this paper identifies the major political and economic constraints that impact the demand-side of electricity industry re-structuring processes. These constraints have been a major barrier to implementing effective restructuring processes in many countries, particularly those in the developing world. The paper describes how these constraints have been addressed and how this has harmed market ef...

We are living in a world of on-demand communication. Today ́s turbulent business world, require companies to continually update their skills and capacities. Companies are exploring ways to align and integrate technology-based learning into business processes and strategy. On-demand collaboration is a new trend that is driving higher levels of connectedness than ever before, and which is greatly ...

The demand for comfort cooling is increasing very quickly around the world, e.g. due to improved living standards. At present, air-conditioning is consuming large amounts of electricity, often during hours of peak power demand. Also, a major part of the electricity around the world is produced from fossil fuels, and thus the threat of global warming, caused by increasing emissions of carbon dio...

We want to forecast the peak electricity demand in a half-hour period in twenty years time. We have fifteen years of half-hourly electricity data, temperature data and some economic and demographic data. The location is South Australia: home to the most volatile electricity demand in the world.

Current world population is expected to reach 10.5 billion by 2050 (UN March, 2013), further adding to global food security concerns. This increase translates into 33% more human mouths to feed, with the greatest demand growth in the poor communities of the world. According to Alexandratos and Bruinsma (2012), food supplies would need to increase by 60% (estimated at 2005 food production levels...