end-user requirements. Economic considerations are major factors that shape their harnessing and utilization. A discussion of the basic factors in the economic arena is presented, with particular emphasis on renewable energy technologies-photovoltaics, solar-thermal, wind-electric conversion, biomass utilization, hydro, and tidal and wave energy systems. The following are viewed as essential to determine appropriate energy system topologies: proper resource-need matching with an eye on the quality of energy requirements, integrated use of several resources and technologies, and a comprehensive consideration which includes prospecting, collection, conversion, transportation, distribution, storage and reconversion, end use, and subsequent waste management aspects. A few case studies are included to show the status of some of the key technologies and systems.< >
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ISSN:0018-9219
1558-2256
DOI:10.1109/5.241495