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Seven questions This column attempts to answer seven key questions about the oil price decline: What are the respective roles of demand and supply factors? How persistent is the supply shift likely to be? What are the effects likely to be on the global economy? What are likely to be the effects on oil importers? […]
The recent expansion of US shale oil production has captured the imagination of policymakers and industry analysts. It has fuelled visions of the US becoming independent of oil imports, of cheap US gasoline, of a rebirth of US manufacturing, and of net oil exports improving the US current account. This column asks how plausible these […]
The failure of markets to price carbon emissions appropriately leads to excessive fuel use and induces global warming. This column suggests a new, back-of-the-envelope rule for calculating the global carbon price. The authors find that fighting global warming requires a price of around $15 per ton of emitted CO2, or $0.13 per gallon of gasoline. […]
These proceedings cover all the presentations from the two day event which was guided by a team of industry gurus, bringing you a broad range of highly topical papers that addressed all of the different aspects to do with the latest developments and technologies that you need to know about in order to stay at […]
Trade and Free Trade Agreements Foreign Trade Regulations Albania applies a liberal trade regime while its foreign trade has been liberalized since 1990 and follows the guidelines set by the European Union and World Trade Organization. Albania has been a member of WTO since 2000 and applies WTO rules on import licensing. As a result […]
Taxes in Albania Favorable Tax and Customs System With the adoption of the new 2014 fiscal package Law no. 179/2013 on the 28th December 2013 the government has taken a number of initiatives such as: • NO VAT on machinery worth over 500,000 dollars that will be used to increase the productivity. • NO TAXES on Small […]
COMPANY REGISTRATION AND BUSINESS LICENSING Two major initiatives taken by the Government of Albania which aim to improve the business climate are the establishment of the National Business Registration Center (NRC) and of National Licensing Center (NLC). The legislation regarding business registration and licensing procedures is harmonized to EU standards with focus the reduction of […]
This is the first handbook to provide a global policy perspective on energy, bringing together a diverse range of international energy issues in one volume. Maps the emerging field of global energy policy both for scholars and practitioners; the focus is on global issues, but it also explores the regional impact of international energy policies […]
Open now PV Calculator 1. Rentability and annual electricity production of a grid connected PV system 2. Knowing the PV power (Wp) which battery capacity (Ah) ? 3. Knowing the battery capacity (Ah) which PV power (Wp) ? 4. Knowing the electricity demand (Wh) which PV power and battery capacity (Wp, Ah) ? Calculations serve as […]
If the roof of your property is facing east/west then don’t worry it does not mean you cannot have solar panels. The system will still produce a good amount of electricity or hot water but you may have to think about the way you are going to set-up this type of system. As you can […]
