Privatisation and Technical Efficiency of Thai Electricity Generation State Owned Enterprise

Greening the economy requires green innovations, and innovations require investments. Most countries of the world are still relying on conventional (fossil-based) sources of energy. The transition toward green or renewable energy sources is an effective and innovative way to meet ever-increasing demand as a result of the rising population. Another reason for innovations in the field of green energy is the need to mitigate climate change and avoid pollution, especially in developing countries. The monitored investments into renewable energy sources are usually public. Therefore, this paper aims to determine whether the selected countries of the world produced renewable energy efficiently, considering the investments made by public financial institutions and installed electricity capacity for renewable energy sources, for the period 2013–2017 (for a deeper analysis, the year 2017 was chosen). For this purpose, the Stochastic Frontier Analysis model in the logarithmic form of the Cobb-Douglas production function is used, which helps to judge the competitiveness of countries based on effectively transforming the inputs into outputs. Results suggest that the effect of the first variable “installed electricity capacity” on electricity generation was highly statistically significant, and the impact of the second variable “public investments” was characterized as statistically insignificant. The monitored countries were divided into 10 groups according to the different range of estimated output-oriented technical efficiency from 0.00 to 1.00. Most countries should increase the renewable electricity generation approximately by 40-49%, given the level of inputs (16 countries of 6th group with estimated output-oriented technical efficiency 0.51-0.60) for the year 2017.

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Technical efficiency of carp production in Pakistan

Aquaculture Economics & Management ◽

10.1046/j.1365-7313.1999.00040.x ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 131 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Khem R. Sharma

Keyword(s):

Technical Efficiency

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Feasible design for electricity generation from Chlorella vulgaris using convenient photosynthetic conditions

BIOCELL ◽

10.32604/biocell.2018.07002 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

pp. 7-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. Moustafa ◽

T. Taha ◽

M. Elnouby ◽

M.A. Abu-Saied Aied ◽

A. Shati ◽

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Keyword(s):

Chlorella Vulgaris ◽

Electricity Generation

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A Review on Utilization of Fly- Ash and Pond-Ash as a Partial Replacement of Cement in Concrete Mix Design

International Journal of Scientific Research in Science Engineering and Technology ◽

10.32628/ijsrset196270 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 413-418

Author(s):

Harshkumar Patel ◽

Yogesh Patel

Keyword(s):

Fly Ash ◽

Electricity Generation ◽

Power Plants ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Thermal Power ◽

Strength Test ◽

Partial Replacement ◽

Pond Ash ◽

Research Activities ◽

Ash Disposal

Now-a-days energy planners are aiming to increase the use of renewable energy sources and nuclear to meet the electricity generation. But till now coal-based power plants are the major source of electricity generation. Disadvantages of coal-based thermal power plants is disposal problem of fly ash and pond ash. It was earlier considered as a total waste and environmental hazard thus its use was limited, but now its useful properties have been known as raw material for various application in construction field. Fly ash from the thermal plants is available in large quantities in fine and coarse form. Fine fly ash is used in construction industry in some amount and coarse fly ash is subsequently disposed over land in slurry forms. In India around 180 MT fly is produced and only around 45% of that is being utilized in different sectors. Balance fly ash is being disposed over land. It needs one acre of land for ash disposal to produce 1MW electricity from coal. Fly ash and pond ash utilization helps to reduce the consumption of natural resources. The fly ash became available in coal based thermal power station in the year 1930 in USA. For its gainful utilization, scientist started research activities and in the year 1937, R.E. Davis and his associates at university of California published research details on use of fly ash in cement concrete. This research had laid foundation for its specification, testing & usages. This study reports the potential use of pond-ash and fly-ash as cement in concrete mixes. In this present study of concrete produced using fly ash, pond ash and OPC 53 grade will be carried. An attempt will be made to investigate characteristics of OPC concrete with combined fly ash and pond ash mixed concrete for Compressive Strength test, Split Tensile Strength test, Flexural Strength test and Durability tests. This paper deals with the review of literature for fly-ash and pond-ash as partial replacement of cement in concrete.

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ESTIMATION OF TECHNICAL, SPECIALIZED AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF CULTIVATED POTATO VARIETIES USING DATA ENVELOPE ANALYSIS METHOD (DEA) IN IRAQ FOR SPRING LUG 2018

Anbar Journal of Agricultural Sciences ◽

10.32649/ajas/2020/11 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 119-131

Keyword(s):

Technical Efficiency ◽

Economic Efficiency ◽

Potato Crop ◽

Economic Status ◽

Analysis Method ◽

Envelope Analysis ◽

Variable Capacity ◽

Data Envelope Analysis ◽

Using Data ◽

The Stability

Research highlights the importance of potato crop, which occupies a prominent food and economic status in food security besides rice, wheat and corn at the local and global level. Despite the expansion of the cultivation of potato crop in Iraq in general and Ameriyah district in particular However, potato productivity remains substandard, this may be due to a lack of knowledge of the most efficient varieties and not to use productive resources at the levels at which technical, specialized and economic efficiency is achieved. Therefore, the aim of the research is to determine the technical, specialized and economic efficiency according to the cultivated seed category. The data envelope analysis (DEA) method was used to estimate technical, specialized and economic efficiency, assuming constant and variable capacity returns. As a result of the study, the Safrana variety achieved the highest average technical efficiency according to the stability of the yield and capacity efficiency in addition to achieving the highest average specialized and economic efficiency, The Lapadia variety achieved the highest average technical efficiency, assuming that capacity returns have changed. Therefore, we recommend the adoption of items that achieve higher efficiency and the need to redistribute the elements of production better and Achieving the optimum levels at which technical, specialized and economic efficiency is achieved and saving what has been wasted.

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PADDY RESIDUE AS FEEDSTOCK IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION: REDEMPTION OF LIFE CYCLE EMISSIONS AND COST ANALYSIS

Journal of Technology and Operations Management ◽

10.32890/jtom2018.13.1.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (Number 1) ◽

pp. 55-67

Author(s):

Shafini M. Shafie ◽

Zakirah Othman ◽

N Hami

Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Cost Analysis ◽

Positive Feedback ◽

Energy Supply ◽

Electricity Generation ◽

Economic Sector ◽

Ghg Emission ◽

Coal Fuel ◽

Biomass Resources

Malaysia has an abundance of biomass resources that can be utilised for power generation. One of them is paddy residue. Paddy residue creates ahuge potential in the power generation sector. The consumption of paddy residue can help Malaysia become less dependent on conventional sources of energy, mitigate greenhouse gas(GHG) emission, offer positive feedback in the economic sector, and at the same time, provide thebest solution for waste management activities. The forecast datafor 20 years on electricity generation wasused to calculate the GHG emission and its saving when paddy residue is used for electricity generation. The government’scost saving was also identified when paddy residue substituted coal fuel in electricity generation.This paper can provide forecast information so that Malaysia is able to move forward to apply paddy residue as feedstock in energy supply. Hopefully, the data achieved can encourage stakeholder bodies in the implementation of paddy residue inelectricity generation since there is apositive impact towardscost and emission saving.

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