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Renewable energy analysis: when it’s about the politics, not the grid
Renewable energy market predictions: pick a scenario, any scenario…
Modelers have been busy recently making renewable energy market predictions. However their forecasts vary, sometimes significantly. This may be a reflection of the different …
Sustainability analysis according to Commoner’s laws of ecology
Sustainability analysis, the assessment of the degree to which natural and social systems can continue to thrive together, needs adequate rules and relationships to be defined, …
Energy technology predictions that will really come true
History repeats itself, so the saying goes. If so, energy technology predictions would be easy to make. However, given the difficulty of predicting next year’s fashion trends, let …
Green decision analysis in manufacturing
At one time, manufacturing relied totally on deterministic decision analysis. Neither the PC nor Monte Carlo methods had been invented, but manufacturing decision processes were …
Models for tidal energy: How analytics can examine real-world environmental challenges
Sustainable energy is a great goal, but reliable, sustainable energy is even better. The sun and the wind only work for generating energy when they are present. Global demand for …
Analysis in sustainable energy planning
Energy planning in general may allow for simple cost-benefit analysis; however, sustainable energy planning with the multiple factors and tradeoffs involved requires a different …
Saving time, money, and the environment: the growing importance of early-stage energy modeling
Which is better? A model to figure out how much energy you’re wasting, or a model to help you save energy from the outset? In a world that has become energy-conscious to a much …