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Fall 2016
This thesis examines market power in a deregulated electricity market, and comprises two distinct areas of research grouped into three chapters. The thesis begins by overviewing electricity markets, including descriptions of uniformprice and discriminatory-price electricity auctions (and the...
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Generating Electricity from Agricultural Residue Biomass in Bolivia; A GIS and Techno-economic Analysis
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Agricultural residues, a renewable source of energy, are widely available in Bolivia. Using agricultural residues to generate electricity on a large scale could decrease dependence on fossil fuels and provide a secure energy supply. Although the country depends on natural gas to generate...
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Integration of Subnational Endogenous Hydropower into the Global Change Analysis Model for Canada
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Hydropower currently provides a small majority of all electricity generation in Canada. This gives the nation an early advantage for shifting toward lower-emission energy sources. Energy systems are changing rapidly to adjust to new realities regarding technologies, resource availability and...
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Life cycle assessment of electricity delivery systems: Attributional and Consequential approaches
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The transition towards low carbon electricity generation can be guided by investigating the economic and environmental consequences of policy decisions. However, there is limited information on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy footprints, and changes in production cost under different...