Developing countries like Iran face increasing energy demands due to population growth and economic expansion. The country has numerous renewable energy resources that account for the majority of its total energy supply. As fossil fuel resources are running out, the government plans to increase its renewable energy share. Many studies have already been conducted on renewable resources. However,...

Developing countries like Iran face increasing energy demands due to population growth and economic expansion. The country has numerous renewable energy resources that account for the majority of its total energy supply. As fossil fuel resources are running out, the government plans to increase its renewable energy share. Many studies have already been conducted on renewable resources. However,...

Energy as a geopolitical factor has gained a special occasion in power games of the world and access to energy resources has become a strategic importance for all levels of hierarchy of global power. Hormozgan province is one of the industrial provinces of Iran and this subject has caused to has been growing energy consumption in the province. Limited fossil energy resources and the problems of...

 This paper studies the non linear relationship between energy prices, natural resources rent opportunities and renewable energy consumption under different economic growth rates for OPEC member countries during the 2005-2016 period.  Using a panel smooth transition regression (PSTR) model, our findings prove a non-linear relationship between renewable energy consumption and the rate of economi...

Energy as one of the factors of production along with labor and capital has an important role in development and social welfare. Due to the pollution of non-renewable resources and its negative impact on welfare, the use of renewable resources can improve social welfare by eliminating pollutants. In this study, the effect of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on social welfare of de...

Nowadays, with the use of devices such as fossil distributed generation and renewable energy resources and energy storage systems that are operated at the level of distribution networks, the problem of optimal reconfiguration has faced major challenges, so any change in the power of this resources can have different results in reconfiguration. Similarly, load changes during the day can lead to ...