Rising energy prices and the economics of water in agriculture

Water Policy ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (S1) ◽  
pp. 11-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Zilberman ◽  
Thomas Sproul ◽  
Deepak Rajagopal ◽  
Steven Sexton ◽  
Petra Hellegers
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Energy Prices ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Allocation Decisions ◽  
Distribution Water

Rising energy prices will alter water allocation and distribution. Water extraction and conveyance will become more costly and demand for hydroelectric power will grow. The higher cost of energy will substantially increase the cost of groundwater, whereas increasing demand for hydroelectric power may reduce the price and increase supply of surface water. High energy prices and geopolitical considerations drive investment in land-and water-intensive biofuel technology, diverting land and water supplies to energy production at the expense of food production. Thus, rising energy prices will alter the allocation of water, increase the price of food and may have negative distributional effects. The impact of rising energy prices and the introduction of biofuels can be partly offset by the development and adoption of new technologies, including biotechnology. The models considered here can be used to determine the effects of rising energy prices on inputs, outputs, allocation decisions and impact on distribution.

The Distributional Impact of Efficient Energy Pricing in India

2016 ◽  
pp. 194-205
Author(s):  
David Coady ◽  
Emine Hanedar
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Energy Prices ◽  
Efficient Energy ◽  
Price Increases ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Key Sectors ◽  
Energy Taxes ◽  
Distributional Impact ◽  
The Impact

This chapter by Coady and Hanedar revisits the issue of the distributional impact of energy subsidy reform. It adds to the existing literature on a number of fronts. First, based on recent estimates of efficient energy taxes for India in the literature, it calculates the domestic energy price increases required to bring energy prices to levels that reflect the true social cost of energy consumption, including domestic and global environmental damage. It then simulates the impact of these price increases on household real incomes and how this varies across household income groups. Second, it extends the analysis to the efficient pricing of coal, the most polluting of all energy sources. Third, it also identifies key sectors of the economy that are likely to be the most impacted by higher energy prices.

scholarly journals Impact of detector simulation in particle physics collider experiments - highlights

2019 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 02019
Author(s):  
V. Daniel Elvira
Keyword(s):  
Particle Physics ◽  
High Energy Physics ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Design And Optimization ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Detector Simulation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Journal Submission ◽  
Energy Physics

Detector simulation has become fundamental to the success of modern high-energy physics (HEP) experiments. For example, the Geant4-based simulation applications developed by the ATLAS and CMS experiments played a major role for them to produce physics measurements of unprecedented quality and precision with faster turnaround, from data taking to journal submission, than any previous hadron collider experiment. The material presented here contains highlights of a recent review on the impact of detector simulation in particle physics collider experiments published in Ref. [1]. It includes examples of applications to detector design and optimization, software development and testing of computing infrastructure, and modeling of physics objects and their kinematics. The cost and economic impact of simulation in the CMS experiment is also presented. A discussion on future detector simulation needs, challenges and potential solutions to address them is included at the end.

Environmental and Economic Assessment of Recycled Aluminum Alloy Production - A Case Study of China

2010 ◽  
Vol 146-147 ◽  
pp. 1027-1030
Author(s):  
Jing Min Hong ◽  
Zainab Z. Ismail ◽  
Jing Lan Hong
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Aluminum Scrap ◽  
Terrestrial Ecotoxicity ◽  
Production Stages ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

A life cycle assessment was carried out to estimate the environmental and economic impacts of recycled aluminum alloy production. The impact seen from non-carcinogens, respiratory inorganics, terrestrial ecotoxicity, global warming and non-renewable energy categories played an important role to overall environmental impacts. The impact seen from carcinogens and aquatic ecotoxicity played relatively small role, while the impact seen from the rest categories affect the environment was ignorable. Specifically, the emissions from the aluminum and silicon production stages involved played an important role due to high energy consumption, while potential impact generated from other elements was quite small. Similarly, the cost of old aluminum scrap represented the dominant contribution to overall economic impacts. Accordingly, choosing natural gas based electricity production technology and improving old aluminum scrap consumption efficiency are the efficient way to minimize the overall environmental and economic impact, respectively.

scholarly journals Reducing the Cost of Energy From Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plants

Solar Energy ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Price ◽  
David Kearney
Keyword(s):  
Mojave Desert ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Parabolic Trough ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
Solar Power Plants ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Fossil Fuel Power Plants

Parabolic trough solar technology is the most proven and lowest cost large-scale solar power technology available today, primarily because of the nine large commercial-scale solar power plants that are operating in the California Mojave Desert. However, no new plants have been built during the past ten years because the cost of power from these plants is more expensive than power from conventional fossil fuel power plants. This paper reviews the current cost of energy and the potential for reducing the cost of energy from parabolic trough solar power plant technology based on the latest technological advancements and projected improvements from industry and sponsored R&D. The paper also looks at the impact of project financing and incentives on the cost of energy.

scholarly journals The cost load regulation and management of electrical energy by directions of impact on the components of total price

2021 ◽  
Vol 295 ◽  
pp. 02001
Author(s):  
Alexey Pleshkov ◽  
Aleksey Kopylov ◽  
Petr Ulyankin
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Regional Features ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
Load Regulation ◽  
Kaliningrad Region ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Total Price

The issues of optimizing regional pricing are especially acute for the Kaliningrad Region due to its exclave features. At the same time, the cost of energy resources has become one of the main issues in making managerial decisions. Recently, the so-called Technoparks have become one of the new forms of organizing the production process in a certain branch of industry, or a process that is at the junction of several branches. There are a variety of descriptions of the indisputable advantages of this work format for a specific technological process, however, the possibilities in the field of reducing the costs of consumed energy resources that arise with such a local siting of production are not discussed that often. According to the authors of the article, based on the structure of the tariff, it is possible to classify methods of reducing the cost price by the impact on the components of the final cost of energy supply services. It should be noted that the classification sign of saving methods will be precisely the component of the tariff, while the methods themselves can be aimed both at reducing the price expression of each component of the tariff and at the volume of services for this component. The authors have also identified regional features of the pricing processes in the energy industry.

scholarly journals Refining the Power Station Design of the All-Electric Warship

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Edge ◽  
R Partridge ◽  
E Maxeiner
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Power System ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Concept Design ◽  
Electrical Power System ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Service Experiences

The next generation of large surface combatants will feature a number of challenging hurdles with regards to performance, complexity and capability whilst being mindful of tomorrow’s fiscal pressures. Over the past two decades, new warship programmes have focussed on more complex, multi-role capabilities necessitating more adaptable mission and platform systems. With tomorrow’s vessels facing a service life between 35-50 years the selected power systems need to be sympathetic of today’s requirements as well as through life technology insertion for tomorrow’s needs. To facilitate this, a number of tomorrow’s warships are looking to adopt an all-electric architecture making use of developing energy storage technologies and more power dense prime movers. Whilst this in itself is no revelation, the impact that electric weapons and sensors have on an electrical power system, as well as the added costs incurred through provision of electrical margins, means it becomes imperative that design experience, lessons learnt, and evolving technologies are all considered during the concept design phase. Electrification of warships has been commonplace since the early 1990s and in-service experiences on platforms with Integrated Power Systems (IPS) are now informing the requirement set for their replacement vessels. The DDG1000 Destroyer as an example, at sea since 2013, has yielded some valuable insights in areas of design optimisation and resilience that can benefit future combatant types. These experiences and the proven products on board these vessels will be augmented by new technologies and configured as part of new architectures to service the new types of loads that accompany the deployment of high energy weapons and sensors. Meeting these demands in an affordable, efficient, resilient and reliable manner will be key to ensuring the future platform’s success and longevity. This paper aims to visit the key in-service experiences of today’s all electric ships whilst considering core aspects of future ‘second generation’ all electric ship design. This will include the need for power system ‘granularity’; investigating the building blocks of power generation that make up these complex systems, whilst analysing the maturity of their constituent parts and the enabling technologies that make these systems possible.

Impact of Advancing Technology on Nuclear Facility Operation

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan K. Corrado ◽  
Ronald M. Sega
Keyword(s):  
Human Error ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Nuclear Facilities ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Many unfortunate and unintended adverse industrial incidents occur across the U.S. each year, and the nuclear industry is no exception. Depending on the severity, these incidents can be problematic for people, the facilities, and surrounding environments. These incidents occur for a number of varying reasons, but more often than not, human error is an accomplice. This article explores whether the complexity and changing technologies, which affect the way operators interact within the systems of the nuclear facilities, exacerbate the severity of incidents caused by human error. A review of nuclear incidents in the U.S. from 1955 to 2010 reaching level three or higher on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) scale was conducted. The cost of each incident at facilities that had recently undergone technological changes affecting plant operator's jobs was compared to those facilities which had not undergone changes. A t-test was applied and determined a statistically significant difference between the two groups. This affirmed that technological advances at nuclear facilities that affect how operators interact within the plant system increase the severity of resulting incidents. Next, a follow-on study was conducted to determine the impact from the incorporation of new technologies into nuclear facilities. The data indicated that spending more money on upgrades increased the capacity of the facility as well as the number of incidents reported, but the incident severity was minor.

Optimizing Product Cost with Supply Chain Cost Modeling

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (1) ◽  
pp. 000012-000017
Author(s):  
Chet Palesko ◽  
Alan Palesko
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Cost Modeling ◽  
Cost Models ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Cost Drivers ◽  
Cost Impact ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Demands on the electronics industry for smaller, better, and cheaper packages have made the supply chain more complex. Outsourcing, new technologies, and increasing performance requirements make designing and building the right product for the right price more difficult than ever. We will present a framework for understanding and managing the supply chain through cost modeling. Cost models that accurately reflect the cost impact from technology and design decisions enable a more precise understanding of supply chain behavior. Cost models can show the extra cost of adding a layer, the expected savings from relaxing design rules, or the cost of package on package assembly compared to 3D packaging with through silicon vias (TSVs). The models also provide context to understanding the ″should cost″ of a product and the path to achieving it. Since the guidance from cost models is based on the actual supplier cost drivers and pricing behavior, designer cost reduction efforts will result in higher savings compared to not using the cost models. Without cost models, designers risk missing their suppliers' real cost drivers and, therefore, the opportunity to decrease cost. This cost modeling framework allows the designers to realize the lowest cost product by matching the right design with the right supplier. It is a method for understanding a design decision's cost impact: a design change, a supplier change, or even the impact of new technology.

Design and Qualification of a Advanced Hybrid Filament-Wound Composite Pressure Vessel for Aircraft Application

2013 ◽  
Vol 631-632 ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
Zhi Dong Liu ◽  
Bin Yu ◽  
Qing Chen Jin ◽  
Wei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Development Program ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Liner Material ◽  
Composite Pressure Vessel ◽  
Filament Wound Composite ◽  
Manufacturing Testing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Aircraft Application

This paper describes a composite pressure vessel(COPV) development program which have been finished by Lanzhou Institute of Physics (LIP). In order to dramatically improve reliability and safety of COPV applied in military aircraft, this COPV(L376-COPV) design relies partly on the heritage of mature technologies and was developed in combination with existing and new technologies, Unlike traditional COPV, the impact resistant capability from high energy bullet of L376-COPV is improved greatly by liner material heart treatment and T800/K49 fiber hybrids over-wrap. L376-COPV design, analysis, manufacturing, testing and results was introduced.

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