DardenBusinessPublishing:210838 UVA-F-1299 Rev. Feb. 8‚ 2011 This document is authorized for use only by Mattia Tenaglia at Tecnologico de Monterrey. Please do not copy or redistribute. Contact permissions@dardenbusinesspublishing.com for questions or additional permissions. ENRON CORPORATION’S WEATHER DERIVATIVES (A) Everybody talks about the weather‚ but nobody does anything about it.1 In October 2000‚ Mary Watts‚ the chief financial officer of Pacific Northwest Electric (PNW)‚
Premium Weather Risk Climate
PARIS — Solar photovoltaic systems have long been painted as a clean way to generate electricity‚ but expensive compared with other alternatives to oil‚ like nuclear power. No longer. In a “historic crossover‚” the costs of solar photovoltaic systems have declined to the point where they are lower than the rising projected costs of new nuclear plants‚ according to a paper published this month. “Solar photovoltaics have joined the ranks of lower-cost alternatives to new nuclear plants‚” John O. Blackburn
Premium Nuclear power
9-204-109 REV: OCTOBER 23‚ 2006 MIHIR DESAI Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES In June 2003‚ Rob Venerus‚ director of the newly created Corporate Analysis & Planning group at The AES Corporation‚ thumbed through the five-inch stack of financial results from subsidiaries and considered the breadth and scale of AES. In the 12 years since it had gone public‚ AES had become a leading independent supplier of electricity in the world with more than $33 billion in assets
Premium Weighted average cost of capital Asset Balance sheet
Faculty of Commerce Department of Business Management Master of Commerce Degree in Strategic Management and Corporate Governance 1.2 Module : Production and Operations Management Module Code : MBM 705 NAME OF LECTURER : Mr A.Mafuka Semester 2‚ 2012 NAME : Gwyneth Ngoma Registration Number : R 12228 A Date : 31st August 2012 ASSIGNMENT 1 : Evaluate ways of reconciling capacity and demand in either a service or manufacturing organisation you are familiar with. . Submitted in partial
Premium Electricity generation Energy development Nuclear power
the region of Tyrol. Jenbacher is a leading manufacturer of gas reciprocating engines and generator sets for power generation applications ranging up to 3 megawatts. Besides the company is known for its innovative capabilities in the sector of cogeneration and the utilization of biogas and waste gases. Therefore an acquisition of Jenbacher would enable General Electric to gain the position of a market leader in this field while incorporating the know-how in order to retain the competitive advantage
Premium Stock market Stock
Point and Nonpoint Pollution Sources Point Sources Point-source pollutants in surface water and groundwater are usually found in a plume that has the highest concentrations of the pollutant nearest the source (such as the end of a pipe or an underground injection system) and diminishing concentrations farther away from the source. The various types of point-source pollutants found in waters are as varied as the types of business‚ industry‚ agricultural‚ and urban sources that produce them. Commercial
Premium Water pollution Water
A Seminar Report On “BLUE EYES” TECHNOLOGY By Anuj Arora(UE7510) [pic] University Institute of Engineering and Technology‚ Panjab University [2010-2011] Overview 1. Need of Biofuels – Global Problems 2. Algae – Part of Solution 3. Current Trends In Production 4. Recent Research 5. Challenges 6. Conclusions Need of Biofuels – Global Problems Global Problems – Oil Price/Supply ▪ Peak oil approaching. ▪ Current oil and diesel prices
Premium Biofuel Biodiesel
Theoretical Background This study is anchored on Brian Hills’ Dynamic Awareness Theory.Awareness (or lack of it) is an important property of people’s epistemic states at particular moments‚ with significant consequences for the decisionsthey make‚ their actions‚ and their behavior in situations of interaction (Hill‚ 2007). Awareness is a state of understanding about certain situations‚ events‚ phenomenon‚ in which people are mindful or knowledgeable enough to perceive such occurrence.A person’s
Free Air pollution Pollution Waste
Scope and feasibility of Smart Grid technology in Bangladesh Mahmud Adnan#1‚ Sami Muntasir*2 Department of EECS‚ North-South University Plot-15‚ Block-B‚ Bashundhara R/A‚ Dhaka 1209‚ Bangladesh 1adnan545@hotmail.com 2chikusami@gmail.com Abstract— this paper initiates with a brief discussion on Smart Grid technologies and then moves on to present a brief overview of the current energy scenario of Bangladesh. The paper establishes the idea the possibilities of improving the current energy
Premium Electricity distribution Electric power transmission Power outage
------------------------------------------------- Electricity sector in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Ramagundam Thermal Power Station‚ Andhra Pradesh Sabarmati Thermal Power Station‚ Gujarat The electricity sector in India had an installed capacity of 223.625 GW as of April 2013‚[1] the world’s fifth largest. Captive power plants generate an additional 34.444 GW. Non Renewable Power Plants constitute 87.55% of the installed capacity and 12.45% of Renewable Capacity.[2] India
Premium Electricity generation Nuclear power Solar energy