Gas demand for power generation peaked as early as 2010. CEPS Commentary, 12 February 2016

The outlook for natural gas demand is often considered bright, especially for gas used to generate electricity. This is because gas is the cleanest of all fossil fuels. The carbon intensity of modern gas-fired power stations is less than 50% that of modern coal plants. Moreover, gas-fired units are well-suited to follow rapid swings in supply and demand due to their flexibility. In the future, these balancing tasks will become more and more important given the intermittent character of the supply of wind and solar power. Gas seems to hold out the promise of being a key pillar of the energy transition and the perfect partner of renewables. Given the EU’s long-term climate policy goals, however, there is strong evidence that demand for gas for purposes of power generation peaked as early as 2010.

The Digital Market for Local Services: A one-night stand for workers? An example from the on-demand economy. CEPS Special Report, No. 133/April 2016

This case study provides a snapshot of the dynamics in the digital market for locally provided personal services. Based on a case study for a Belgium platform with 14,113 identified workers and 9,459 posted tasks, the findings suggest that the current intermediation is inefficient. Only a limited share of the tasks posted on the platform are being completed, whereas the characteristics of the not-completed tasks are fairly limited. Moreover, just a small share of the workers participating in the platform is actually performing the completed tasks. Their average earnings per hour are in most cases above the minimum wage and even above the median wage in the offline market. At the present time, however, the limited earnings for individual workers prevent this mode of working from becoming an alternative to a conventional job. In addition to the standard determinants of workers’ earnings (e.g. gender, age, occupation, etc.), the characteristics and evaluation mechanism of the platform have a large influence on the distribution of tasks and earnings.

Modeling and validation of the thermal behavior of buildings for the development of demand response methods

The representation of the thermal behaviour of the building is achieved through a relatively simple dynamic model that takes into account the effects due to the thermal mass of the building components. The model of a intra-floor apartment has been built in the Matlab-Simulink environment and considers the heat transmission through the external envelope, wall and windows, the internal thermal masses, (i.e. furniture, internal wall and floor slabs) and the sun gain due to opaque and see-through surfaces of the external envelope. The simulations results for the entire year have been compared and the model validated, with the one obtained with the dynamic building simulation software Energyplus.

Predicting the demand for high occupancy vehicle lanes. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Traffic Management and IVHS, Washington, D.C.

Aspects of teacher supply and demand in public school districts and private schools, 1987-88 /

"Data series: DR-SAS-87/88.

Summary of supply and demand for agricultural products in Indonesia, 1975-85 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Fingerprints : fingerprinting living and deceased individuals : latent fingerprints : court decisions.

At head of title: Federal Bureau of Investigation. United States Department of Justice.

National gas supply and demand, 1971-1990

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The expanding soybean meal market : how changes in feeding practices and growth of the formula feed industry have affected demand /

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The Mechanics of supply-demand adjusters for midwestern milk markets /

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The demand for light duty trucks: the Wharton EFA Motor Vehicle Demand Model (Mark II). Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

Air demand and conduit pressures, Stillhouse Hollow Dam, Lampasas River, Texas /

"August 1988."

Motor vehicle demand models: assessment of the state of the art and directions for future research. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.