Essays about: "Public utilities"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 essays containing the words Public utilities.

  1. 21. Demand side management in Costa Rica: Exploring regulatory measures for its implementation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Raquel Salazar Bejarano; [2011]
    Keywords : Demand side management; energy savings; Costa Rica; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : A reliable electricity sector is imperative for the development and competitiveness of Costa Rica. During the last decade, electricity demand has been growing faster than the expansion of the power network, and the demand side efforts have been almost inexistent. READ MORE

  3. 22. Energy Policy and development of Renewable Energy Sources for Electricity: A comparative analysis of the Swedish and Greek cases

    University essay from KTH/Energi och klimatstudier, ECS

    Author : Iakovos - Marios Tsakiris; [2011]
    Keywords : renewable energy; energy policy; Sweden; Greece; electricity system;

    Abstract : Before electricity liberalization was implemented in the EU, national utilities controlled energy planningand technology choices and were basically the only ones with access to energy infrastructure finance.Liberalization came to change that. READ MORE

  4. 23. Cloud Computing : Trends and Performance Issues

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation

    Author : Ali Al-Refai; Srinivasreddy Pandiri; [2011]
    Keywords : Cloud Computing; Legal issues; Trust; Privacy; Multi-Cloud; Load Balancing; Performance.;

    Abstract : Context: Cloud Computing is a very fascinating concept these days, it is attracting so many organiza-tions to move their utilities and applications into a dedicated data centers, and so it can be accessed from the Internet. This allows the users to focus solely on their businesses while Cloud Computing providers handle the technology. READ MORE

  5. 24. On the right track towards a competition neutral compensation?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Emanuela Andersson; [2010]
    Keywords : Stand-still clause; State aid control; Compensation for PSO; Quality Requirements.; Reasonable Profit; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Passenger transport services constitute public utilities, exactly like all the other similar public networks e.g. energy & water distribution, TV broadcasting or postal services. READ MORE

  6. 25. Corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina : Causes, Consequences and Cures

    University essay from Nationalekonomi

    Author : Nedim Kahvedzic; Samir Losic; [2010]
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    Abstract : The state of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), a developing country that once was a part of thecommunist Yugoslavia, is struggling to move from wartime to peacetime, to shift from acentrally controlled economy to a free market economy, and to stir from a socialist stylegovernment to a democracy. All of these processes lend themselves to great corruption. READ MORE