OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Utilities Policy is 9. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A bird's eye view of Ghana's renewable energy sector environment: A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making approach	185
Forecasting short-term electricity load using hybrid support vector regression with grey catastrophe and random forest modeling	96
The impact of digital technology usage on economic growth in Africa	96
Sustainable energy policy, socio-economic development, and ecological footprint: The economic significance of natural resources, population growth, and industrial development	86
Flexibility markets: Q&A with project pioneers	81
The nexus between information technology and environmental pollution: Application of a new machine learning algorithm to OECD countries	69
Geothermal energy in China: Status, challenges, and policy recommendations	60
Waste management, quality of life and natural resources utilization matter for renewable electricity generation: The main and moderate role of environmental policy	59
Asymmetric impact of green bonds on energy efficiency: Fresh evidence from quantile estimation	45
Sustainable green electricity, technological innovation, and ecological footprint: Does democratic accountability moderate the nexus?	44
Effects of income inequality and governance on energy poverty alleviation: Implications for sustainable development policy	39
Heterogeneous analysis of energy consumption, financial development, and pollution in Africa: The relevance of regulatory quality	39
Water governance models for meeting sustainable development Goals:A structured literature review	38
Emergency preparedness after COVID-19: A review of policy statements in the U.S. water sector	37
Public utility vehicle service quality and customer satisfaction in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic	35
The corruption-emissions nexus: Do information and communication technologies make a difference?	34
Dynamic correlated effects of electricity prices, biomass energy, and technological innovation in Tunisia's energy transition	34
Electricity from renewable energy resources: Sustainable energy transition and emissions for developed economies	34
Servant of too many masters: Residential water pricing and the challenge of sustainability	33
Which states and cities protect residents from water shutoffs in the COVID-19 pandemic?	31
Data privacy and residential smart meters: Comparative analysis and harmonization potential	31
Combining wind and solar energy sources: Potential for hybrid power generation in Brazil	30
Public-private partnerships in the water sector: A review	30
The case for state-level drinking water affordability programs: Conceptual and empirical evidence from California	30
An ensemble approach for electricity price forecasting in markets with renewable energy resources	29

A multi-agent system approach to exploit demand-side flexibility in an energy community	28
From business models to value networks and business ecosystems – What does it mean for the economics and governance of the transport system?	27
Integrating distributed energy resources in electricity distribution systems: An explorative study of challenges facing DSOs in Sweden	27
The impact of the integration of renewable energy sources in the electricity price formation: is the Merit-Order Effect occurring in Portugal?	26
Urban broadband infrastructure and green total-factor energy efficiency in China	25
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 and safety parameters on energy project performance with an analytical hierarchy process	24
Sustainability reporting and ESG performance in the utilities sector	24
Policy mix of renewable portfolio standards, feed-in tariffs, and auctions in South Korea: Are three better than one?	23
Does public ownership of utilities matter for local government water policies?	22
Fighting fruitfully? Participation and conflict in the context of electricity grid extension in Germany	21
Energy crisis in Bangladesh: Challenges, progress, and prospects for alternative energy resources	21
What rights and whose responsibilities in water? Revisiting the purpose and reassessing the value of water services tariffs	21
Transition to greener electricity and resource use impact on environmental quality: Policy based study from OECD countries	21
Sustainable energy pathways for land transport in Nigeria	20
Structural and operational management of Turkish airports: a bootstrap data envelopment analysis of efficiency	20
Promoting the sustainable development of infrastructure projects through responsible innovation: An evolutionary game analysis	20
Community Energy in Germany – Bowling Alone in Elite Clubs?	20
Evaluating the sustainability of China's power generation industry based on a matter-element extension model	20
Effects of corruption, technological innovation, globalisation, and renewable energy on carbon emissions in Asian countries	20
Performance benchmarking using composite indicators to support regulation of the Portuguese wastewater sector	20
The potential of energy flexibility of space heating and cooling in Portugal	19
The challenges of regulating water and sanitation tariffs under a three-level shared-authority federalism model: The case of Brazil	18
Developing a methodology to recover the cost of wastewater reuse: A proposal based on the polluter pays principle	18
Impact of COVID-19 on water sector projects and practices	18
Remittances and energy poverty: Fresh evidence from developing countries	18
Sustainability disclosure and reporting by municipally owned water utilities	17
Forecasting electricity consumption of OECD countries: A global machine learning modeling approach	17
Evaluation of the impact of the new Renewable Energy Directive 2018/2001 on third-party access to district heating networks to enforce the feed-in of industrial waste heat	17
Mapping renewable energy subsidy policy research published from 1997 to 2018: A scientometric review	17
Design of regional flexibility markets for electricity: A product classification framework for and application to German pilot projects	17
Service quality, technical efficiency and total factor productivity growth in Pakistan's post-reform electricity distribution companies	17
Operational concerns and solutions in smart electricity distribution systems	17
Governance, scale, scope: A review of six South African electricity generation infrastructure megaprojects	16
A composite indicator for measuring the environmental performance of water, wastewater, and solid waste utilities	16
The duck curve in a drying pond: The impact of rooftop PV on the Western Australian electricity market transition	16
Estimating stranded coal assets in China's power sector	16
Understanding the socioeconomic and environmental indicators of household water treatment in Nigeria	15
Sustainable tariffs for water and wastewater services	15
Does human capital complement sustainable development goals? Evidence from leading carbon emitter countries	15
Multilevel governance, PV solar energy, and entrepreneurship: the generation of green hydrogen as a fuel of renewable origin	15
Regulatory impact of photovoltaic prosumer policies in Brazil based on a financial risk analysis	15
Institutional diversity and safe drinking water provision in the United States	14
Household attitudes toward wastewater recycling in Saudi Arabia	14
Effects of digital transformation on electricity sector growth and productivity: A study of thirteen industrialized economies	14
The impact of a subsidized tax deduction on residential solar photovoltaic-battery energy storage systems	14
Snapshot review of refuse-derived fuels	14
Rainwater harvesting for domestic use: A systematic review and outlook from the utility policy and management perspectives	14
Is the human right to water sufficiently protected in Spain? Affordability and governance concerns	14
The diffusion of the utility tunnel policy: Evidence from Chinese cities	14
On-street toilets for sanitation access in urban public spaces: A systematic review	14

A conceptual construct on value for infrastructure asset management	14
Isomorphic mimicry and the effectiveness of water-sector reforms in Brazil	13
Three decades of Indian power-sector reform:A critical assessment	13
Biodiversity accountability in water utilities: A case study	13
Interactive Time-of-use demand response for industrial electricity customers: A case study	13
Do ESG factors improve utilities corporate efficiency and reduce the risk perceived by credit lending institutions? An empirical analysis	13
Has the latest global financial crisis changed the way road public-private partnerships are funded? A comparison of Europe and Latin America	13
Decentralized wastewater system practices in developing countries: A systematic review	13
The efficiency of post-reform water utilities in Mexico	13
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and behavioral restrictions on electricity consumption and the daily demand curve in Turkey	12
Evaluating the ancillary services market for large-scale renewable energy integration in China's northeastern power grid	12
Understanding the governance of urban water services from an institutional logics perspective	12
Stakeholder engagement by an Italian water utility company: Insight from participant observation of dialogism	12
Temporal aggregation: Time use methodologies applied to residential electricity demand	12
Efficacies of technological progress and renewable energy transition in amplifying national electrification rates: contextual evidence from developing countries	12
Antecedents of customer loyalty and performance improvement: Evidence from Pakistan's telecommunications sector	12
How environmental policy stringency affects renewable energy investment? Implications for green investment horizons	12
Does digital transformation improve the operational efficiency of Chinese power enterprises?	12
Climate change impacts on electricity demand: The case of a Southern European country	12
Determinants of efficiency improvement in the Spanish public lighting sector	12
Determinants of access to improved water sources: Meeting the MDGs	12
Between illegal protests and legitimate resistance. Civil disobedience against energy infrastructures	12
Global energy market dynamics and natural gas development in the Eastern Mediterranean region	12
Distributing power: Community energy movements claiming the grid in Berlin and Hamburg	12
Evaluation of the eco-efficiency of territorial districts with seaport economic activities	11
Measuring the rebound effect: A case study of residential photovoltaic systems in San Diego	11
A smart meter data-driven distribution utility rate model for networks with prosumers	11
The effect of household income on residential wastewater output: Evidence from urban China	11
A system dynamics model to analyze future electricity supply and demand in Iran under alternative pricing policies	11
Sustainability reporting and public value: Evidence from port authorities	11
Value of demand flexibility for providing ancillary services: A case for social housing in the Irish DS3 market	11
Factors influencing residential water consumption in Wallonia, Belgium	11
Practical necessity and legal options for introducing energy regulatory sandboxes in Austria	10
Regulating sanitation services in sub-saharan africa: An overview of the regulation of emptying and transport of faecal sludge in 20 cities and its implementation	10
Sensitivity analysis of the carbon payback time for a Brazilian photovoltaic power plant	10
Funding the green transition: Governance quality, public debt, and renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa	10
District heating network ownership and prices: The case of an unregulated natural monopoly	10
Stakeholder management mapping to improve public-private partnership success in emerging country water projects: Indonesia’s experience	10
Barriers to extending piped water distribution networks: The case of Ekiti State, Nigeria	10
Guidance on the usability-privacy tradeoff for utility customer data aggregation	10
Impact of external costs of unplanned supply interruptions on water company efficiency: Evidence from Chile	10
Characterizing flexibility in power markets and systems	10
Demand response, market design and risk: A literature review	10
Underpinnings of consumer preferences and participation in Japan's liberalized energy market	10
Sustainability policies to reduce pollution in energy supply and waste sectors in the V4 countries	10
Multi-criteria decision support: A case study of Southeast Europe power systems	10
Accuracy of wind energy forecasts in Great Britain and prospects for improvement	10
Optimal policies for electromobility: Joint assessment of transport and electricity distribution costs in Norway	10
What will drive household adoption of smart energy? Insights from a consumer acceptance study in Germany	10
The role of sustainable energy utility, natural resource utilization and waste management in reducing energy poverty: Evidence from South Asian countries	10
The influence of governance on the implementation of Public-Private Partnerships in the United Kingdom and China: A systematic comparison	10
Elasticity estimation and forecasting: An analysis of residential electricity demand in Brazil	9
Improvement of customer baselines for the evaluation of demand response through the use of physically-based load models	9
Market design options for electricity markets with high variable renewable generation	9
Efficiency benchmarking and remuneration of Spanish electricity distribution companies	9
Water systems in California: Ownership, geography, and affordability	9
Does market concentration affect wholesale electricity prices? An analysis of the Indian electricity sector in the COVID-19 pandemic context	9
Evaluation of the multi-dimensional growth potential of China's public charging facilities for electric vehicles through 2030	9
Wind power development in the Belt and Road area of Xinjiang, China: Problems and solutions	9
Estimating the cost of equity for the regulated energy and infrastructure sectors in India	9
A new way for comparing solutions to non-technical electricity losses in South America	9
Modified teaching-learning-based optimization by orthogonal learning for optimal design of an electric vehicle charging station	9
A critical review of Korea's long-term contract for renewable energy auctions: The relationship between the import price of liquefied natural gas and system marginal price	9
Dealing with attributes in a discrete choice experiment on valuation of water services in East Peninsular Malaysia	9
Evolutionary game theory-based system dynamics modeling for community solid waste classification in China	9
Designing circular economy-compliant municipal solid waste management charging schemes	9
Environmental benefits of energy poverty alleviation, renewable resources, and urbanization in North Africa	9
Effects of the circular economy, environmental policy, energy transition, and geopolitical risk on sustainable electricity generation	9
Factors influencing customer satisfaction with water service quality in Chile	9
From pragmatic to politicized? The future of water remunicipalization in the United States	9
Fair allocation of wastewater discharge permits based on satisfaction criteria using data envelopment analysis	9