Energy Policy : Economic Effects, Security Aspects and Environmental Issues.
Noah B. Jacobs
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (354 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- ENERGY POLICY: ECONOMIC EFFECTS, SECURITY ASPECTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES -- ENERGY POLICY: ECONOMIC EFFECTS, SECURITY ASPECTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- RESEARCH AND REVIEW STUDIES -- Chapter 1 ENERGY POLICY IN RENEWABLES AND ITS ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES AT REGIONAL LEVEL: THE CASE OF NAVARRE (SPAIN) -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. What are the Renewable Energies? -- 1.2. The Primary and Final Energies Concepts -- 1.3. Defining the Scenario: The Main Energy Policy Tenets -- 1.4. Navarre in Spain and in Europe -- 2. THE ENERGY SECTOR IN NAVARRE. AN OVERVIEW FROM 1984 TO 2006 -- 2.1. Transforming Primary Energies into Final Energies -- 2.2. The Use of Final Energies -- 3. DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN NAVARRE IN THE PERIOD 1984-2006 -- 3.1. Initial Stage: 1984-1995 -- 3.2. The Renewable Energy Boom in Navarre: 1995-2006 -- 3.3. Consolidation of the Renewable Energy in Navarre -- 3.4. Driving Factors behind the Renewable Energy Boom in Navarre -- 4. IMPACT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ITS DEPLOYMENT ON SUSTAINABILITY -- 4.1. The Sustainability Problem -- 4.1.1. The Concept of Sustainability -- 4.1.2. The Energy Balances Use -- 4.2. The Use of Primary Energies and their Effects -- 4.2.1. The Primary Energies Calculation Procedure -- 4.2.2. The Evolution in the Use of Primary Energies -- 4.2.3. The Use of Primary Energies according to their Renewability -- 4.2.4. The CO2 Emissions Associated to the Energies Consumption and the Energy Self-sufficiency -- 4.3. The Method of Calculation in Factor Decomposition -- 4.4. Change Factors in the Energy Use in Navarre, 1984-2006 -- 4.5. Change Factors in the Renewability of the Primary Energy and in the CO2 Emissions in Navarre -- 5. IMPACT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY DEPLOYMENT ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.. - 3. REGULATORY CHALLENGES: EMPHASIS ON DEFENDING COMPETITION.. - 5.1. The Contribution of Renewable Energy to Local and Regional Development: A Brief Literature Review -- 5.2. The Effect of Renewable Energy on Regional Development in Navarre -- 5.2.1. The Upsurge of a New Enterprise Sector: Phases and Development -- 5.2.2. Characteristics of the Renewable Energy Enterprise Sector in Navarre -- 5.2.2.1. A Significant Sector in the Regional Economy and Very Intensive in Employment -- 5.2.2.2. A Young Workforce -- 5.2.2.3. A High Qualified Workforce -- 5.2.2.4. A Significant Imbalance -- 5.2.2.5. Productive Specialization of Renewable Firms -- 5.2.2.6. Internationalization of the Renewable Firms -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- 6.1. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Sector of Renewable Energies in Navarre -- 6.2. Development Implications in Sustainability of the Renewable Energies in Navarre -- 6.3. Economic Implications of Development of the Renewable Energies in Navarre -- 6.4. Lessons Learned of the Renewable Energies in Navarre -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 SAUDI ELECTRICITY COMPANY: RESTRUCTURING AND DEREGULATING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DEREGULATION POLICY [2] -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- SAUDI ARABIA AND DEREGULATION -- FORMING SEC [42] -- FRAMEWORK [47] -- Historical Background -- Proposal's Principals -- The Proposed SESI Structure -- ECONOMIC LOAD DISPATCH [1] -- OPTIMAL POWER FLOW -- STUDY OBJECTIVES -- MW LP- BASED OPF (PROPOSED MODEL) -- MODEL FORMULATION -- A. Objetive Function -- B. Constraints -- 1. Real Power Balance at each Bus -- 2. System Real Power Balance -- 3. Generation Unit Limits -- 4. Limits on Power flow -- 5. Non Negativity -- Solution Method -- APPLICATION OF THE MODIFIED MODEL -- Application to Practical System -- A) Objective Function -- B) Constraints -- Unit Generation Cost Calculation -- UNIT WHEELING COST CALCULATION -- CASE STUDIES -- Case Study 1 -- Case Study 1-1.. - Case Study 1-2 -- Case Study 1-3 -- Case Study 1. Observations -- Case Study 2 -- Case Study 2-1 -- Case Study 2-2 -- Case Study 2-3 -- Case Study 2-4 -- Case Study 2 Observations -- Case Study 3 -- Case Study 3 Observations -- COMMENTS -- CONCLUSION -- Summary of Findings -- Challenges -- Expected Benefits -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- POSSIBLE FUTURE RESEARCHERS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 RENEWABLE ENERGY IN A WARMING WORLD -- ABSTRACT -- GLOSSARY -- INTRODUCTION -- RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE BASE AND PRESENT USE -- EVALUATING RENEWABLE ENERGY: ENERGY RATIOS -- BIOMASS ENERGY -- HYDROPOWER -- GEOTHERMAL ENERGY -- WIND ENERGY -- SOLAR ENERGY -- OCEAN ENERGY -- IMPLICATIONS FOR ENERGY USE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 ENERGY FUTURE - GLOBAL ENERGY RESERVES, INFLUENCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS AND HYDROGEN EMISSIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND QUANTIFICATION OF EMISSION SOURCES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. VANISHING CHEAP RESOURCES -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A Changing World Energy Resource Base -- 1.3. Conclusion -- 2. POTENTIAL INFLUENCES OF HYDROGEN GAS ON THE ENVIRONMENT -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Hydrogen in our Future -- 2.3. Impact of Hydrogen on the Ecosystem -- 2.4. "New" Renewables -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 3. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GLOBAL WARMING AS A SCIENTIFIC FACT -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Human Impact on Global Warming -- 3.3. Conclusion -- 4. CO2 EMISSIONS CALCULATIONS DUE TO ELECTRICITY GENERATION BASED ON VARIOUS SOURCES -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Electricity Generation -- 4.3. Conclusion -- 5. SUMMARY AND OVERALL CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 RENEWABLE ENERGY LEGISLATION IN LATIN AMERICA TO EASE DEPENDENCY ON FOSSIL FUELS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PRIVATIZATION -- RENEWABLE ENERGY LEGISLATION -- PROS AND CONS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY LEGISLATION CHOICES -- Renewable Energy Mandate.. - Production Tax Credit -- Feed-in Tariff -- Comparison -- FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS -- CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS AND THE CDM -- Additionality Complications with Renewable Energy Legislation -- Additionality Complications in the Programme of Activities -- Additionality Complications for State-run Electric Power Companies -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 BIOMASS UTILIZATION AND PRICE SETTING STRATEGIES UNDER THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BIOMASS UTILIZATION AND SMALL-SCALE PROJECTS UNDER THE CDM -- 2.1. Biomass Utilization under the CDM -- 2.2. Small-Scale CDM Projects -- 3. MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS -- 3.1. CER Price Set First -- 3.2. Wholesale Electricity Price Set First -- 3.3. Results -- 4. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- A.1. Solution for Maximization Problem (3) -- A.2. Solution for Maximization Problem (4) -- A.3. Solution for Maximization Problem (5) -- A.4. Solution for Maximization Problem (6) -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 INSTITUTIONALLY EMBEDDED: THE DILEMMA IN THE FORMULATION OF SUSTAINABLE ELECTRICITY POLICY IN HONG KONG -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PAST AND PRESENT: THE CONTEXT OF HONG KONG -- 2.1. The Environment -- 2.2. The Growth-oriented Model -- 2.3. The Political Economy -- 3. THE ELECTRICITY POLICY AND THE POLICY COMMUNITY -- 3.1. Regulatory Arrangement -- 3.2. The Policy Community -- 4. INSTITUTIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS AND SOURCES OF CONFLICTS -- 4.1. An Awkward Position -- 4.2. SCA: the Environmentally Inconsistent Institution -- 4.3. The Production-focused Strategy -- 4.4. Restricted Reforms: Public Protests Against Private Interests -- 1. The DSM Programme -- 2. The Stage II Consultation -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 ELECTRICITY SECURITY AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN HIERARCHY AND NETWORK - EXAMPLES FROM SWEDEN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.. - THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SWEDISH ELECTRICITY MARKET -- ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN NETWORK STRUCTURES -- THE STORM PER AND EXPERIENCE IN THE COUNTY OF ÖSTERGÖTLAND -- Perception of Actors' Responsibilities during Outages -- Information as Replacement to Networking -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 TRADE IN ENERGY GOODS AND SERVICES IN THE EARLY XXI CENTURY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. THE COLLAPSE OF DOHA NEGOTIATIONS ON TRADE IN ENERGY GOODS AND SERVICES -- The Issues at Stake -- The Hardening of Bargaining Stances on the Eve of the Last Doha Talks -- Energy Services and WTO Accession Negotiations -- Likely Consequences of the Doha Fiasco on Global Energy Trade -- 2. A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL ENERGY TRADE SCENARIO -- The World Energy Scenario in the 1990s and the Technological Omnipotence Fallacy -- Problems with Market-oriented Energy Sector Reforms -- The Sea-change at the Turn of the Millennium -- Major Features of the Present Energy Scenario -- Shifting Priorities and Roles of Market Integration, Competition, and Planning -- A Few Suggestions for a Possible Way Forward -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 DEVELOPING RENEWABLE ENERGY: THE POTENTIAL ROLE FOR ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. OLIGOPOLISTIC CONTROL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS -- 2. NEEDS OF ENERGY CONSERVATION AND GREATER CONSUMER AWARENESS -- 3. RECENT CONTRASTING EXPERIENCE IN EUROPE. THE UK AND DENMARK -- 4. SOME CO-OPERATIVE EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF ENERGY GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION IN NORTH AMERICA (1) -- 5. CASE STUDY: WIND CO-OPERATIVE OF THE YEAR 2005 -- 6. RESEARCH AGENDA -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 REGULATORY CHALLENGES: COMPETITION DEFENSE IN THE BRAZILIAN ELECTRICITY SECTOR -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BRAZIL'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR: REFORM AND RESTRUCTURING.
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