Citation
Bhattacharyya, S.C. and Dey, P.K. (2009), "Editorial", International Journal of Energy Sector Management, Vol. 3 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijesm.2009.32803daa.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Editorial
Article Type: Editorial From: International Journal of Energy Sector Management, Volume 3, Issue 4
With this fourth issue of 2009, the journal completes its third year of existence. We are very thankful to all the authors, reviewers, editorial board members and the readers who supported us for the past three years. We are happy to inform you that the online paper submission system is now live and working. All future papers will be managed through this system and we hope this will improve our services in the future.
The last issue contains four papers. In the first paper, Aggarwal and others present a review of statistical models for short-term price forecasting in deregulated electricity markets and discuss the issues related to such approaches. The authors classify various approaches and present a comparative analysis of the methods.
Mikkila and others evaluate the sustainability schemes of international bio-energy flows. They use a tri-dimensional evaluation scheme covering sustainability, technical conversion and physical trade flows and present a comprehensive comparison of certification schemes and sustainability principles relating to the entire value chain of bio-energy flow.
Lassila and others analyse the effects of distribution unbundling through separation of long-term planning activity from the short-term network operation activities. They present a framework of decision-making for such unbundled operations and verify it through a case study of a Nordic utility.
The last paper Pineau and Lefebvre analyse the opportunity cost of unused inter-regional transmission capacity for Quebec (Canada). They find that only 50 per cent of the capacity is used between 2006 and 2008 and suggest that the transmission tariff policy should be reviewed.
We hope our readers will enjoy reading these papers and hope you will continue to support us. We wish you a very happy end of year festivity and a more promising 2010.
Subhes C. BhattacharyyaUniversity of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
Prasanta K. DeyAston University, Birmingham, UK