Marie Curie, working in the laboratory with her husband Pierre. (AP/Wide World Photos)
Demand-Side Management
What Is Dsm?
Demand-side management (DSM) refers to active efforts by electr...
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Table 1. Status of Battery Technology in 1999
Subsidies and Energy Costs
Subsidy is a transfer of money from government to an individual or a firm to stimulate undertaking a particular activ...
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Supply and Demand and Energy Prices
The quantity of energy supplied is the flow of energy brought onto the market, and the quantity of energy demanded is the amount of energy purchased for a particula...
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True Energy Costs
Market prices of energy often diverge from the true cost to society of consuming that energy. Two of the most common reasons for that divergence are external costs and subsidies, bot...
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