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Journal articles on the topic "National energy commission"
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Doncel Invernizzi, Fredy. "Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica: breve reseña histórica." Reportes científicos de la FACEN 14, no. 2 (December 30, 2023): 177–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.18004/rcfacen.2023.14.2.177.
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El presente artículo pretende realizar un breve recorrido de la historia de la Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica que actualmente es una Institución dependiente de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción. Lleva trabajando en la promoción y el uso pacífico de la energía nuclear y de las radiaciones ionizantes en el país desde su creación. Se detalla sus funciones y los servicios especializados que brinda a la sociedad en la actualidad.
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Ehlermann, Claus-Dieter. "Role of the European Commission as Regards National Energy Policies." Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law 12, no. 3 (August 1994): 342–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02646811.1994.11432998.
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Yanev, M. "Judicial and public control over the discretionary powers of the national regulatory commission in the fields of energy and public utilities." Uzhhorod National University Herald. Series: Law 2, no. 77 (July 13, 2023): 133–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.24144/2307-3322.2023.77.2.22.
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The article analyzes the judicial and public control over the discretionary powers of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities. The Authority of the Regulator in the field of setting tariffs in the energy sector is a broad discretion, therefore, an important legal issue is the regulation and implementation of control activities for their implementation.
It has been established that the legislation does not provide for the responsibility of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities before consumers - natural persons for making illegal decisions, which can significantly complicate the process of receiving compensation by the consumer for losses incurred as a result of making such decisions by the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities in court. This indicates a very high degree of risk and opportunities for abuse in decision-making by the regulator in the field of setting prices (tariffs), including for housing and communal services, which are related to his discretionary powers.
The article analyzes court cases over the past 3 years by courts of administrative jurisdiction in courts of first instance, in which of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities was a participant (in 2019 – 117 decisions were made, in 2020 – 167 decisions, in 2021 – 179 decisions). However, the results of the analysis led to the conclusion of a very low level of legal activity of consumers - natural persons. Such a low activity of appeals by natural persons against the decisions of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities in the field of setting tariffs may indicate either a low level of knowledge in the field of current mechanisms for setting tariffs in the field of energy and possible public control over their adoption, the need to incur significant costs of time and money to appeal the decisions of the regulator, and mistrust in court in terms of making fair decisions in a dispute with a subject of authority.
It was concluded that today the household consumer of services in the field of energy is practically not protected from the arbitrariness of the Regulator in the context of the presence of an effective mechanism for checking the use of discretionary powers by the regulator in the field of tariff insertion. In general, only a combination of judicial and public control can give a positive result in the direction of implementing the principle of good governance in the activities of all administrative bodies, including the National Commission, which carries out state regulation in the fields of energy and communal services.
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Livingston, Peter, and Rhys Hunt. "Reducing regulatory burden on the upstream petroleum sector." APPEA Journal 50, no. 2 (2010): 687. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj09051.
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On 30 April 2009, the Productivity Commission released its Review of Regulatory Burden on the Upstream Petroleum Sector. The report identified significant unnecessary costs from delays and uncertainties in obtaining approvals, duplication of compliance requirements and inconsistent administration of regulatory processes. The commission found that these burdens could be reduced through new institutional arrangements—principally the establishment of a national offshore regulator—as well as implementation of best practice regulatory principles in all jurisdictions. On 5 August 2009, the Commonwealth Minister for Resources and Energy, the Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP, announced the Australian Government’s intention to establish a national offshore petroleum regulator in Commonwealth offshore areas, from 1 January 2012. The Council of Australian Governments is scheduled to consider an all-of-governments’ response to the commission’s recommendations in early 2010. The paper will discuss the policy rationale for reform, the proposed reforms and how they will be implemented.
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Raimov, R. I. "SYSTEM AND POWERS OF BODIES IMPLEMENTING ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REGULATION OF NATURAL MONOPOLIES." Legal horizons, no. 17 (2019): 83–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.21272/legalhorizons.2019.i17.p:83.
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The article is devoted to the problem of defining the system and powers of state bodies that carry out administrative and legal regulation of the activity of subjects of natural monopolies. The main attention is paid to the analysis of the legislation of Ukraine and the practice of its application. Changes in the status of these state bodies during their formation, which were carried out by different legal acts in different fields of law and various spheres, are investigated. The author has analyzed the authorizations on the implementation of the administrative and legal regulation of natural monopolies in the field of energy and utilities and the legal status of local state administrations, the Antimonopoly Committee, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, the national commissions for the regulation of natural monopolies, the National Commission for the state regulation of the energy and utility sectors services. It is established that, in addition to the national commissions for the regulation of natural monopolies, the National Commission for State Regulation in the Spheres of Energy and Public Utilities implements state regulation in areas adjacent to and/or identical to natural monopolies. It is determined that the relevant state bodies, which carry out administrative and legal regulation of the activities of the subjects of natural monopolies, are empowered to form their own branched system forming structure, which is able to exist in parallel and independently of other branches of government. The powers of state bodies that carry out the administrative and legal regulation of the activities of natural monopoly entities are enshrined in both laws and by-laws. A study of these powers has shown that each public authority has specific rights and responsibilities. The creation of structural units in each case occurs in fundamentally different approaches. Some public authorities have more independent status than others. A number of conflicts of law and potentially unconstitutional provisions have been identified. Particular attention is paid to the ratio of powers of different state bodies. Keywords: natural monopolies, state bodies, administrative law, regulation.
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Iliopoulos, Theodoros. "Dilemmas on the Way to a New Renewable Energy Directive." European Energy and Environmental Law Review 27, Issue 6 (December 1, 2018): 210–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/eelr2018027.
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In 2016 the Commission put forward a Proposal for a revised Renewable Energy Directive for the period 2020 to 2030. This article focuses on the dilemmas on the way to this new Renewable Energy Directive, as reflected by the Commission's Proposal, but also by the European Parliament's amendments that followed in January 2018. Within this context, the Renewable Energy Directive currently in force is analyzed with the help of recent case law, and two core dilemmas are identified, to wit 1) whether the new RE target should be merely determined at the EU level or it should also be translated into national binding targets and 2) whether RE support schemes should be harmonised and open to other Member States.
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Đukić, Mališa, and Margareta Zidar. "Sustainability of Investment Projects with Energy Efficiency and Non-Energy Efficiency Costs: Case Examples of Public Buildings." Sustainability 13, no. 11 (May 22, 2021): 5837. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13115837.
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According to the European Commission Energy Union strategy from 2015, some of the main objectives are to improve energy efficiency, reduce dependence on energy imports, cut emissions, and drive jobs and growth. Achieving the objectives of the Energy Union requires significant financing, particularly for investments in energy efficiency. Serbia and Croatia included the objectives of the Energy Union in their national strategies and have implemented various investment projects in this area. This paper focuses on the sustainability of energy efficiency projects for public buildings which include not only energy efficiency investment cost but also non-energy efficiency investments. By applying the European Commission methodology for cost-benefit analysis, we assessed the sustainability of several projects in Serbia and Croatia. The sustainability assessment is done by quantifying energy savings, greenhouse gas emission reductions and the social and economic benefits that are related to non-energy efficiency project components. The values of economic performance indicators imply that society would be better off with projects that would contribute to achieving not only the targets set in national energy strategies but also to creating broader social benefits.
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Leiren, Merethe Dotterud, Kacper Szulecki, Tim Rayner, and Catherine Banet. "Energy Security Concerns versus Market Harmony: The Europeanisation of Capacity Mechanisms." Politics and Governance 7, no. 1 (March 28, 2019): 92–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v7i1.1791.
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The impact of renewables on the energy markets–falling wholesale electricity prices and lower investment stability–are apparently creating a shortage of energy project financing, which in future could lead to power supply shortages. Governments have responded by introducing payments for capacity, alongside payments for energy being sold. The increasing use of capacity mechanisms (CMs) in the EU has created tensions between the European Commission, which encourages cross-country cooperation, and Member States that favour backup solutions such as capacity markets and strategic reserves. We seek to trace the influence of the European Commission on national capacity markets as well as learning between Member States. Focusing on the United Kingdom, France and Poland, the analysis shows that energy security concerns have been given more emphasis than the functioning of markets by Member States. Policy developments have primarily been domestically driven, but the European Commission has managed to impose certain elements, most importantly a uniform methodology to assess future supply security, as well as specific requirements for national capacity markets: interconnectors to neighbouring countries, demand side responses and continuous revision of CMs. Learning from other Member States’ experiences also play a role in policy decisions.
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Dyer, Robert F., and Thomas J. Maronick. "An Evaluation of Consumer Awareness and Use of Energy Labels in the Purchase of Major Appliances: A Longitudinal Analysis." Journal of Public Policy & Marketing 7, no. 1 (January 1988): 83–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/074391568800700107.
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The National Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1978 requires the Federal Trade Commission to mandate labels for appliances indicating their energy consumption. The purposes of this study are to measure the level of awareness of appliance energy labels by recent purchasers of refrigerators and washers, and to measure changes in the degree to which energy considerations entered into the purchase decisions of national samples of consumers before and after introduction of the FTC program.
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PLÁ, R. R., and N. R. RATTO. "ARCHAEOMETRY AT THE ARGENTINE NATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION: CHARACTERIZATION OF ARGENTINE NORTHWESTERN POTTERY." Archaeometry 49, no. 2 (May 2007): 413–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00311.x.
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Ghikas, Panayiotis. "The phenomenon of the European Union, the energy policy objectives of the European Commission and the national preferences of the Member States : a defensive realist analysis." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2014. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/a2499834-f8e6-4f81-a37c-ead9549fa3a6.
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The Thesis provides an examination of the multidimensional phenomenon of the European Union and then makes an inquiry on the development of the Community’s energy policy focusing on the European Commission’s objectives and the national preferences of the Member States. With the utilization of conceptual tools found in the theoretical toolbox of the paradigm of Defensive Realism this study attempts to answer the research question, “To what extent can a common EU energy policy be developed?” The purpose is to explain the phenomenon of the EU through a defensive realist prism, to analyze and discuss the constraints and the prospects concerning the creation of a common energy policy, the behavior of the member states in general and of the EU3 particular, namely of the United Kingdom, of France and of Germany. The main conclusion is that all member states, both the powerful and the weaker ones, are confronted with some common challenges. Although they do have different energy mixes that lead them to make distinctive and separate energy policy choices, while often have national preferences and interests that are conflicting with each other, simultaneously they do share similar energy supply and national security concerns such as their increasing import dependence, their exposure to high and volatile oil prices and the international competition for resources. Since they behave as defensive realist states and as energy security seekers it is an imperative for their survival and well-being, apart from their individual policies and bi-lateral agreements, to allow on the one hand the development of an internal energy market and on the other the external dimension of an EU energy policy. Therefore they benefit from the size of an EU-wide energy market and from the regulatory frameworks, the dialogues, the partnerships and the other initiatives that their institutional creation promotes. In conditions of growing multi-polarity within the international system, which thankfully at present has a balanced form, acting together can be a strategic option for survival and security. Consequently the main conclusion is that although the member states will continue to operate as independent actors within the anarchical global arena the cost of not utilizing the scale that the EU offers will probably be unbearable.
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Schnitzer, Marcy H. "Actually Existing Democracy and Energy Justice: The Case of the Coalfields Delegation to the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77268.
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This dissertation explores the concept of Actually Existing Democracy in the transnational public sphere through the experiences of the Coalfields Delegation to the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development (UNCSD). In particular, this research examines the differential impacts of energy extraction on local communities, and what the term justice might usefully mean in the context of transnational energy politics. I provide an account of justice that engages with the theories of Nancy Fraser and Pierre Bourdieu and mines their insights to provide a novel intervention in debates about justice and the public sphere. I start by defining justice as a transnational construct using theories of the nation-state and then discuss the nature and roles of counterpublics, specifically the Coalfields Delegation, in transnational justice. I then explore Fraser's constructs of redistribution, recognition, and representation, viewing each through Bourdieu's theories of habitus and field. I show that the process through which counterpublics seek justice is mediated through the operations of power in the economic, cultural, and political fields (adopting Fraser's definition of culture over Bourdieu's). To achieve justice, it is insufficient to suggest that movement in a field proceeds directionally; rather, Fraser and Bourdieu are in accord in suggesting that these fields need to be deconstructed (Fraser's term) by counterpublics adopting heterodox practices to challenge the established ordering of the field. Energy injustice, in the particular form of mountaintop removal coal mining, occurs locally, yet is inherently global in its implications through the processes of international trade and consumption. Therefore, the appropriate level at which to examine these seemingly "local" concerns is that of the transnational. In the case of the Coalfields Delegation, appeals have been made at the local, state, and national levels, to no avail. The group pursued several interlinked strategies at the UN. To the extent that their plight is one of economic disparity, the Coalfields Delegation has sought to redefine economic power in a manner different from global capitalism. Where cultural marginalization has been used as a basis for justifying disparate impacts on mining communities, the Delegation decidedly used its own formulation of "culture" as a strategic publicity mechanism. In pursuing representation at the UNCSD, the Delegation began defining its concerns in global terms, suggesting human rights violations, and placing coal mining within the context of global sustainability and climate change. However, in so doing, members of the Delegation started to reconceive themselves in solidarity with other similarly affected groups represented at the UNCSD. Their quest for global redress has not been one of straightforward acts of agency, but rather should be viewed as an oscillation between agency and structure. Fields exert counter-pressure, however, as the Delegation members grew in experience and sophistication, their habitus changed accordingly. My research explores the dynamic play of these social forces by linking the ideas of public sphere and field, counterpublic and habitus, to develop a new way in which researchers might both describe and trace advocacy group efforts to secure justice in the transnational public sphere.Ph. D.
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Baumgart, Łukasz. "Kontynuacja i sukcesja organizacji międzynarodowych. Studium prawnomiędzynarodowe." Doctoral thesis, 2014.
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Organizacje międzynarodowe, tak jak inne podmioty stosunków międzynarodowych, podlegają przemianom. Rodzą się, zmieniają, a czasem kończą swój byt. Organizacje międzynarodowe są jednak szczególnymi podmiotami prawa międzynarodowego. Ich powstanie i likwidacja zależy od ich państw – członków danej organizacji. Sama organizacja ma tylko pośredni wpływ na swoje działanie, ponieważ zawsze musi otrzymać zgodę jej założycieli. Działalność organizacji musi być zgodna z interesami jej członków, w przeciwnym razie stracą oni zainteresowanie jej istnieniem. Co się dzieje w takich przypadkach? Zazwyczaj członkowie kończą byt danej organizacji. Sukcesja może się zajść, wtedy gdy jest jeszcze potrzeba wykonywania kilku lub wszystkich funkcji likwidowanej organizacji. Organizacja przestaje istnieć, aby zrobić miejsce dla swojego następcy.Przez długi czas nie zastanawiano się nad przedmiotem sukcesji. Na początku uważano, że przedmiotem sukcesji są funkcje. Dopiero niedawno Ramses Wessel, jako przedstawiciel konstytucjonalistów w prawie organizacji międzynarodowych, przedstawił nowe spojrzenie na kwestię sukcesji (R. Wessel, "Dissolution and succession between international organizations" in: J. Klabbers; A. Wallendahl, Research Handbook on the Law of International Organizations, Cheltenham, Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishers, 2011, p. 342-362). Stwierdził on, że przedmiotem sukcesji jest dorobek prawno – instytucjonalny danej organizacji.W rozprawie doktorskiej stawiam tezę, że przedmiotem sukcesji pomiędzy organizacjami międzynarodowymi jest wola państw – członków. W zjawisku sukcesji to wola państw – członków jest "przenoszona" z jednej organizacji na drugą. Dla organizacji wola państw – członków stanowi podstawę do wykonywania swoich funkcji. Odnosi się to zarówno do likwidowanej organizacji jak również do jej następcy. Wola członków jest także podstawą funkcjonowania organów danej organizacji międzynarodowej i jej dorobku prawno – instytucjonalnego. Wola państw jest jedynym wspólnym elementem w całym łańcuchu zdarzeń prowadzącym do sukcesji.Moja rozprawa składa się z czterech rozdziałów. W pierwszym rozdziale przedstawiam teorię sukcesji pomiędzy organizacjami międzynarodowymi. Prezentuję m.in. przyczyny, metody i następstwa sukcesji między organizacjami międzynarodowymi. Rozdział ten opiera się głównie na monografiach z zakresu prawa organizacji międzynarodowych.W kolejnym rozdziale analizuję sukcesję pomiędzy Ligą Narodów i Organizacją Narodów Zjednoczonych, a także innymi organizacjami międzynarodowymi, takimi jak Międzynarodowa Organizacja Pracy lub UNESCO. Ta część mojej pracy obejmuje również przyczyny i skutki sukcesji pomiędzy tymi organizacjami. Celem tego rozdziału jest przedstawienie skutków rozpadu Ligi Narodów w stosunku do podmiotów powstałych po II wojnie światowej, a także w stosunku do tych podmiotów, które istniały przed II wojną światową i które po jej zakończeniu kontynuowały swój byt. W trzecim rozdziale koncentruję się na Unii Europejskiej i Wspólnotach Europejskich. Głównym celem rozdziału jest pokazanie, że kolejne etapy integracji europejskiej przebiegały zgodnie ze wzorem sukcesji pomiędzy organizacjami międzynarodowymi. Z przyczyn politycznych samo zjawisko sukcesji mogło nastąpić dopiero po wejściu w życie Traktatu z Lizbony.Czwarty rozdział jest poświęcony Organizacji Jedności Afrykańskiej (OJA). Przez długi okres czasu podejmowano różne próby reformy Organizacji Jedności Afrykańskie, które kończyły się niepowodzeniem. Pomimo szybkiego wzrostu na początku (m.in. poprzez przejęcie funkcji Komisji Współpracy Technicznej w Afryce na południe od Sahary (CCTA)), w późniejszych latach OJA przestała spełniać oczekiwania swoich członków. Konieczność wprowadzenia radykalnych zmian w strukturze organizacji doprowadziła do decyzji o utworzeniu nowej organizacji, która przejęła funkcje OJA.W podsumowaniu rozwijam teorię sukcesji między organizacjami międzynarodowymi. Przede wszystkim koncentruję się na woli państw – członków jako przedmiotu sukcesji między organizacjami międzynarodowymi i wyznaczam pewne charakterystyczne cechy dla każdego rodzaju sukcesji: sukcesji między powszechnymi organizacjami międzynarodowymi, sukcesji między regionalnymi organizacjami międzynarodowymi o charakterze integracyjnym, jak i między regionalnymi organizacjami międzynarodowymi mającymi na celu promowanie współpracy międzyrządowej.International organizations, like other actors of international relations, undergo changes. They are born, they change and sometimes they even die. They are particular subjects of international law. Their creation and liquidation is dependent on their member states. The organization itself has only an indirect effect on its operation, since it always needs have an assent of its members. The activities of an organization must be in compliance with the interests of its members, otherwise they will lose interest in its existence. What happens in such cases? Typically, the members liquidate the organization. The succession can happen when there is still need to perform some or all functions of a defunct organization. One organization ceases to exist, to make way for his successor.The object of succession was not discussed for a long time. At the beginning it was believed that the subject of succession are functions. Only recently Ramses Wessel, as a representative of constitutionalists in the law of international organizations, presented a new look at the issue of succession (R. Wessel, "Dissolution and succession between international organizations" in: J. Klabbers; A. Wallendahl, Research Handbook on the Law of International Organizations, Cheltenham, Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishers, 2011, p. 342-362). He considered that the institutional and legal acquis of an organization constitutes the object of the succession. However, in this dissertation my thesis is that the object of succession is the will of members. During succession this will is "transferred" to another organization. Will of member states constitutes the basis for an organization to perform its functions. This is true both for a defunct organization and to its successor. It is also the foundation for organs of each international organization and for its acquis. It is the only common element in the whole chain of events leading to succession.My thesis consists of four chapters. In the first chapter I outline the theory of succession between international organizations. I present among others causes, methods and consequences of succession between international organizations. This chapter is based primarily on monographs on the law of international organizations. The next chapter analyzes the succession between the League of Nations and the United Nations and other international organizations (like the ILO or UNESCO). This part of my work consists of causes and consequences of the succession. The focus of this chapter is on the presentation of the implications of dissolution of the League of Nations, for entities created after World War II and those that existed well before it. In the third chapter I focus on the European Union and European communities. The main axis of the chapter is to show that the stages of European integration followed the pattern of succession between international organizations. Due to the political reasons the final succession could occur only after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. The fourth chapter is devoted to the Organization of African Unity. Over time, various attempts to reform the Organization of African Unity did not end successfully. Despite the initial rapid growth (inter alia through takeover of functions of the Commission for Technical Cooperation for Africa south of Sahara (CCTA)), in later years the OAU did not perform well. The necessity to introduce radical changes in the setup of the Organization lead to the decision to create a new organization that would take over the functions of the OAU.In my conclusion I attempt to develop the theory of succession between international organizations. I focus on the will of members as the object of succession between international organizations. What is more, I draw some characteristics of each type of succession: succession between universal international organizations; succession between supranational regional organizations and succession between intergovernmental regional organizations.
Books on the topic "National energy commission"
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National University of Singapore. East Asian Institute, ed. China's new national energy commission: Policy implications. Singapore: East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 2010.
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Geological Survey (U.S.). Open File Services Section. Index for reports released through the Department of Energy, DOE National Uranium Resource Evaluation Program, and Atomic Energy Commission. Denver, CO: Available from USGS Open File Services Section, 1986.
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Martin, William Flynn. Maintaining energy security in a global context: A report to the Trilateral Commission. New York: The Trilateral Commission, 1996.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Comprehensive national energy policy: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, March 5, 12, and 13, 2003. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2003.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy. Forestry issues: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session ... March 15, 1989. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1990.
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Board, Canada National Energy. Reasons for decisions in the matter of the application under the National Energy Board Act of Maritime Electric Company Limited and in the matter of the cross-application under the National Energy Board Act of the New Brunswick Electric Power Commission. Ottawa: National Energy Board, 1985.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. National electricity policy: Barriers to competitive generation : hearing before ... 107th Congress, 1st session, July 27, 2001. Washington, DC: U.S. G.P.O., 2001.
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Office, General Accounting. Department of Energy: National priorities needed for meeting environmental agreements : report to the Secretary of Energy. Washington, D.C: U.S. General Accounting Office, 1995.
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United, States Congress Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands Reserved Water and Resource Conservation. Acadia National Park and the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserved Water, and Resource Conservation of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, on S. 720 ... S. 1208 ... July 12, 1985. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1985.
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserved Water, and Resource Conservation. Acadia National Park and the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserved Water, and Resource Conservation of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, on S. 720 ... S. 1208 ... July 12, 1985. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1985.
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Gómez-Gil, Marta, Markel Arbulu, Xabat Oregi, Marta Monzón-Chavarrías, Carlos Beltrán-Velamazán, and Francisco J. González-González. "Indicators and Data in Spain for an Overview of Actual Energy Savings and Wider Benefits of Renovation of Buildings." In Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, 201–43. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51829-4_8.
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AbstractThe renovation of buildings brings about energy savings and various other benefits, encompassing not only reductions in energy consumption expenditure but also improvements in living conditions. Those ‘other benefits’ include quantifiable aspects derived from health savings, the use of materials that extend the life cycle of buildings, avoiding the consequences derived from energy poverty or improving the productivity of workers. This study aims to review the indicators proposed in the European Commission Recommendation (EU) 2019/786 and in the latest version of the ongoing revision of the Energy Performance of Building Directive, in order to propose a set of indicators and analyze their possibilities of being collected at national and regional levels, depending on the available data sources. The results show that while there are some data on benefits from renovation activity at both the national and regional levels that are partially available, a comprehensive and precise understanding of savings and benefits remains unavailable at this time. It is essential to emphasize the advantages of commencing a harmonization process for data collection across the European Union member states in this subject.
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Beltrán-Velamazán, Carlos, Markel Arbulu, Marta Gómez-Gil, Markel Rueda-Esteban, Almudena Espinosa-Fernández, and Belinda López-Mesa. "Indicators and Data in Spain Regarding an Overview of Worst Performing Segments of the National Building Stock, Rented Properties and Energy Poverty." In Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, 157–78. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51829-4_6.
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AbstractIndicators are necessary to assess the effectiveness of building renovation policies and to know whether the European Union Member States’ long-term renovation strategies deliver the necessary progress towards the transformation of the building stock into a decarbonized one. Worst performing segments, rental properties, and energy poverty have been identified as key issues to be addressed in the decarbonization of the building sector in Europe. In this chapter, we propose indicators to measure the evolution in Spain of the worst performing segments of the building stock regarding energy, the energy performance of rented properties, and energy poverty following the European Commission recommendations and directives. We also studied the sources of information available in Spain for the development of these indicators and developed them when there were data. This study allowed us to conclude that in this country, there are good sources of data to develop energy poverty indicators, which could be improved by systematically collecting information on the percentage of population living in inadequate housing thermal conditions in summer. It is necessary to improve and unify the information from the energy performance certificates of buildings published by the different regions of Spain in order to better develop indicators relating to the worst segments of the building stock. There is a lack of data to develop indicators on the energy efficiency of rented properties.
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López-Mesa, Belinda, Carlos Beltrán-Velamazán, Marta Gómez-Gil, Marta Monzón-Chavarrías, and Almudena Espinosa-Fernández. "New Approaches to Generate Data to Measure the Progress of Decarbonization of the Building Stock in Europe and Spain." In Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, 317–46. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51829-4_12.
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AbstractThe European Commission has initiated efforts to establish indicator frameworks for monitoring building renovation policies and the decarbonization progress of the building stock, to be developed by EU Member States. The chapter suggests that the use of emerging technologies can improve the quality and availability of data for this purpose, focusing on two specific technologies whose potential is explored for the case of Spain. These technologies are, on one hand, georeferencing and automated cross-referencing of existing data, and, on the other, the Digital Building Logbook (DBL). The results of the study show that georeferencing and automated cross-referencing applications include calculating solar potential and estimating energy production, consumption, and emissions using Urban Energy Models (UBEMs). The UBEM, applied to Spain, enables the collection of previously unavailable indicators, improving data availability and quality mainly in the subjects of ‘An overview of the general characteristics of the national building stock’ and ‘An overview of the energy characteristics of the national building stock’. Examining the feasibility of collecting indicators through the DBL indicates that close to 69% of all necessary indicators for monitoring building renovation policies can be obtained. However, challenges in realizing DBL's full potential involve undefined tool models, owner awareness, funding uncertainties, regulatory alignment, and technical hurdles for large-scale implementation.
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Bouacida, Ines. "France’s Hydrogen Strategy: Focusing on Domestic Hydrogen Production to Decarbonise Industry and Mobility." In Studies in Energy, Resource and Environmental Economics, 67–84. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59515-8_4.
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AbstractFrance was one of the European frontrunners in formulating policies to develop hydrogen for decarbonisation, releasing its first hydrogen plan in 2018. This was followed by a larger, €9-billion strategy in 2020 (to be updated in 2024), hot on the heels of plans released by the European Commission and Germany. The French strategy for hydrogen deployment focuses in particular on applications where hydrogen is key for deep decarbonisation, including refineries and the chemical industry as well as steel production, and the mobility sector. The country aims to have a head start on European and world competitors thanks to its large electricity resources from the existing nuclear fleet and by building new nuclear capacity. Additionally, it relies on several existing innovation hubs specialising in hydrogen, as well as on the support of many local governments involved in hydrogen development and a relatively structured hydrogen industry. The French strategy for hydrogen includes few ambitions at the international level beyond scientific and technological cooperation within the European Union. The political priority is to develop a domestic industry sized to meet national demand, which is seen as a more secure sourcing strategy than relying on imports. This comes in contrast with the positions of France’s neighbours, notably Spain, Portugal and Germany, which are pushing to enable cross-border trade of hydrogen as early as possible. This situation has generated political tensions within the European Union and in particular in the Franco-German relationship.
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Beltrán-Velamazán, Carlos, Marta Gómez-Gil, and Belinda López-Mesa. "Analysis of Institutional Frameworks of Indicators to Measure the Effectiveness of Building Renovation Policy and Decarbonization Progress in Europe." In Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, 17–55. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51829-4_2.
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AbstractThe Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) establishes that Member States (MSs) should define a long-term renovation strategy (LTRS) which shall set out a roadmap with measures and measurable indicators, with a view to the long-term 2050 goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union by 80–95% compared to 1990. The EPBD is currently under review and the European Commission suggests strengthening the LTRSs towards National building renovation plans (NBRPs). NBRPs will be much more complete than LTRSs and will make easier to compare the national decarbonization targets and their progress between MSs since a set of mandatory indicators is being established. On the contrary, this will involve important amount of policy monitoring and evaluation work for MSs. The objective of this chapter is to analyze the indicator frameworks included in the currently in force EPBD and in its on-going revision, in order to identify the most important subjects the MSs should focus their data collection on, so that they can get prepared for the important monitoring and evaluation work they will have to do.
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del Carmen Calvo, Ana Maria, Andrea Docters, María Virginia Miranda, and Mario Carlos Nazareno Saparrat. "The Use of Gamma Radiation for the Treatment of Cultural Heritage in the Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission: Past, Present, and Future." In Topics in Current Chemistry Collections, 227–47. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54145-7_8.
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Urbasos, Ignacio, and Gonzalo Escribano. "Spain’s Hydrogen Ambition: Between Reindustrialisation and Export-Led Energy Integration with the EU." In Studies in Energy, Resource and Environmental Economics, 131–47. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59515-8_7.
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AbstractThe Spanish approach to renewable hydrogen has evolved significantly driven by economic and geopolitical factors. Initially framed as a tool for domestic industrial development during the COVID-19 crisis, the 2020 Spanish Hydrogen Roadmap emphasised creating hydrogen clusters for production and consumption. However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the European Commission's call for increased ambition in renewable hydrogen in REPowerEU prompted a strategic shift. Spain now focuses on exports and infrastructure development, balancing the drive for domestic green reindustrialisation with an export-oriented model to integrate the Iberian Peninsula's energy with Europe. Despite concerns about historical obstacles to interconnections, Spain prioritises hydrogen diplomacy with key European allies. Looking ahead, Spain envisions hydrogen as a vector for Euro-Mediterranean energy integration, energy cooperation, and business collaboration in Latin America. The chapter concludes that Spain needs to build a national strategy that aligns the domestic and international dimensions of hydrogen development, sending a coherent message to civil society, the private sector and institutions.
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Gama, Nuno, Ana Barros-Timmons, and Artur Ferreira. "The Recycling of Construction Foams: An Overview." In Creating a Roadmap Towards Circularity in the Built Environment, 95–105. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45980-1_9.
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AbstractIn 1987, the United Nations Brundtland Commission defined sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Yet, after all these years, the humankind is dealing with catastrophic environmental problems which may jeopardize the future generations wellbeing. One cause of such issue is pollution associated to polymer’s disposal. Polymers are mainly produced using petroleum derivatives and/or non-degradable. In addition, after their use, they are normally disposed in land fields or burned for energy. Yet, due to environmental problems, these solutions are not valid options, so plastic wastes must be recycled and used to produce new materials. This circular economy concept is not only a requirement for preventing pollution but is also a need for the reduction of the costs associated with their production and for the enhancement of the eco-efficiency of materials. Furthermore, this approach also addresses the risk of shortage of raw materials in the medium future. With this in mind, this document intends to give an overview of the recycling of construction foams with special focus on polyurethane (PU) and polystyrene (PS) foams. It aims to highlight the possible routes to recycle construction foams, presenting the differences and challenges of recycling different types of polymers. In that perspective, chemical and mechanical recycling routes are discussed, as well as energy recover alternatives. Finally, life cycle analysis (LCA) reports of these products are presented.
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Rodi, Michael. "Energy." In The Yearbook of European Environmental Law, 225–44. Oxford University PressOxford, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199289271.003.0008.
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Abstract In the dynamic field of energy and the environment, 2004 will most likely be remembered as the year when an enduring stalemate in international climate policy was ended by the Russian ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, finally permitting its long-overdue entry into force. For the European Community (EC), however, the same year marked a shift from the preceding year, which had seen the adoption of momentous legislation with new directives on emissions trading, energy taxation, and renewable vehicle fuel, away from the creation of new rules to better implementation of existing law through supplemental legislation and policy documents. Clearly, the nascent emissions trading scheme proved the main beneficiary of these ancillary measures, with new legislation on registries, monitoring, and the inclusion of project mechanisms under international climate policy, as well as a guidance document on national allocation. With preparations underway for a timely launch of greenhouse gas emissions trading by 1 January 2005 and the national allocation plans of most Member States approved by the European Commission (Commission), these supplemental measures concluded an ambitious project launched several years earlier, the final outcome of which should be the establishment of the largest market for tradable emission allowances in the world. Legal action brought against various aspects of the trading scheme are unlikely to stop this process. Another significant step was taken with the finalization of a Directive on combined heat and power generation, adding to the current set of policies on energy efficiency and energy demand management. Two Proposals adopted in the previous year on energy efficiency and energy services, as well as on eco-design requirements for energy using products, were brought closer to adoption in the legislative process.
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Cameron, Peter Duncanson. "Competition In Downstream Markets." In Competition In Energy Markets, 323–66. Oxford University PressOxford, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199282975.003.0013.
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Abstract While competition law has a complementary role vis-à-vis the Electricity and Gas Directives,interventions by the Commission only allow it to take action where it has detected a violation of the competition rules, such as restrictive agreements or abuses of a dominant position. Certain tasks such as the development and introduction of competitive network charges and congestion management methods are challenges that lie primarily within the competence of the national regulatory agencies (NRAs) and, perhaps to a lesser extent, with the national competition authorities (NCAs). Indeed, the Directives and Regulations have gone a long way towards fixing responsibility for the operation of third party access (TPA) in the NRAs, so that they have a priority ‘not only in developing pro-competitive network access regimes, but also in taking action in access disputes in the interest of preventing parallel actions by the Commission’.
Conference papers on the topic "National energy commission"
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Lynn, Kevin, and William Wilson. "Early Results From the Long-Term Testing of Inverters." In ASME 2006 International Solar Energy Conference. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/isec2006-99111.
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The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) has partnered with Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), the Southwest Technical Development Institute (SWTDI), and the California Energy Commissions Public Interest Energy Research (CEC PIER) in an effort to characterize the performance of PV inverters operating over extended periods of time. As part of this characterization, SNL executed an initial performance characterization in the laboratory to be repeated at one or two year intervals. These inverters were then sent distributed to the above test facilities for installation and long-term testing. To perform this long-term testing, FSEC built an inverter test facility made up of a configurable 10.1 kW PV array and four test beds. Each test bed was set up to monitor the following parameters: DC voltage, DC current, AC Voltage, AC Power and inverter temperature. Solar irradiance, ambient temperature, and several PV array temperatures were recorded by a separate, synchronized datalogger. Three inverters are currently being tested: the Fronius IG 3000, the Xantrex GT 3.0, and the SMA Sunny Boy 2500U. The three inverters were loaded with a PV array close to the maximum power limit allowed by the inverter, and the array power supplied to each inverter was within 100 W of one another. Since the PV array for each inverter used identical PV modules mounted in the same orientation, it was easier to develop a model to compare inverter performance based on energy output. In addition to energy output, other parameters were obtained such as inverter efficiency. An attempt was made to compare the results obtained at FSEC to those results compiled by the California Energy Commission.
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Saigal, Rakesh K., Dan Dolan, Armen Der Kiureghian, Tim Camp, and Charles E. Smith. "An Assessment of Structural Design Guidelines for Offshore Wind Turbines." In ASME 2007 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2007-29629.
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This paper addresses the need for U.S. standards to establish design requirements for offshore wind turbine support structures. There are wind power resources in U.S. waters that can be developed to generate substantial amounts of clean, renewable energy. While a number of offshore wind farms have been proposed for U.S. waters none have been built. The U.S. Minerals Management Service and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have recently commissioned a study to compare and benchmark the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) design standards with the American Petroleum Institute (API) recommended practices. Offshore wind farms that are operating in Europe have been designed using standards developed specifically for offshore wind, such as those developed by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV). The IEC has recently drafted design requirements specifically for offshore wind farms that provides a comprehensive definition of load conditions and references other standards, where needed, to provide a complete guidance document. The intent of this paper is to examine the range of applicability of the various design standards and to assess how these standards apply to the design of U.S. offshore wind turbine (OWT) support structures.
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Walker, Andy, Chuck Kutscher, Al Halvorsen, Chris McKenna, Dave Chambers, and Ken May. "Design and Analysis of a Large Solar Industrial Heat Plant for Frito Lay in Modesto California." In ASME 2007 Energy Sustainability Conference. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2007-36050.
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Industry-specific technology demonstration projects are key to facilitating deployment of solar industrial process heat technologies. Frito Lay North America (FLNA) is pursuing installation of a solar industrial process heat plant at the manufacturing plant in Modesto CA. FLNA contracted with Industrial Solar Technology Corp. for design and installation of the system and with National Renewable Energy Lab for technical assistance. The US Department of Energy and California Energy Commission both facilitate private companies implementation of technology demonstration projects with incentives, tax policy, and technical assistance. The solar plant would include: 5,387 m2 (57,969 sf) of parabolic trough solar collectors; pipe from solar array to unfired steam generator; unfired steam generator (USG); hot water heat exchanger (HWHX); pipe from hot water heat exchanger back to array field; and associated pumps, bypass piping, and controls. Performance of each component of the solar heating system varies with changing conditions of intensity of the sunlight, position of the sun, and ambient temperature. Since each of these parameters change throughout the day and throughout the seasons an hourly simulation of one year’s performance is performed. The simulation is used to estimate annual energy delivery as well as to inform design recommendations. The solar array inlet temperature is solved for iteratively for each hour of the year based on an energy balance of the entire loop including all components. Nested within this iteration are iterations for the operating temperature of each of the 16 modules in series. Hourly direct beam solar radiation (W/m2) data for Modesto CA for 8 years from 1998–2005 was provided by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Renewable Resource Data Center and the minimum year, average year, and maximum year were used in the analysis. Results indicate that the system would deliver between 3,898 MWh and 4,308 MWh per year (13.3 and 14.7 billion Btu/year) with an average of 4,044 MWh/year (13.8 billion Btu/year). This average estimate of 13.8 billion Btu/year agrees with the contractors proposal and also with methods described in the Industrial Process Heat Handbook published by NREL. The simulation is able to model more detail and inform design recommendations, such as bypassing the steam generator and only making hot water on winter days.
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Grossweiler, Philip, David Costello, and Kevin Graham. "Post Macondo Safety and Regulatory Issues: Human Factors From an Organizational Development and Senior Management Perspective." In ASME/USCG 2013 3rd Workshop on Marine Technology and Standards. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/mts2013-0310.
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Regulations governing the safety of drilling and offshore production operations have changed since the Macondo spill. This paper suggests management level perspectives on the nexus of human factors and safety management systems including an overview of ideas from: Congressional Testimony; the Bipartisan Policy Center inputs to the Presidents Commission on the Spill; the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council Deepwater Horizon Report, and workshops and initiatives by RPSEA (Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America), SPE, and ASME. The value of benchmarks from risk management practices from the aviation, nuclear power, and financial community are also discussed. The paper will also consider questions as to what management might consider reducing risk and treating risk management as not just a cost center, but as a way to integrate safety management systems into improving corporate performance for all stakeholders. Paper published with permission.
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Louie, David L. Y. "Nuclear Facility Safety Enhancement Using Sandia National Laboratories’ Computer Codes." In 2018 26th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icone26-81097.
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This paper describes the ongoing study of nuclear facility safety enhancement using Sandia National Laboratories’ (SNL) computer codes, supported by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Safety Research and Development (NSR&D) Program. Continued DOE NSR&D support, since 2014 has allowed the use of the SNL engineering code suite (SIERRA Mechanics) to further substantiate data in the DOE Handbook published in 1994: DOE-HDBK-3010-94, “Airborne Release Fractions/Rates and Respirable Fractions for Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities.” The use of SIERRA codes allows for a better understanding of the mechanics, dynamics, chemistry and overall physics of airborne release scenarios. SIERRA codes provide insights into the contributing phenomena of source term releases from events such as liquid fires. The 1994 Handbook documents small-scaled, bench-top and limited experiments involving liquid fires, powder spills, pressurized releases, and mechanical insult-induced fragmentation scenarios. Data recorded from these scenarios has been substantiated using SIERRA solid mechanics and fluid mechanics codes. Data passing among multi-physics SIERRA codes predicted the contaminant release from a drum rupture due to fire even though there is no experimental data available. In the anticipated revision effort of the Handbook by DOE, these computational capabilities could enhance the data in a broader usage and could provide confidence in the safety analysis SIERRA codes can provide the initial source term to be used in the leak path factor (LPF) analyses, which predicts the ST release out of the facility. Typical LPF analysis is done using the MELCOR code, developed at SNL for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Widely used in nuclear reactor applications, MELCOR is a toolbox safety code in the DOE’s central registry for LPF applications. A recent LPF guidance study done by SNL indicated that MELCOR 2.1, along with updated guidance, should replace the obsolete MELCOR 1.8.5 guidance. This new guidance is significantly improved over the previous guidance, utilizing extensive MELCOR validation, including applicable reactor experiments and experiments described in the DOE-HDBK-3010-94 for LPF applications. The latest version of MELCOR should be included in DOE’s central registry, and should be used by safety analysts for LPF analyses.
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Calin, George Marian, Silviu Adrian Iana, Valentin Claudiu Constantin, Raluca Calin, and Veronica Taran-Baciu. "ROMANIAS FUNDING SOURCES FOR INCREASING THE SHARE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS." In 22nd SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference 2022. STEF92 Technology, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgem2022v/4.2/s17.74.
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Renewable energy plays a fundamental role for the Green Deal and for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. EU Directive on renewable energy revised confirms the community block objective of obtaining 38-40% of energy from renewable sources by 2030, doubling the share of solar, wind and other renewables in Europe's energy mix by the end of the decade. The European Commission recommended that Romania increase the share of energy from renewable sources used for the year 2030 to at least 34% in a future analysis. Romania has a high energy potential from renewable sources, which is not yet fully exploited and has a great advantage due to the diversity of available energy resources. Thus, through this study we aimed to analyze the potential of renewable energy in Romania, as well as the possible sources of financing at national and European level for projects that aim to invest in renewable energy sources. Romania has a high energy potential from renewable sources, which is not yet fully exploited and has a great advantage due to the diversity of available energy resources. Consequently, the targets regarding the increase of the share of renewable energy sources and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions can be achieved thanks to the multiple sources of financing that exist and will exist for Romania.
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GEMMA, Sergejs, and Zane VĪTOLIŅA. "EUROPE 2020 TARGETS: THE PROGRESS OF THE BALTIC COUNTRIES IN TERMS OF RIS3." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.056.
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The Europe 2020 strategy was proposed by the European Commission with an aim to improve European Union (EU) competitiveness and promote economic growth. For the successful achievement of economic growth using the Smart Specialization Strategy (RIS3) in the EU, the European Commission has set out five interrelated headline targets to be achieved by 2020 in the areas of employment, research and development, climate change and energy, education and poverty and social exclusion. The targets are translated into national targets for each EU Member State; at the same time, they are common goals for all the EU Member States to be achieved through a mix of national and EU actions. The authors of the research used statistical data on the Europe 2020 targets to detect progress or regress in achieving these targets, the accuracy of target value detection and the implementation of RIS3 in the EU. The aim of the research is to evaluate RIS3 progress based on the Europe 2020 targets. The following tasks were set: 1) To calculate progress on each Europe 2020 target for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania using Eurostat statistical data; 2) To evaluate the calculated data and compare the data with those for the other Baltic States and the EU average; 3) To forecast RIS3 development for the year 2020 in the Baltic States. The research employed the monographic and descriptive methods as well as analysis, synthesis, the graphic method, the data grouping method and forecasting. All the three Baltic States have exceeded their target values on employment and education. Low indicators – just half of the target value – the Baltic States have on the share of the EU’s GDP invested in Research and Development. Other positions such as green energy, poverty and social exclusion mostly show a need for more active and effective action for achieving the Europe 2020 targets.
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Arbital, Jeffrey G., and Paul T. Mann. "The Department of Energy Replacement for the 110-Gallon Specification 6M Shipping Container for Radioactive Contents." In ASME 2008 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2008-61216.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has been shipping university reactor fuels and other fissile materials in the 110-gallon Department of Transportation (DOT) Specification 6M container for over 20 years. The DOT 6M container has been the workhorse for many DOE programs. However, packages designed and used according to the Specification 6M (U. S. Code of Federal Regulations, 49 CFR 178.354; 2003) do not conform to the latest package safety requirements in 10 CFR 71, especially performance under hypothetical accident conditions. For that reason, the 6M specification containers are being terminated by the DOT. Packages designed to the 6M specification will no longer be allowed for in-commerce shipments after October 1, 2008. To meet on-going transportation needs, DOE evaluated several different concepts for replacing the 110-gallon 6M. After this evaluation, DOE selected the Y-12 National Security Complex for the project. The new Y-12 container, designated the ES-4100 shipping container, will have a capacity of four times the current 6M and will be certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The ES-4100 project began in September 2006 and prototypes of the new container are now being fabricated. Details on the design features and the upcoming regulatory testing of this new container are discussed in this paper.
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Whittaker, Andrew, Yin-Nan Huang, and Bozidar Stojadinovic. "Seismic Protection of Small Modular Reactors." In ASME 2011 Small Modular Reactors Symposium. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/smr2011-6621.
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The next edition of ASCE Standard 4 will include detailed provisions for the seismic isolation of structures, systems and components in safety-related nuclear structures. The provisions are based on those available in North America for buildings, bridges and other infrastructure but address issues particular to nuclear energy construction and take advantage of recent research funded by federal agencies, including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the National Science Foundation. The paper highlights these research products and their incorporation into ASCE Standard 4. Although the focus of the studies and ASCE Standard 4 is analysis of conventional light water reactors of 500+MWe, most of the conclusions are applicable to small modular reactors.
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Bamberger, Judith Ann. "Investigation of Early Dry and Wet/Dry Cooling Studies." In ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2012-88838.
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In mid 1974, The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission initiated the Dry Cooling Tower Program to provide the technology to support the increased use of dry cooling for central power stations. The purpose of the program was to provide solutions to existing problems of dry cooling and the development and demonstration of new dry cooling concepts. The program included input from utilities, architect engineers, dry cooling system vendors and others involved in technology development. This paper focuses on initial studies conducted at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to investigate dry and wet/dry cooling concepts to develop economic and performance models for cost optimization of total heat rejection systems using dry and wet/dry cooling to provide a compilation of studies and results.
Reports on the topic "National energy commission"
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Truitt, Sarah, Erin Nobler, Vitaliy Krasko, Nate Blair, Sarah Kurtz, Daniel Hillman, and Daniel Studer. Transitioning the California Energy Commission Eligible Equipment List to a National Platform. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), March 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1346615.
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Cohon, Jared L., T. J. Glauthier, Norman R. Augustine, Wanda M. Austin, Charles Elachi, Paul A. Fleury, Susan J. Hockfield, Richard A. Meserve, and Cherry A. Murray. Interim Report of the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), February 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1235684.
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Ebadian, M. A. Coordination of the U.S. DOE-Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) science and technology implementing arrangement. Final report. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), January 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/290806.
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Wang, J. A., and F. B. K. Kam. Review of the International Atomic Energy Agency International database on reactor pressure vessel materials and US Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Oak Ridge National Laboratory embrittlement data base. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), February 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/582241.
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Potts, Tavis, and Rebecca Ford. Leading from the front? Increasing Community Participation in a Just Transition to Net Zero in the North-East of Scotland. Scottish Universities Insight Institute, December 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.57064/2164/19722.
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n line with Scottish Net Zero targets and the national strategy for a Just Transition, the Northeast of Scotland is transforming towards a low carbon future with a number of high-profile industry and policy initiatives. With the region home to global energy companies and historical high levels of energy sector employment, the narrative on transition is predominantly framed within an industrial and technological context, including narratives on new opportunities in green jobs, green industrial development, technical innovation and new infrastructure to support energy transition. As the energy landscape shifts in the North-East of Scotland, the impacts will be felt most keenly in communities from shifts in employment to changes to local supply chains. It is important to note that Net Zero ambitions will also change the nature and structure of communities in the region, for those within a shifting oil and gas industry and those without. A just transition ensures that all voices are heard, engaged and included in the process of change, and that communities, including those who have benefited and those who have not, have a stake in determining the direction of travel of a changing society and economy of the North-east. As a result, there is a need for a community-oriented perspective to transition which discusses a range of values and perspectives, the opportunities and resources available for transition and how communities of place can support the process of change toward Net Zero. Social transformation is a key element of a just transition and community engagement, inclusion and participation is embedded in the principles laid down by the Just Transition Commission. Despite this high-level recognition of social justice and inclusion at the heart of transition, there has been little move to understand what a just transition means in the context of local communities in the NorthEast. This project aims to address this imbalance and promote the ability of communities to not only engage but to help steer net zero transitions. It seeks to uncover and build a stronger local consensus about the vision and pathways for civil society to progress a just transition in the Northeast of Scotland. The project aims to do this through bringing together civil society, academic, policy and business stakeholders across three interactive workshops to: 1. Empower NE communities to engage with the Just Transition agenda 2. Identify what are the key issues within a Just Transition and how they can be applied in the Northeast. 3. Directly support communities by providing training and resources to facilitate change by working in partnership. The project funding supported the delivery of three professionally facilitated online workshops that were held over 2021/22 (Figure 1). Workshop 1 explored the global principles within a just transition and how these could apply to the Scottish context. Workshop 2 examined different pathways and options for transition in the context of Northeast Scotland. Workshop 3, in partnership with NESCAN explored operational challenges and best practices with community participants. The outcomes from the three workshops are explored in detail.
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Shapovalova, Daria, Tavis Potts, John Bone, and Keith Bender. Measuring Just Transition : Indicators and scenarios for a Just Transition in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. University of Aberdeen, October 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.57064/2164/22364.
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The North East of Scotland is at the forefront of the global energy transition. With the transformation of the UK’s energy sector over coming decades, the lives of communities and workers in the North East will be directly affected as we collectively transition to a Net Zero economy. A Just Transition refers to a fair distribution of the burdens and benefits as society and the economy shifts to a sustainable low-carbon economy. It calls for action on providing decent green jobs, building community wealth, and embedding participation. While it is a well-established concept in the academic literature and in policy there is a notable lack of approaches and data on measuring progress towards a Just Transition. In Scotland, with Just Transition planning underway, there are calls for clarity by the Scottish Parliament, Just Transition Commission, and many stakeholders on how to evaluate progress in a place-based context. The project ‘Just Transition for Workers and Communities in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire’ brought together an interdisciplinary team from the University of Aberdeen Just Transition Lab to identify and collate the relevant evidence, and engage with a range of local stakeholders to develop regional Just Transition indicators. Previous work on this project produced a Rapid Evidence Assessment on how the oil and gas industry has shaped our region and what efforts and visions have emerged for a Just Transition. Based on the findings and a stakeholder knowledge-exchange event, we have developed a set of proposed indicators, supported by data and/or narrative, for a transition in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire across four themes: 1) Employment and skills, 2) Equality and wellbeing, 3) Democratic participation, and 4) Community empowerment, revitalisation and Net Zero. Some of the indicators are compiled from national/local data sets, including data on jobs and skills, fuel poverty or greenhouse gas emissions. Other indicators require further data collection and elaboration, but nevertheless represent important aspects of Just Transition in the region. These include workers’ rights protection, community ownership, participation and empowerment. We propose four narrative scenarios as springboards for further dialogue, policy development, investment and participation on Just Transition in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. Indicators, as proxies for evaluating progress, can be used as decision support tools, a means of informing policy, and supporting stakeholder dialogue and action as we collectively progress a Just Transition in the North East. There are no shortcuts on a way to a Just Transition. Progress towards achieving it will require a clear articulation of vision and objectives, co-developed with all stakeholders around the table. It will require collaboration, trust, difficult conversations, and compromise as we develop a collective vision for the region. Finally, it will require strong political will, substantive policy and legal reform, public and private investment, and building of social licence as we collectively build a Net Zero future in the North East.
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Biegelbauer, Peter, Christian Hartmann, Wolfgang Polt, Anna Wang, and Matthias Weber. Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies in Austria – a case study for the OECD. JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, August 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.22163/fteval.2020.493.
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In recent years, mission-oriented approaches have received growing interest in science, technology and innovation (STI) policies against the background of two developments. First, while so-called “horizontal” or “generic” approaches to research, technology and innovation policies have largely been successful in improving the general innovation performance or the rate of innovation, there are perceived limitations in terms of insufficiently addressing the direction of technological change and innovation. Second, “grand societal challenges” emerged on policy agendas, such as climate change, security, food and energy supply or ageing populations, which call for thematic orientation and the targeting of research and innovation efforts. In addition, the apparent success of some mission-oriented initiatives in countries like China, South Korea, and the United States in boosting technological development for purposes of strengthening competitiveness contributed to boosting the interest in targeted and directional government interventions in STI. Against the backdrop of this renewed interest in mission-oriented STI policy, the OECD has addressed the growing importance of this topic and launched a project looking into current experiences with Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy (MOIP). The present study on MOIP in Austria was commissioned by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Energy, Mobility, Environment, Innovation and Technologiy (BMK) and comprises the Austrian contributions to this OECD project. The study aims at contributing Austrian experiences to the international debate and to stimulate a national debate on MOIP.
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Scarrott, Rory, Cathal O'Mahony, Michael Sweeney, Jonathan Williams, Jeremy Gault, Timothy Sullivan, and Ana Vila. KETmaritime: Setting course to energise maritime uptake of Key Enabling Technologies. University College Cork, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.33178/10468.10928.
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Key Enabled Technologies(KETs) have the potential to impact on many aspects of society, whilst transforming European industrial competitiveness at the local, national, and global scales. Studies funded by the European Commission have shown that European advances in six technology areas would not only enhance the leadership and competitiveness of European business, but also drive advances across Europe’s business sectors and society. Despite their applicability across sectors, KETs represent a change, and a new manner of moving forward. Business and society view change both positively, welcoming advances in technology and new tools and products to make life somewhat easier for citizens, and negatively, recognising that with change comes risk and a reticence to change. Like society, different industrial sectors will view innovation and new technology differently. As such, each sector requires a slightly different approach to energise KET uptake into their daily operations and lives. Recognition of this reality underpinned the development of this roadmap. Stakeholders have been engaged across the Atlantic Area, through the use of online surveying, face-to-face workshops, and one-to-one interviews conducted virtually. This has enabled the authors to develop an awareness of the maritime scene and community which offers such opportunities and potential for KETs. It also provided insights into the reality of energising this uptake when framed in the context of social, financial and governance realities. Over the course of the project, the team conducted an analysis of the maritime sector, to identify and map out any KET applications that were in development. In parallel, a diverse pool of academic and commercial stakeholders identified the opportunities they could see for KET applications in the maritime sector. They also identified factors which restrict uptake, and restrain viable trans- disciplinary innovations from effectively making it to market. Stakeholder perspectives were combined with the investigative findings to develop a vision for a KET-maritime innovation ecosystem. The barriers and challenges shaped a range of proposed actions, which target different facets of the innovation ecosystem to ease growth and shape development. These actors were iteratively reviewed by stakeholders, and amended accordingly. These actions form the basis of this roadmap, a proposed path towards realising a vibrant growing KET-maritime innovation ecosystem. It contains a suite of 60 inter-linked, systemic actions, framed within 35 action areas to achieve 9 core goals, spread across 5 thematic agendas (policy, funding, building a sustainable innovation ecosystem, capacity building, and awareness raising). This envisioned KET-maritime innovation ecosystem fosters application-led innovation, and advances societal and market benefits for all. Each of the 5 thematic agendas are summarised as a policy brief, provided in the Appendices. The actions applicable to each policy brief are detailed in this report, alongside a proposed timeframe for implementation. Each action is codified, and can be traced through the iterative review process using the provenance table supplied. The potential for KET applications across the Blue Economy is extensive, and all sectors offer at least some opportunities for KETs. Within this landscape, the following sectors are identified as having strong growth potential where KET’s can help to drive that growth: Fisheries and aquaculture; Blue biotechnology; Maritime surveillance; Marine renewable energy; Ship and boat building. Within these sectors, four specific KET-maritime applications research priorities are highlighted: Advanced materials application in marine renewable energy; Photonics application in maritime surveillance; Micro- and nano-electronics in maritime surveillance; Advanced manufacturing techniques in ship and boat building. Finally, the project team would like to take this opportunity to thank all stakeholders who participated in the workshops, interviews, and review activities which culminated in this roadmap.
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Activities with Argentina. Spring 1999. A U.S. Department of Energy Cooperative Program with the National Atomic Energy Commission of the Argentine Republic. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), June 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/350888.
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