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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
A bird's eye view of Ghana's renewable energy sector environment: A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making approach	191
The impact of digital technology usage on economic growth in Africa	107
Sustainable energy policy, socio-economic development, and ecological footprint: The economic significance of natural resources, population growth, and industrial development	103
Forecasting short-term electricity load using hybrid support vector regression with grey catastrophe and random forest modeling	102
Waste management, quality of life and natural resources utilization matter for renewable electricity generation: The main and moderate role of environmental policy	75
The nexus between information technology and environmental pollution: Application of a new machine learning algorithm to OECD countries	74
Sustainable green electricity, technological innovation, and ecological footprint: Does democratic accountability moderate the nexus?	50
Asymmetric impact of green bonds on energy efficiency: Fresh evidence from quantile estimation	49
Effects of income inequality and governance on energy poverty alleviation: Implications for sustainable development policy	45
Water governance models for meeting sustainable development Goals:A structured literature review	43
Heterogeneous analysis of energy consumption, financial development, and pollution in Africa: The relevance of regulatory quality	42
Public utility vehicle service quality and customer satisfaction in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic	42
The corruption-emissions nexus: Do information and communication technologies make a difference?	37
Dynamic correlated effects of electricity prices, biomass energy, and technological innovation in Tunisia's energy transition	36
Electricity from renewable energy resources: Sustainable energy transition and emissions for developed economies	36
Data privacy and residential smart meters: Comparative analysis and harmonization potential	35
Public-private partnerships in the water sector: A review	34
Combining wind and solar energy sources: Potential for hybrid power generation in Brazil	33
Urban broadband infrastructure and green total-factor energy efficiency in China	33
Which states and cities protect residents from water shutoffs in the COVID-19 pandemic?	32
Sustainability reporting and ESG performance in the utilities sector	31
A multi-agent system approach to exploit demand-side flexibility in an energy community	31
An ensemble approach for electricity price forecasting in markets with renewable energy resources	30
Effects of corruption, technological innovation, globalisation, and renewable energy on carbon emissions in Asian countries	29
Integrating distributed energy resources in electricity distribution systems: An explorative study of challenges facing DSOs in Sweden	28

Energy crisis in Bangladesh: Challenges, progress, and prospects for alternative energy resources	26
The impact of the integration of renewable energy sources in the electricity price formation: is the Merit-Order Effect occurring in Portugal?	26
Remittances and energy poverty: Fresh evidence from developing countries	25
Transition to greener electricity and resource use impact on environmental quality: Policy based study from OECD countries	25
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 and safety parameters on energy project performance with an analytical hierarchy process	24
Evaluating the sustainability of China's power generation industry based on a matter-element extension model	23
Structural and operational management of Turkish airports: a bootstrap data envelopment analysis of efficiency	23
Community Energy in Germany – Bowling Alone in Elite Clubs?	23
How environmental policy stringency affects renewable energy investment? Implications for green investment horizons	22
Operational concerns and solutions in smart electricity distribution systems	21
Performance benchmarking using composite indicators to support regulation of the Portuguese wastewater sector	20
Promoting the sustainable development of infrastructure projects through responsible innovation: An evolutionary game analysis	20
Impact of COVID-19 on water sector projects and practices	19
Sustainability disclosure and reporting by municipally owned water utilities	19
Service quality, technical efficiency and total factor productivity growth in Pakistan's post-reform electricity distribution companies	19
Estimating stranded coal assets in China's power sector	19
The potential of energy flexibility of space heating and cooling in Portugal	19
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	19
Developing a methodology to recover the cost of wastewater reuse: A proposal based on the polluter pays principle	19
Multilevel governance, PV solar energy, and entrepreneurship: the generation of green hydrogen as a fuel of renewable origin	19
Design of regional flexibility markets for electricity: A product classification framework for and application to German pilot projects	19
Does digital transformation improve the operational efficiency of Chinese power enterprises?	19
The duck curve in a drying pond: The impact of rooftop PV on the Western Australian electricity market transition	18
Rainwater harvesting for domestic use: A systematic review and outlook from the utility policy and management perspectives	18
Governance, scale, scope: A review of six South African electricity generation infrastructure megaprojects	18
Understanding the socioeconomic and environmental indicators of household water treatment in Nigeria	18
On-street toilets for sanitation access in urban public spaces: A systematic review	18
Decentralized wastewater system practices in developing countries: A systematic review	17
Regulatory impact of photovoltaic prosumer policies in Brazil based on a financial risk analysis	17
Forecasting electricity consumption of OECD countries: A global machine learning modeling approach	17
Does human capital complement sustainable development goals? Evidence from leading carbon emitter countries	17
The impact of a subsidized tax deduction on residential solar photovoltaic-battery energy storage systems	16
Snapshot review of refuse-derived fuels	16
A conceptual construct on value for infrastructure asset management	16
Antecedents of customer loyalty and performance improvement: Evidence from Pakistan's telecommunications sector	16
A composite indicator for measuring the environmental performance of water, wastewater, and solid waste utilities	16
Institutional diversity and safe drinking water provision in the United States	16
Efficacies of technological progress and renewable energy transition in amplifying national electrification rates: contextual evidence from developing countries	15
Effects of digital transformation on electricity sector growth and productivity: A study of thirteen industrialized economies	15
Do ESG factors improve utilities corporate efficiency and reduce the risk perceived by credit lending institutions? An empirical analysis	15
The diffusion of the utility tunnel policy: Evidence from Chinese cities	15
Household attitudes toward wastewater recycling in Saudi Arabia	15
Evaluating the ancillary services market for large-scale renewable energy integration in China's northeastern power grid	15
A system dynamics model to analyze future electricity supply and demand in Iran under alternative pricing policies	14
Interactive Time-of-use demand response for industrial electricity customers: A case study	14
Factors influencing residential water consumption in Wallonia, Belgium	14
The role of sustainable energy utility, natural resource utilization and waste management in reducing energy poverty: Evidence from South Asian countries	14
Isomorphic mimicry and the effectiveness of water-sector reforms in Brazil	14
Climate change impacts on electricity demand: The case of a Southern European country	14
Biodiversity accountability in water utilities: A case study	13

Three decades of Indian power-sector reform:A critical assessment	13
Worldwide evidence of corporate governance influence on ESG disclosure in the utilities sector	13
Stakeholder engagement by an Italian water utility company: Insight from participant observation of dialogism	13
Stakeholder management mapping to improve public-private partnership success in emerging country water projects: Indonesia’s experience	13
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	13
What will drive household adoption of smart energy? Insights from a consumer acceptance study in Germany	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
Success of local flexibility market implementation: A review of current projects	12
Understanding the governance of urban water services from an institutional logics perspective	12
Demand response, market design and risk: A literature review	12
A smart meter data-driven distribution utility rate model for networks with prosumers	12
Effects of the circular economy, environmental policy, energy transition, and geopolitical risk on sustainable electricity generation	12
Between illegal protests and legitimate resistance. Civil disobedience against energy infrastructures	12
Does market concentration affect wholesale electricity prices? An analysis of the Indian electricity sector in the COVID-19 pandemic context	12
Characterizing flexibility in power markets and systems	12
Sustainability reporting and public value: Evidence from port authorities	12
Environmental benefits of energy poverty alleviation, renewable resources, and urbanization in North Africa	12
Value of demand flexibility for providing ancillary services: A case for social housing in the Irish DS3 market	12
Accuracy of wind energy forecasts in Great Britain and prospects for improvement	12
Funding the green transition: Governance quality, public debt, and renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa	12
Distributing power: Community energy movements claiming the grid in Berlin and Hamburg	12
District heating network ownership and prices: The case of an unregulated natural monopoly	11
Evaluation of the eco-efficiency of territorial districts with seaport economic activities	11
Sustainability policies to reduce pollution in energy supply and waste sectors in the V4 countries	11
Understanding the role of efficiency in the electricity generation process for promoting human development in India: Findings from the novel multiple threshold nonlinear ARDL modelling	11
Optimal policies for electromobility: Joint assessment of transport and electricity distribution costs in Norway	11
Evolutionary game theory-based system dynamics modeling for community solid waste classification in China	11
Practical necessity and legal options for introducing energy regulatory sandboxes in Austria	11
Measuring the rebound effect: A case study of residential photovoltaic systems in San Diego	11
The flow-based market coupling domain - Why we can't get it right	11
Ownership and sustainability of Italian water utilities: The stakeholder role	11
Multi-criteria decision support: A case study of Southeast Europe power systems	11
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	11
Gauging energy poverty in developing countries with a composite metric of electricity access	11
A new way for comparing solutions to non-technical electricity losses in South America	10
Water systems in California: Ownership, geography, and affordability	10
Sustainable development indicators for electric power generation companies in Ecuador: A case study	10
Guidance on the usability-privacy tradeoff for utility customer data aggregation	10
Efficiency benchmarking and remuneration of Spanish electricity distribution companies	10
Factors influencing customer satisfaction with water service quality in Chile	10
Evaluation of the multi-dimensional growth potential of China's public charging facilities for electric vehicles through 2030	10
Market design options for electricity markets with high variable renewable generation	10
Structural, governance, & regulatory incentives for improved utility performance: A comparative analysis of electric utilities in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda	10
Impact of external costs of unplanned supply interruptions on water company efficiency: Evidence from Chile	10
Underpinnings of consumer preferences and participation in Japan's liberalized energy market	10
From pragmatic to politicized? The future of water remunicipalization in the United States	9
An economic valuation model for alternative pressure management schemes in water distribution networks	9
Improvement of customer baselines for the evaluation of demand response through the use of physically-based load models	9
Awareness of coping costs and willingness to pay for urban drinking water service: Evidence from Lahore, Pakistan	9
Financial inclusion and energy poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa	9
Promoting energy inclusiveness: Is rural energy poverty a political failure?	9
Reinventing European air traffic control based on the covid-19 pandemic experience	9
Industrial electricity consumption efficiency and energy policy in Japan	9
Elasticity estimation and forecasting: An analysis of residential electricity demand in Brazil	9
Modified teaching-learning-based optimization by orthogonal learning for optimal design of an electric vehicle charging station	9
Drivers of microgrid projects in developed and developing economies	9
Fair allocation of wastewater discharge permits based on satisfaction criteria using data envelopment analysis	9
Designing circular economy-compliant municipal solid waste management charging schemes	9
Estimating the cost of equity for the regulated energy and infrastructure sectors in India	9
Business case analysis of hybrid systems consisting of battery storage and power-to-heat on the German energy market	9