Is There an Optimal Entry Time for Carbon Capture and Storage? A Case Study for Australia's National Electricity Market

This paper examines the economic competitiveness of implementing Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) for deployment on the Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) against conventional base load electricity generation. By examining the Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) for sent out generation as a suitable hurdle for judging the future prospects of different technology types, we examine the likely mix of generation assets that could be invested in. After examining the LCOE it is shown that CCS enabled technologies will not be competitive in Australia until 2025, which is well beyond the first emissions reduction target for 2020.Levelised Cost of Energy; Electricity Generation; Emissions Reduction; Carbon Capture and Storage

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 2008

Meetings and Annual Luncheon Table of Contents Officers for 2008-2009 President\u27s Message Treasurer\u27s Financial Report Alumni Scholarship Funds and Endowment Fund Resume of Minutes Alumni Office News Committee Reports Annual Giving Contributors Janet C. Hindson Award Award Qualifications Janet C. Hindson Recipient and Nominees Recipient\u27s Acceptance Speech Ode to Sally Sally\u27s Appreciation News About and From Our Graduates Happy Birthday Interview with a Nurse Memories Fiftieth Anniversary Class 2008 Luncheon Attendees Luncheon Photos In Memoriam Class News~ 2008 Additional Information Application For Nurses Scholarship Fund Application Application For Certification Application For Relief Fund Benefits Hotels Campus Map Note

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 2005

2005 - 2006 Meeting Date Calendar 2006 Annual Luncheon & Meeting Notice Officers, Committee Chairs, Satellite and Volunteers Bulletin Publication Committee The President\u27s Message Treasurer\u27s Report Resume of Minutes Office News Committee Reports Relief Trust Fund Satellite - Harrisburg Satellite Area Bulletin Scholarship Nominating Social Development Annual Giving Janet C. Hindson Award Recipients and Nominees Janet C. Hindson Award Qualifications Quotes from Janet C. Hindson\u27s Recipients Letters Quotes from Letters on Nursing at Jefferson Biography of Lenora Schwartz, \u2766 News About Graduates Memories Odds & Ends How I got my Education U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Normandy Nightingales Weathered War\u27s Worst Happy Birthday, To Be 80 or more 50th Anniversary Class Center page Luncheon Attendees Class News In Memoriam, Names of Deceased Graduates Additional Information, Pins, Transcript & Address Info Constitution and By-Laws Scholarship Fund Application Certification Reimbursement Application Relief Fund Application List of Hotels Campus Ma

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 2009

2009 - 2010 Meeting Date Calendar 2010 Annual Luncheon & Meeting Notice Officers, Committee Chairs, Satellite and Volunteers Bulletin Publication Committee The President\u27s Message Treasurer\u27s Report Resume of Minutes Office News Committee Reports Annual Giving Contributors Letter to Alumni Janet C. Hindson Award Janet C. Hindson Award Qualifications 2009 Janet C. Hindson\u27s Nominees 2009 Janet C. Hindson\u27s Recipient\u27s Acceptance Speech TJUH\u27s MAGNET Award Our MAGNET Journey News About and From Our Graduates JSN Nursing Alumni Celebration; 117 years of Nursing Education Memories Ballad O\u27Brien Happy Birthday- To Be 80 or More Luncheon Pictures 50th Anniversary Class List for 1959 2009 Luncheon Reservations 50th Anniversary Class List for 1960 Love Ya Lorraine In Memoriam, Names of Deceased Graduates Class News - 2009 Additional Information - Pins, Transcript and Address Information Application For Nurses\u27 Scholarship Fund Certification Reimbursement Application Application For Relief Trust Fund Benefits List of Hotels Campus Map Change of Address Form - Donations - Information Change

Opportunity costs of restoring environmental flows to the Snowy River

The construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme in the 1960s resulted in the diversion of 99% of the Snowy River’s natural flow into the Murray and Murrumbidgee river systems. In 2000, the NSW, Victorian and Commonwealth governments agreed to restore between 21 per cent and 28 per cent of the natural flow. In this paper, we examine the implications of the Agreement for the value of water use in the Murray-Darling Basin.Snowy river, water, environmental flows

Deformation and fracture of thin sheet aluminum-lithium alloys: The effect of cryogenic temperatures

The objective is to characterize the fracture behavior and to define the fracture mechanisms for new Al-Li-Cu alloys, with emphasis on the role of indium additions and cryogenic temperatures. Three alloys were investigated in rolled product form: 2090 baseline and 2090 + indium produced by Reynolds Metals, and commercial AA 2090-T81 produced by Alcoa. The experimental 2090 + In alloy exhibited increases in hardness and ultimate strength, but no change in tensile yield strength, compared to the baseline 2090 composition in the unstretched T6 condition. The reason for this behavior is not understood. Based on hardness and preliminary Kahn Tear fracture experiments, a nominally peak-aged condition was employed for detailed fracture studies. Crack initiation and growth fracture toughness were examined as a function of stress state and microstructure using J(delta a) methods applied to precracked compact tension specimens in the LT orientation. To date, J(delta a) experiments have been limited to 23 C. Alcoa 2090-T81 exhibited the highest toughness regardless of stress state. Fracture was accompanied by extensive delamination associated with high angle grain boundaries normal to the fatigue precrack surface and progressed microscopically by a transgranular shear mechanism. In contrast the two peak-aged Reynolds alloys had lower toughness and fracture was intersubgranular without substantial delamination. The influences of cryogenic temperature, microstructure, boundary precipitate structure, and deformation mode in governing the competing fracture mechanisms will be determined in future experiments. Results contribute to the development of predictive micromechanical models for fracture modes in Al-Li alloys, and to fracture resistant materials

Market and Economic Modelling of the Intelligent Grid: 1st Interim Report 2009

The overall goal of Project 2 has been to provide a comprehensive understanding of the impacts of distributed energy (DG) on the Australian Electricity System. The research team at the UQ Energy Economics and Management Group (EEMG) has constructed a variety of sophisticated models to analyse the various impacts of significant increases in DG. These models stress that the spatial configuration of the grid really matters - this has tended to be neglected in economic discussions of the costs of DG relative to conventional, centralized power generation. The modelling also makes it clear that efficient storage systems will often be critical in solving transient stability problems on the grid as we move to the greater provision of renewable DG. We show that DG can help to defer of transmission investments in certain conditions. The existing grid structure was constructed with different priorities in mind and we show that its replacement can come at a prohibitive cost unless the capability of the local grid to accommodate DG is assessed very carefully.Distributed Generation. Energy Economics, Electricity Markets, Renewable Energy

Foreign Ownership and Firm Survival: First evidence for enterprises in Germany

This paper documents the relationship between foreign ownership and firm survival for enterprises in Germany using unique tailor-made new representative data that merge information from surveys performed by the Statistical Offices, from administrative data collected by the Tax Authorities and from a commercial data provider. It contributes to the literature by providing the first evidence on the role of foreign ownership for firm survival in Germany, one of the most important destination countries for foreign direct investments. Our micro-econometric analysis reveals a ceteris paribus higher risk of exit for foreign owned firms in West Germany but not in East Germany.Foreign ownership, firm survival, Germany