Published by the Fairmont Press, Inc. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 0-88173-480-2 (print) — 0-88173-486-1 (electronic) 1. Energy conservation — Finance. 2. Industries — Energy conservation — Finance. I. Woodroof, Eric A. II. Title. Describe the basic energy audit and the measurement and verification required to enable a third-party to finance the project...
New Jersey: Wharton School Publishing, 2009. — XII, 242 p. — ISBN10: 0-13-701544-5, ISBN13: 978-0-13-701544-3. The Environmentally and Economically Smart Strategy for Solving the Global Energy Crisis-Starting Now If we continue our highly inefficient, dangerous energy usage, we’re headed for both economic and environmental catastrophe. However, the hard truth is that...
Edward Elgar, 2009. 411 p. ISBN: 1848441827 Would you want your great-children in 2100AD to have a 22nd-century industrial economy? If so, read this book to grasp how strongly wealth depends on energy and its efficient use. Start treating fossil energy, not as continuing income, but as one-time energy capital to spend on efficiency and long-term sustainable energy production....
John Wiley & Sons, 2011. — (Volume 154 of Bloomberg Financial). — 237 p. — ISBN: 1118128389, 9781118128381. An energy industry researcher and investment advisor provides a fresh perspective on the economics of energy From major players in the energy industry, such as big oil, to the emerging cap-and-trade market, no other book offers a more complete overview of the energy...
Springer, 2011. 747 p. — ISBN10: 0857292676, ISBN13: 978-0857292674 Since its modest beginning in the 1970s, the academic and research focus on energy has grown substantially and energy has established itself as an independent, interdisciplinary subject area. It attracts attention from people in a range of different fields including engineers, scientists, geologists,...
Wiley, 2011 - 604 p. The oil industry in the United States has been the subject of innumerable histories. But books on the development of the natural gas industry and the electricity industry in the U.S. are scarce. Edison to Enron is a readable flowing history of two of America's largest and most colorful industries. It begins with the story of Samuel Insull, a poor boy from...
Springer Gabler, 2014. XIX, 87 p. 21 illus. — ISBN: 978-3-658-04912-6, ISBN: 978-3-658-04913-3 (eBook), DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-04913-3. Publication in the field of Economic Studies The relevance of rare earth elements for wind turbines The worldwide deployment of wind power plants is soaring. Yet the availability of their construction materials could be a potential bottleneck....
Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht, 2014. XIV, 165 p. 13 illus. — ISBN: 978-1-4471-6340-4, ISBN: 978-1-4471-6341-1 (eBook), DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-6341-1. Defines the convergence of the fields of energy policy and planning and economic development Presents a framework for describing and designing energy-based economic development approaches Outlines a taxonomy of...
Elsevier Science, 2005. - 512 p. At a time when the topic of energy prices, resources and environmental impacts are at the forefront of news stories and political discussions, we are pleased to announce the publication of the exciting new Dictionary of Energy. This authoritative resource, called "an essential reference for energy researchers" by Mark Jaccard, Director of the...
Springer, 2011. 436 p. — ISBN: 3642154905 This book describes the processes through which rates for energy consumption are derived, ranging from initial analyses of the supply and demand parameters to the final forms and levels of end-use consumer prices. The author argues against aggressive accounting procedures, and suggests criteria for choosing firm's position on pending...
Tulsa: Penn Well Corporation, 2015. - 759 p. Industry leader, Carol Dahl has thoroughly revised and updated her classic text International Energy Markets: Understanding Pricing, Policies, and Profits. The second edition uses updated examples, statistics and models to explore energy policy, economics, institutions, and production in a global context. It will be of interest to...
Springer, 2018. — 273 p. This volume investigates the impact of energy issues on geostrategy. The crucial importance of energy and the fact that fossil fuels are not equally distributed among countries means that decisions are not only based on financial arguments, but also on the political impact. It can be said that "Energy is Politics". In three parts: Energy Economy;...
Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, 2015. -X, 229 p. 39 illus., 2 illus. in color. — ISBN: 978-3-319-13745-2, ISBN: 978-3-319-13746-9 (eBook). Comprehensive collection of fresh research on energy finance and valuation Mix of authors from academia and practice International diversification of authors and topics This volume investigates the impact of energy...
Greenwood, 2008. — 240 p. – ISBN10: 0313348774, ISBN13: 978-0313348778. Energy: We want it affordable, we want it available in ample quantities and from reliable sources, and we want it to be produced and used in ways that are safe and environmentally benign. In other words, we want plenty of energy too cheap to meter and with no impact on the environment. Ha! With a refreshing...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. - 192 p. - ASIN: B01FYC3TII As power and gas markets are becoming more and more mature and globally competitive, the importance of reaching maximum potential economic efficiency is fundamental in all the sectors of the value chain, from investments selection to asset optimization, trading and sales. Optimization techniques can be used in many different...
Elsevier, 2003, ISBN: 0080442706, 276 p. This deals with the optimal design of energy-intensive systems. It surveys recently developed methodologies that reveal the cost-effectiveness of energy-resource-saving ideas by design, and focuses on thermoeconomics. The work is the outcome of more than 20 years of development in thermoeconomics, and will be useful to students and those...
2nd ed. — Springer, 2015. — (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science 217). — ISBN: 9781489975188, 9781489975195 This is a thorough revision of the 2007 publication, and includes five new chapters and brings all existing chapters completely up to date. There have been many advances in hydropower and renewable technologies since the original publication,...
Green Books Ltd., 2009. – 256 p. In this book we are trying to address a number of urgent issues in a holistic way, acknowledging that those alive today have a greater responsibility to future life than any generation before – because of our unprecedented numbers and the enormous global impacts of our ubiquitous uses of energy and technology. These issues prompt questions such...
Springer, 2018. — 507 p. — ISBN: 3319662171. 2nd.ed. In this updated edition of a groundbreaking text, concepts such as energy return on investment (EROI) provide powerful insights into the real balance sheets that drive our “petroleum economy.” Hall and Klitgaard explore the relation between energy and the wealth explosion of the 20th century, and the interaction of internal...
Springer, 2018. — 507 p. — ISBN: 3319662171. 2nd.ed. In this updated edition of a groundbreaking text, concepts such as energy return on investment (EROI) provide powerful insights into the real balance sheets that drive our “petroleum economy.” Hall and Klitgaard explore the relation between energy and the wealth explosion of the 20th century, and the interaction of internal...
Springer Science+Business Media, 2012, 407 p., ISBN: 1441993975 For the past 150 years, economics has been treated as a social science in which economies are modeled as a circular flow of income between producers and consumers. In this perpetual motion of interactions between firms that produce and households that consume, little or no accounting is given of the flow of energy...
OECD, IEA, 2011. - 538 p. This publication provides up-to-date, detailed quarterly statistics on oil, coal, natural gas and electricity for the OECD countries. Oil statistics cover production, trade, refinery intake and output, stock changes and consumption for crude oil, NGL and nine selected oil product groups. Statistics for electricity, natural gas and hard coal and brown...
Springer, 2019. — 251 p. This book is a comprehensive economic and legal study of the theoretical and practical aspects of the problems of increasing energy efficiency; self-motivation of energy saving by business entities within the framework of their corporate responsibility; regulatory mechanisms to stimulate energy conservation in the economy; civil-law regulation of...
IEA (International Energy Agency), 2019. — 149 p. The annual Oil Market Report provides IEA forecasts on oil markets for the next five years as well as in-depth analysis of recent developments in global oil demand, supply and trade Oil 2019, the International Energy Agency’s annual outlook for global oil markets, examines the key issues in demand, supply, refining and trade to...
Beverly, USA: Scrivener Publishing, 2018. — 644 p. — ISBN10: 1119525926. Every year, as soon as reports on global economic inequality remind us about the direction our civilization is heading, there is a hysterical reaction, but hysteria dies down within weeks and we go back to the lifestyle that brought us here today. Often the blame is laid on the Millennial generation for...
2nd Edition. — Wiley, 2019. — 347 p. — ISBN: 9781119309888. A new edition of the classic text explaining the fundamentals of competitive electricity markets-now updated to reflect the evolution of these markets and the large scale deployment of generation from renewable energy sources The introduction of competition in the generation and retail of electricity has changed the...
Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, 2014. VIII, 77 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-12939-6, ISBN: 978-3-319-12940-2 (eBook). Delving into the connections between renewable energy and economics on an international level, this book focuses specifically on hydropower and geothermal power production for use in the power intensive industry. It takes readily available government...
Academic Press, 2020. — 528 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-818567-4. Changes to energy behaviour — the role of people and organisations in energy production, use and efficiency — are critical to supporting a societal transition towards a low carbon and more sustainable future. However, which changes need to be made, by whom, and with what technologies are still very much under discussion....
Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, 2014. VII, 222 p. 19 illus. — ISBN: 978-3-319-04977-9, ISBN: 978-3-319-04978-6 (eBook), DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-04978-6. Highlights how key energy concepts surfaced, tracing their evolution throughout history to encompasses four economic concepts and four technological-engineering concepts developed through their history to...
Wiley, 2007. - 306 p. A behind-the-scenes expos why our electricity system is headed for a state of emergency-and what can be done to head it off Most people don't realize that skyrocketing global energy demand and economic growth severely affect the supply of electricity. Between production (power plants) and delivery is an antiquated, "third-world" transmission grid that is...
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., USA, 2005. — 207 p. — ISBN: 027598740X The blackout of 2003 illuminated just how dependent America is on electricity. It was not just that some 50 million people in eight states and Ontario were cut off from their televisions, microwaves, ATMs, and email. Without the electrical juice to keep their sockets alive, factory managers were forced to...
Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, 2014. X, 255 p. 127 illus., 43 illus. in color. - ISBN: 978-3-319-08224-0, ISBN: 978-3-319-08225-7 (eBook) Provides students with a concise but complete introduction to energy technology Takes both the physical and the economic perspective into account Contains numerous exercises Also suitable for journalists, governments and...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Well Architecture & Equipments Department TOTAL S.A. — 2014. — 16 p. The production of oil and gas in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has arguably had mixed reviews domestically. On one hand, we have witnessed an unprecedented rise in the output of crude oil which has triggered an increase in upstream International Oil Companies (IOC)...
German, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2010, 356 p., ISBN: 3642142508 Energieeffizienz und Energieeinsparung bilden – neben erneuerbaren Energien – die Säulen der zukünftigen Energiepolitik. Das Lehr- und Handbuch liefert das notwendige Wissen für eine effiziente Energieumwandlung und -nutzung von Strom, von Wärme und im Verkehr. Im Vordergrund steht das ingenieurtechnische...
Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2017. — 198 p. — (Springer Series on Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Shipbuilding and Shipping. Volume 3) — ISBN: 9783319502649 Traditionally, energy efficiency of ships is an area that has been subject to attention from charterers and shipowners. Operational energy efficiency is the sum of so many factors, pointing in...
Springer International Publishing, 2016. — 77 p. — (Springer Briefs in Complexity). — ISBN: 978-3-319-24829-5; 978-3-319-24827-1. Using a system dynamics approach, this book illustrates the physics of fundamental accumulation processes (stocks and flows) across the demand and supply sectors of energy systems. Examples of system dynamics simulation models are presented where...
Springer Nature, Singapore, Pte Ltd., 2017. — 187 p. — ISBN10: 9811031010 This book contains the proceedings of CAETS 2015 Convocation on ‘Pathways to Sustainability: Energy, Mobility and Healthcare Engineering’ that was held on October 13-14, 2015 in New Delhi. This 3 volume proceedings provide an international forum for discussion and communication of engineering and...
Publisher: PennWell Corp, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2008, 303 p. Increasingly, the focus of risk management is not only on minimizing the negative consequences of uncertain events, but on truly providing competitive advantage. However, neither threats nor opportunities can be effectively identified and assessed without good quality market intelligence. As companies increasingly...
Apress, 2012. 272 p. — ISBN: 1430240865. Many people wonder: Are we really running out of oil, or is it all a ruse to drive prices up? Is nuclear power safe and economical? Is solar energy really the key to providing plenty of carbon-free energy? Do we have enough natural gas or coal to make any loss of oil production irrelevant? In Power Plays: Energy Options in the Age of...
ISBN: 0-88173-642-2 6 x 9, 287 p., Illus., Hardcover The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of important principles in the fields of finance and accounting relevant to energy engineering projects, bridging the gap between the typical business school "MBA" knowledge and its application in project management responsibilities. It is written to serve as a self study...
IEEE Press + Wiley, 2003, 276 p., ISBN: 0471234370 This book was written for the thousands ofprofessionals working in the electric utility industries around the world who need to understand the economics underlying changes in electricity regulation and emerging electricity markets. Electric utilities are undergoing profound transformations: nationally owned systems are becoming...
Routledge, 2018. — 432 p. — ISBN: 0415676770. With interest in topics such as climate change, energy security, and alternative energy sources being at an all-time high, the effects of today's decisions now rest on the shoulders of future generations. There are no easy answers to our energy issues, so costs and benefits must be considered when evaluating all energy alternatives;...
Academic Press, 2019. — 221 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-813142-8. This book integrates thermo-ecology and exergy replacement cost as a new and original tool called thermo-ecology cost, or TEC. This tool allows for a more inclusive measurement of the impacts of using renewable and non-renewable resources by including the thermodynamics law in decision-making and presenting applications...
Chapman & Hall, 1992. — 347 p. — (International Studies in Economic Modeling). — ISBN: 041235280X, 9780412352805. An international collection of eighteen papers with three themes: energy demand, modeling energy supply and models of specific markets.
Wiley, 2018. — 702 p. — ISBN: 9781118979341. Introduces a bold, new model for energy industry pollution prevention and sustainable growth Balancing industrial pollution prevention with economic growth is one of the knottiest problems faced by industry today. This book introduces a novel approach to using data envelopment analysis (DEA) as a powerful tool for achieving that...
Wiley, 2019. — 272 p. — ISBN: 1119434505. Introduces readers to micro and local power markets and their use for local initiatives, grid integration, and future applications This book provides the basis for understanding micro power markets, emphasizing its application for local initiatives, the grid integration of renewable-based generation, and facilitating the decarbonization...
Springer, 2018. — 252 p. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the most recent and advanced research findings on energy production and management in the important Ural industrial region of Russia. The authors consider economic problems of energy development, management systems for sustainable energy, and investment mechanisms for energy. Comprised of chapters on energy...
Macmillan, 1980. — 326 p. — ISBN: 0333244958, 9780333244951. The analytical framework of the book is that of Paretian welfare economics. It is aimed primarily at undergraduates reading economics who have studied intermediate-Ievel microeconomics. Thus, it will be especially useful for students studying public policy economics, natural resource economics, applied economics and...
Springer, 2005. — 313 p.— (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science) Around the world, liberalization and privatization in the electricity industry have lead to increased competition among utilities. At the same time, utilities are now exposed more than ever to risk and uncertainties, which they cannot pass on to their customers through price increases...
CRC Press, 2018. — 255 p. — ISBN: 978-1482299045. Power system operation is one of the important issues in the power industry. The book aims to provide readers with the methods and algorithms to save the total cost in electricity generation and transmission. It begins with traditional power systems and builds into the fundamentals of power system operation, economic dispatch...
Springer, 2017. - 324 p. - ISBN: 978-3-662-53022-1 This book provides an introduction to energy economics. It shows how to apply general economic theory as well as empirical and advanced econometric methods to explain the drivers of energy markets and their development. Readers learn about the specific properties of energy markets as well as the physical, technological,...
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