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Performance of Generating Plant 2010
“Performance of Generating Plant: New Metrics for Industry in Transition” is the title for this report from the Performance of Generating Plant task force of the World Energy Council. The report examines the challenges of measuring and improving performance and considers some of the issues related to this field.
Published in September 2010
Performance of Generating Plant 2008: Managing the changes
The WEC Committee on the Performance of Generating Plant (PGP) has been collecting and analysing power plant performance statistics worldwide for more than 30 years.
Published in December 2007
Performance of Generating Plant 2004: New Realities, New Needs
The report demonstrates a range of approaches used to assess the availability of coal and gas fired thermal units, nuclear reactors and renewable energy plant, and presents selected availability statistics from around the world. In recent years the need to develop and use new reliability indices, which more accurately reflect the current market place has [...]
Published in August 2004
Regulating District Heating and Cogeneration in Central and Eastern Europe
This new report looks at regulatory issues and other difficulties accompanying ongoing unbundling of the DH/CHP industries in eastern and central Europe. While the need for regulation of DH/CHP in transition economies is recognised the diverse nature and often conflicting objectives of the regulation across the region is a serious problem.
Published in July 2004
Comparison of Energy Systems using Life Cycle Assessment
Since the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology was developed about 30 years ago many studies have been conducted using the LCA approach to analyse the environmental impacts of all sorts of activities, including energy production and use. LCA has provided a unified approach for the comparison of different energy systems and the aim of ‘Comparison [...]
Published in July 2004