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Nuclear Fuel Recycling - the Value of the Separated Transuranics and the Levelized Cost of Electricity
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2009-09)
We analyze the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for three different fuel cycles: a Once-Through Cycle, in which the spent fuel is sent for disposal after one use in a reactor, a Twice-Through Cycle, in which the spent ...
Designing a US Market for CO2
(2009)
In this paper we focus on one component of the cap-and-trade system: the markets that arise for trading allowances after they have been allocated or auctioned. The efficient functioning of the market is key to the success ...
Market power and electricity market reform in Northeast China
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2008)
The Northeast region of China has been used as a testing ground for creation of a functioning wholesale electric power market. We describe the ownership structure of the generation assets for those plants participating in ...
Technologies, markets and challenges for development of the Canadian Oil Sands industry
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2007)
This paper provides an overview of the current status of development of the Canadian oil sands industry, and considers possible paths of further development. We outline the key technology alternatives, critical resource ...
Using futures prices to filter short-term volatility and recover a latent, long-term price series for oil
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2006)
Oil prices are very volatile. But much of this volatility seems to reflect short-term,transitory factors that may have little or no influence on the price in the long run. Many major investment decisions should be guided ...
Black Gold & Fool’s Gold: Speculation in the Oil Futures Market
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2009-09)
This paper addresses the question of whether the oil price spike of 2003-2008 was a bubble. We document and discuss what is known about the level of speculation in the paper oil market. We then analyze the dynamics of the ...
Do Trading and Power Operations Mix? The Case of Constellation Energy Group 2008
(2008)
Constellation Energy has been a leading performer in the merchant power business since 2001. In addition to its legacy utility, Baltimore Gas and Electric, Constellation is a merchant generator and a wholesale power marketer ...
Update on the Cost of Nuclear Power
(2009)
We update the cost of nuclear power as calculated in the MIT (2003) Future of Nuclear Power study. Our main focus is on the changing cost of construction of new plants. The MIT (2003) study provided useful data on the cost ...