Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 79-83).

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2002. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 79 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-79).

Thesis (M. Eng.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1998. / Restricted until June 1999. Bibliography: leaves 95-98.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1946. / Without thesis note.

Paper given at MIT conference entitled Energy: Demand, Conservation and Institutional Problems, February 12-15, 1973

This work focuses on the electrical contribution small hydro generation can make to meeting Vancouver Island's electrical demand, today, and as further development proceeds. A hydrologic assessment of Vancouver Island was undertaken for the period of 1999 to 2005. Eight regional areas were identified that exhibited temporally similar specific discharge runoff patterns, termed flow area curves (FACs). A small hydro generation MATLab model was developed and the FACs used as input to represent available generation flow. The model was used to calculate temporally accurate generation values from 175 small hydro facilities under four development scenarios for the seven year period. Generation results from each scenario were compared to electrical demand on Vancouver Island during that time period to determine the contribution provided by small hydro facilities. Results demonstrated that small hydro facilities are unable to offer dependable capacity, but are capable of meeting a portion of Vancouver Island's electrical demand.

This work focuses on the electrical contribution small hydro generation can make to meeting Vancouver Island's electrical demand, today, and as further development proceeds. A hydrologic assessment of Vancouver Island was undertaken for the period of 1999 to 2005. Eight regional areas were identified that exhibited temporally similar specific discharge runoff patterns, termed flow area curves (FACs). A small hydro generation MATLab model was developed and the FACs used as input to represent available generation flow. The model was used to calculate temporally accurate generation values from 175 small hydro facilities under four development scenarios for the seven year period. Generation results from each scenario were compared to electrical demand on Vancouver Island during that time period to determine the contribution provided by small hydro facilities. Results demonstrated that small hydro facilities are unable to offer dependable capacity, but are capable of meeting a portion of Vancouver Island's electrical demand.

Electrification of low-income rural areas that have a limited connection or no access to electrical grids is one of the most demanding challenges in developing countries such as Peru. The international commitment to stop global warming and the reduction in the cost of renewable sources of energy have reduced the prices of fossil fuels in some cases. This has opened the way to the current research which proposes a hybrid energy system (HES) based on the use of renewable sources of energy. Therefore, a renewable electricity system (HRES) was set up at the village of Monte-Catache in the Cajamarca region, which is one of the poorest areas of Peru. Surveys and field studies were used to evaluate the socioeconomic characteristics, availability of renewable energy resources, and energy demand of this region. Potential energy sources were evaluated, and isolated photovoltaic systems with a battery bank were found to be the most appropriate according to the results obtained in the simulation with HOMER. This proposal constitutes an interesting contribution for future energy solutions in isolated and low-income rural areas. / Revisión por pares

From 1992 onwards, the market for corporate control has been changing as a consequence of deregulation in the North American and West European electric utility industry. Motivated by the lack of consensus on the value creation of acquisitions in the deregulated electric utility industry, this study is conducted. Based on a three and eleven-day event window, cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) of 714 acquisition announcements between 1997 and 2017 stemming from North American and West European acquirers, it is found that acquisitions generate on average an insignificant CAR of 0.2%. West European bidders generate a significant return of 0.94% which outperforms the average CAR of -0.02% stemming from North American bidders. For the aggregate sample, it is found that geographic diversification strategies do not outperform each other and that industry-focussed deals outperform industry-diversified deals. North American managers should avoid cross-border deals within the North American region because these deals destruct shareholder value. West European managers should engage in geographic or industry-focussed deals because it is shown the stock market believes that these type of acquisitions generate synergies.

Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Electrical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2014 / The electric power utilities play a vital role in the generation, transmission and distribution of the electrical power to the end users. The power utilities face two major issues, i.e. i) power grids are expected to operate close to the maximum capacity, and ii) there is a need for accurate and better monitoring and control of the power system network using the modern technology and the available tools. These two issues are interconnected as better monitoring allows for better control of the power system. Development of the new standard-based power system technologies contributed to raising the ideas for building of a Smart grid. The challenges are that this process requires development of new control and operation architectures and methods for data acquisition, data transfer, and control computation. These methods require data for the full dynamic state of the power system in real-time, which leads to the introduction of the synchrophasor-based monitoring and control of the power system. The thesis describes the research work and investigations for integration of the existing new power system technologies to build fully automated systems for real-time solution of power system energy management problems, incorporating data measurement and acquisition, data transfer and distribution through a communication network, and data storage and retrieval in one whole system.