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Book SynopsisCountries around the world are increasingly looking to liquefied natural gas (LNG) - natural gas that has been cooled until it forms a transportable liquid - to meet growing energy demand. Energy for the 21st Century provides critical insights into the opportunities and challenges LNG faces, including its potential role in a carbon-constrained world.This comprehensive study covers topics such as the LNG value chain, the historical background and evolution of global LNG markets, trading and contracts, and an analysis of the various legal, policy, safety and environmental issues pertaining to this important fuel. Additionally, the author discusses emerging issues and technologies that may impact global LNG markets, such as the development of shale gas, the prospects of North American LNG exports, the potential role of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum and floating LNG. The author contextualizes the discussion about the importance of LNG with an analysis of why the 21st century will be the 'golden age' of natural gas.Accessible and non-technical in nature, this timely book will serve as an essential reference for practitioners, scholars and anyone else interested in 21st century energy solutions.Contents: Preface Introduction 1. The Role of Natural Gas and LNG in the 21st Century 2. The LNG Value Chain 3. The Evolution of LNG Markets and Primary Demand Regions 4. Global LNG Supply 5. Global LNG Demand and Emerging Demand Markets 6. The Globalization of LNG: The Evolution of LNG Trade, Pricing and Contracts 7. Safety and Environmental Sustainability of LNG 8. Global LNG Mega Projects and Players Qatar and Australia 9. New Players and Projects Russia, Peru, Yemen, and Papua New Guinea 10. The Role of Shale Gas in the Golden Age of Gas 11. The Impact of Shale Gas on Global Gas Markets and the Prospects for US and Canadian LNG Exports 12. Emerging Issues in the LNG Industry Conclusion: The Future Looks Bright for LNG as a Fuel for the 21st Century IndexTrade Review'The 12-chapter volume provides detailed discussions on the history, evolution, and current dynamics of the LNG industry, LNG supply and demand, globalization, safety, major players, the role of shale gas, emerging issues/concerns, and the future of LNG worldwide. The book is nontechnical, informative, and easy to read; a useful, suitable number of tables/figures support the text. It is a necessary, timely addition to any energy-related library, valuable for students and energy researchers and professionals as a comprehensive, up-to-date review of LNG.' -- M. Alam, Choice‘Professor Sakmar’s book is a must-read for anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of the most dynamic segment of the global energy industry.’ -- Jay Copan, Executive Director, LNG 17‘Professor Sakmar’s book provides a well-rounded overview of the global role that natural gas is expected to play in the future and the important role of LNG as a means of transporting gas to where it is needed. Readers will find the book to be a very convenient compendium of relevant global information and an important educational, informational resource.’ -- Ronald D. Ripple, Director, Centre for Research in Energy and Minerals Economics, Curtin University, Australia‘Understanding global energy markets - what forces shape them and what trends define them - is critical for any professional trying to evaluate new energy developments and technological directions. Susan Sakmar’s impressive ability to provide this context in terms of LNG markets makes her book valuable.’ -- Warren R. True, Sr., Chief Technology Editor, Oil & Gas JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. The Role of Natural Gas and LNG in the 21st Century 2. The LNG Value Chain 3. The Evolution of LNG Markets and Primary Demand Regions 4. Global LNG Supply 5. Global LNG Demand and Emerging Demand Markets 6. The Globalization of LNG: The Evolution of LNG Trade, Pricing and Contracts 7. Safety and Environmental Sustainability of LNG 8. Global LNG Mega Projects and Players – Qatar and Australia 9. New Players and Projects – Russia, Peru, Yemen, and Papua New Guinea 10. The Role of Shale Gas in the Golden Age of Gas 11. The Impact of Shale Gas on Global Gas Markets and the Prospects for US and Canadian LNG Exports 12. Emerging Issues in the LNG Industry Conclusion: The Future Looks Bright for LNG as a Fuel for the 21st Century Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook reviews many key issues in the economics of energy and climate change, raising new questions and offering solutions that might help to minimize the threat of energy-induced climate change.Constructed around the objectives of displaying some of the best of current thinking in the economics of energy and climate change, this groundbreaking volume brings together many of the world s leading and most innovative minds in the field to cover issues related to:- fossil fuel and electricity markets- environment-related energy policy- international climate agreements- carbon mitigation policies- low-carbon behavior, growth and governance.Serving as an indispensable guide to one of the fastest-growing fields of economics, this invaluable resource will strongly appeal to students, academics and policy makers interested in energy, environmental and climate change issues.Contributors include: J.E. Aldy, E.B. Barbier, A. Bowen, J. Chevallier, C. de Perthuis, J. Evans, N. Eyre, M. Fillipini, R. Fouquet, S. Gabriel, A. Gago, C. Gennaioli, J. Gowdy, C. Haftendorn, J.D. Hamilton, M. Hanemann, I. Hascic, D.F. Hendry, C. Hepburn, B. Holtsmark, F. Holz, C. Hope, L. Hunt, H.D. Jacoby, M. Jefferson, N. Johnstone, J.G. Kassakian, C. Kemfert, S. Kverndokk, X. Labandeira, H. Lee, H. Llavador, G. Lovellette, R. Martin, R. McKitrick, A. Moe, M. Muûls, I.W.H. Parry, M. Pollitt, F. Pretis, T. O'Garra, A. Ramos, C. Robinson, J.E. Roemer, K.E. Rosendahl, R. Schmalensee, I. Shaorshadze, J. Silvestre, P. Stevens, R. Tol, R. Trotignon, M. Tsygankova, G.C. van Kooten, C. von HirschhausenTrade ReviewWith increasing focus on the negative impacts of climate change, this book addresses a gap in the field of energy and climate change economics by providing a comprehensive overview of the state of research in this area. Dividing the contents into seven distinct sections allows for easy navigation of the material and encompasses wide ranging topics from the markets for fossil fuels, to governance, to energy policy and implications.'--The Energy Journal'. . .The volume is useful for legal and policy professionals, academics or practitioners alike, as it contains many interesting contributions on the state-of-the-art research in the economics of climate change mitigation in the energy sector. The parts of the book discussing carbon mitigation, energy efficiency and renewable energy policies, and low-carbon growth provide policy useful and novel knowledge. Advanced students might also find considerable material in this book useful for their studies on energy and climate issues.'--Y. Yamineva, Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence'The book represents a masterpiece in the energy and environmental economics literature and will certainly find an important place as a reference for academic debate and analysis.'--Edmar de Almeida, IAEE's Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy978 1 78347 463 9'Some of us have spent our professional lives on energy and climate change but any new researcher or policy maker must find it daunting to even approach the subject. If so, this encyclopedic Handbook provides a wonderful and necessary introduction. It is creative and up to date, yet also takes the reader by the hand and introduces one topic after another while providing much of the historical context that is so necessary to a deeper understanding.'--Thomas Sterner, Environmental Defense FundTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Roger Fouquet PART I: FOSSIL FUEL MARKETS 1. Oil Prices, Exhaustible Resources and Economic Growth James D. Hamilton 2. Gas Markets: Past, Present and Future Paul Stevens 3. The Likelihood and Potential Implications of a Natural Gas Cartel Steven A. Gabriel, Arild Moe, Knut Einar Rosendahl and Marina Tsygankova 4. Global Steam Coal Markets until 2030: Perspectives on Production, Trade and Consumption under Increasing Carbon Constraints Clemens Haftendorn, Franziska Holz, Claudia Kemfert and Christian von Hirschhausen PART II: ELECTRICITY MARKETS 5. The Future of the (US) Electric Grid Henry D. Jacoby, John G. Kassakian and Richard Schmalensee 6. Increasing the Penetration of Intermittent Renewable Energy: Innovation in Energy Storage and Grid Management Nick Johnstone and Ivan Haščič 7. Electric Vehicles: Will Consumers Purchase Them? Henry Lee and Grant Lovellette PART III: ENERGY POLICY 8. The Contribution of Energy Efficiency Towards Meeting CO2 Targets Joanne Evans, Massimo Filippini and Lester C. Hunt 9. Economic Analysis of Feed-in Tariffs for Generating Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources G. Cornelis van Kooten 10. A Renewable Energy Future? Michael Jefferson 11. Energy Policy: A Full Circle? Colin Robinson PART IV: CLIMATE AGREEMENTS 12. Anthropogenic Influences on Atmospheric CO2 David F. Hendry and Felix Pretis 13. International Cooperation on Climate Change: Why is there so Little Progress? Bjart Holtsmark 14. Long Live the Kyoto Protocol! Richard S.J. Tol 15. Designing a Bretton Woods Institution to Address Global Climate Change Joseph E. Aldy PART V: CARBON MITIGATION POLICIES 16. Fiscal Instruments for Climate Finance Ian Parry 17. How High Should Climate Change Taxes Be? Chris Hope 18. State-Contingent Pricing as a Response to Uncertainty in Climate Policy Ross McKitrick 19. Climate Change, Buildings and Energy Prices Alberto Gago, Michael Hanemann, Xavier Labandeira and Ana Ramos 20. Using Micro Data to Examine Causal Effects of Climate Policy Caterina Gennaioli, Ralf Martin and Mirabelle Muûls 21. Carbon Trading: Past, Present and Future Julien Chevallier 22. Moral Positions on Tradable Permit Markets Snorre Kverndokk 23. The European CO2 Allowances Market: Issues in the Transition to Phase III Christian de Perthuis and Raphaël Trotignon PART VI: LOW-CARBON BEHAVIOUR AND GOVERNANCE 24. The Role of Behavioural Economics in Energy and Climate Policy Michael G. Pollitt and Irina Shaorshadze 25. Valuing Nature for Climate Change Policy: From Discounting the Future to Truly Social Deliberation John M. Gowdy 26. Individual Consumers and Climate Change: Searching for a New Moral Compass Tanya O’Garra 27. Decentralization of Governance in the Low-Carbon Transition Nick Eyre 28. Is a Global Crisis Required to Prevent Climate Change? A Historical–Institutional Perspective Edward B. Barbier PART VII: LOW-CARBON GROWTH 29. Prosperity with Growth: Economic Growth, Climate Change and Environmental Limits Cameron Hepburn and Alex Bowen 30. Should we Sustain? And if so, Sustain What? Consumption or the Quality of Life? Humberto Llavador, John E. Roemer and Joaquim Silvestre 31. At the Crossroads: Can China Grow in a Low-Carbon Way? Julien Chevallier 32. Low-Carbon Economy: Dark Age or Golden Age? Roger Fouquet Index

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Book SynopsisThis detailed study presents an accessible examination of how upstream petroleum activities are regulated in developed and developing petroleum countries. It includes a particular focus on the granting of access to petroleum resources, and incorporates a thorough consideration of the concept of Lex Petrolea.Different countries utilize a variety of legal models for regulating the exploitation of petroleum resources and two internationally recognized systems of managing natural resources are salient: concessionary systems and contractual systems. Expert contributors provide a detailed and insightful overview of the licensing and concession system that is used to award access to petroleum in many countries. They address topics such as auctions and work program bidding, and consider contexts such as offshore petroleum and the Russian system. The book considers the international nature of petroleum, alongside how licenses are granted under the bid and discretionary system. It includes a comparative analysis of the award of licenses in the countries discussed.This discerning and comprehensive work will be a useful entry point for students embarking study in petroleum law. Academics will find this timely examination to be an indispensable overview of upstream operations. Practitioners will find this book an illustrative review of the origins of issues surrounding regulatory frameworks in managing natural resources.Contributors: S.W. Amaduobogha, O.L. Anderson, K. Fletcher-Johnson, G. Gordon, T. Hunter, A. Kompaniets, S. Kozuka, C. Kulander, E. Nordtveit, J. Paterson, E.G. Pereira, K. Svendsen, A. WawrykTrade Review'Tina Hunter has provided both practitioners and academics with a useful and much-needed handbook. It reminds the practitioner of the wider context and origins of the issues that comprise their daily work. For the lawyer moving into petroleum law for the first time, it gives a useful introduction. And the academics and students of petroleum law receive an introduction to some of the nitty gritty detail of petroleum contracts.' --Philip Andrews-Speed, National University of Singapore'Regulatory and contractual frameworks for upstream energy is a complex but highly relevant topic. By attracting an impressive list of academics and practitioners to examine and analyze some of the main areas for upstream operations, Dr Hunter provides a lucid account of the main elements in these systems. The book is an important addition to the existing body of literature on the topic.' --Kim Talus, University of Helsinki, Finland'Tina Hunter's edited book provides a comprehensive study of the key legal regimes that regulate the upstream petroleum sector. It is a useful guide for readers who want to have a clearer understanding on how the petroleum industry is regulated in the twenty-first century. The book is a highly relevant contribution to the practice and study of petroleum law, policy and governance and the growing specialism of petroleum law could do with more comparative studies of this nature.' --Hephzibah Egede, Review of European, Comparative and International Enviromental LawTable of ContentsContents: PART I PRINCIPLES OF PETROLEUM REGULATION 1. Petroleum Regulation in an International Context: The Universality of Petroleum Regulation and the Concept of Lex Petrolea Alex Wawryk 2. Access to Petroleum Under The Licensing and Concession System Tina Hunter PART II COMPARATIVE PETROLEUM REGULATION IN MATURE PETROLEUM PROVINCES 3 . Licensing and Concession System for Developing Australia’s Conventional Petroleum Resources Tina Hunter 4. Licensing the Exploration for and Production of Petroleum on the UK Continental Shelf Greg Gordon and John Paterson 5. Regulation of the Norwegian Upstream Petroleum Sector Ernst Nordtveit 6. The Offshore Petroleum Licensing Regime in the United States Owen L. Anderson and Christopher Kulander 7. Offshore Petroleum Resource Access and Regulation In Canada Kylie Fletcher-Johnson PART III COMPARATIVE PETROLEUM REGULATION IN DEVELOPING PETROLEUM PROVINCES 8. The Brazilian Concession System for Petroleum ExtractIon in Brazil Eduardo G. Pereira 9. The Legal Regime for Petroleum Activities in Nigeria Simon Warikiyei Amaduobogha 10. Regulation of the Russian Federation Petroleum Licensing Regime Kristoffer Svendsen and Andrey Kompaniets 11. Licensing and Regulation of Japan’s Offshore Resources Sourichirou Kozuka PART IV LEGAL ISSUES IN PETROLEUM REGULATION 12. Comparison of Access to Petroleum in Developed and Developing Licensing and Concession Systems Tina Hunter Index

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Book SynopsisThe European Union's renewable energy policy is one of the most ambitious attempts to facilitate a transition towards more sustainable energy systems. This book provides a comprehensive guide to the policy and its implementation. It contains key case studies for understanding how member states have shaped the policy, how the EU has affected the policies of its member states and how renewable energy policies have diffused horizontally. An analysis of its external dimension is also included. This remarkable guide is the first comprehensive attempt to shed light on the complex dynamics of renewable energy promotion in the European multilevel system. Theoretically driven, the study employs Europeanization as an analytical framework for assessing policy change, both at the EU level and in the member states, and compares the development of renewable energy policies in the electricity and transport sectors from the 1980s to the present. Comprising contributions from leading scholars, the book is an indispensible guide for academics, researchers and students interested in EU energy and climate policies in general and EU renewable energy policy specifically, as well as practitioners and stakeholders involved in renewable energy policy and climate protection.Contributors include: A. Ancygier, M. Bechberger, P. Bocquillon, S. Davidescu, L. Di Lucia, M.R. Di Nucci, H. Dyrhauge, G. Escribano, A. Evrard, J. Fairbrass, R. Fernandez, B. Hirschl, R. Hiteva, T. Hoppe, K. Jankowska, H. Jörgens, T. Maltby, D. Ohlhorst, E. Öller, D. Russolillo, I. Solorio, E. van Bueren, T. VogelpohlTrade Review'The word ''guide'' in the title of this book is an understatement. With its focus on renewable energy policies in a wide range of EU member states, this book fills an important gap in the literature. The rigorous structure of the chapters, all of them written by key experts in the field, and the incisive analysis of national policies and processes of Europeanization in the concluding chapter make it a major achievement of comparative research. A must-read for everyone interested in energy and climate change politics!' --Duncan Liefferink, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands'Renewable energy policy is a well-established, high-ranking policy in Europe but its perspectives, strengths and weaknesses need competent analysis. This book is a highly valuable ''standard'' publication not only for energy and climate policy experts but also for political and social scientists.' --Martin Janicke, Freie Universitat Berlin, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes Preface by Helge Jörgens, Israel Solorio and Mischa Bechberger Part I Introduction 1. The EU and the promotion of renewable energy- An analytical framework Helge Jörgens and Israel Solorio 2. EU renewable energy policy: A brief overview of its history and evolution Israel Solorio and Pierre Bocquillon Part II National case studies 3. German renewable energy policy– independent pioneering versus creeping Europeanization? Thomas Vogelpohl, Dörte Ohlhorst, Mischa Bechberger and Bernd Hirschl 4. From frontrunner to laggard: the Netherlands and Europeanization in the cases of RES-E and biofuel stimulation Thomas Hoppe and Ellen van Bueren 5. Denmark: a wind powered forerunner Helene Dyrhauge 6. The UK and EU renewable energy policy: the relentless British policy-shaper Israel Solorio and Jenny Fairbrass 7. The fuzzy Europeanization of the Italian renewable energy policy: the paradox of meeting targets without strategic capacity Maria Rosaria Di Nucci and Daniele Russolillo 8. Spain and renewable energy promotion: Europeanization upside down Israel Solorio and Rosa Fernandez 9. Complying with, resisting or using Europe? Explaining the uneven and diffuse Europeanization of French renewable electricity and biofuels policies Pierre Bocquillon and Aurélien Evrard 10. Poland at the renewable energy policy crossroads –an incongruent Europeanization? Karolina Jankowska and Andrzej Ancygier 11. The Europeanization of renewable energy policy in Romania Simona Davidescu 12. Hitting the target but missing the point: failing and succeeding in the Bulgarian renewable energy sector Ralitsa Hiteva and Tomas Maltby Part III External dimension 13. RES in the Hood and the shrinking Mediterranean Solar Plan Gonzalo Escribano 14. External governance and Europeanization beyond borders – EU biofuel policies in Mozambique Lorenzo Di Lucia Part IV Conclusions 15. Conclusions: Patterns of Europeanization and policy change in the renewable energy policy domain Helge Jörgens, Eva Öller and Israel Solorio Index

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Book SynopsisIt is rare to find an analysis as clear-sighted of the energy market regulation in Europe taking into account legal, regulatory and (geo-)political aspects. Congratulations to this contribution to the debate about regulating energy markets in the future.'- Herwig C. H. Hofmann, Professor of European and Transnational Public LawLaw and Policy of the European Gas Market examines the regulatory and competitive choices of institutions and bodies operating within the EU gas market, with a view to achieving a higher level of market integration. Offering an in-depth analysis of the design, structure and functioning of the EU gas market, the book considers the most recent European legal developments associated with this market and places them in their respective geopolitical context.This timely book contributes to the discussion surrounding the concurrent application of competition law and regulation on the EU gas market. It also provides a unique critique of the way in which competition law is used, mainly through the European Commission's so-called 'commitments practice', while looking at consumer protection and the effects of such practice on third-country transmission system operators.This book provides a unique reassessment of the role played by sector-specific regulation in achieving gas market integration and will therefore prove a valuable resource for gas market participants, policy makers and lawyers in the field. It will also be of great use to students, academics and researchers interested in the latest legislative reform of the EU gas market or 'the Third Energy Package'.Contents: 1. Introduction 2. The specifics of the EU gas market 3. Setting of relationships with natural gas producers 4. EU gas market structure 5. Defining and assessing the current EU gas market design 6. Integration of the EU gar market through administrative bodies 7. Conclusion Bibliography Annex I: Legislation applicable to the EU gas market Annex II: Case Law IndexTrade Review'Addressing institutions and laws for European gas market integration, Waloszyk's work is a very useful study of a complex energy sub-market. It offers a transparent, systematic ordering of actors and interests – suppliers, distributors, consumers, the EU, Member States, non-EU states – and covers energy relations, market design, and regulatory choice. Her mainly legal focus incorporates diverse policy, (geo-)political and economic reflections in a solid, thoughtful, interesting, highly readable treatment, valuable to many actors in this area of EU policy.' -- Gerard C. Rowe, Europa-Universitaet Viadrina, Germany‘It is rare to find an analysis as clear-sighted of the energy market regulation in Europe taking into account legal, regulatory and (geo-)political aspects. Congratulations to this contribution to the debate about regulating energy markets in the future.’ -- Herwig C. H. Hofmann, Professor of European and Transnational Public Law‘Overall, the book presents valuable insights into the EU gas market and its continuous progression towards complete integration. Waloszyk’s holistic approach and her well-informed critique engages with the topic well and makes her work highly relevant to both academia and industry.’ -- Alexander Wilk, Utilities Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The specifics of the EU gas market 3. Setting of relationships with natural gas producers 4. EU gas market structure 5. Defining and assessing the current EU gas market design 6. Integration of the EU gar market through administrative bodies 7. Conclusion Bibliography Annex I: Legislation applicable to the EU gas market Annex II: Case Law Index

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Book SynopsisSo often environmental protection is neglected in the social entrepreneurship literature, even though the environmental movement has a lot to offer in terms of empirical and theoretical developments. This book makes a hugely important contribution to filling that gap, lending weight to social innovation theory and providing a good case study resource. The book bridges the gap between social and environmental outcomes.'- Tim Curtis, University of Northampton, UKThere are few sectors where 'getting things done sustainably' is as important as it is for the water sector. From drinking water and sanitation to water use in agriculture, industry and ecosystems, Rafael Ziegler and his co-authors investigate the contribution of social entrepreneurship to the sustainable use of water.Using detailed case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, the authors assess the role and potential of social entrepreneurship for the sustainable use of water. In addition, they examine the ethics and politics of new ideas for sustainability in the water sector. In so doing, they critically discuss the impact of these new innovations, with the emphasis on ideas changing heads rather than money changing hands.By bringing together questions from ecology, ethics, management and political science, and drawing on research in close collaboration with practitioners across the world, the approach taken is both inter- and trans-disciplinary. The result will be of significant interest to researchers and practitioners in social entrepreneurship and social innovation, as well as in water and sustainability politics.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Toilets Before Independence with David Kuria and Ecotact 3. Roberto Epple - Reconcile With Your River! 4. A New Water Paradigm Michal Krav ík and People and Water 5. Fostering Real Social Contracts - Hermann Bacher and WOTR 6. Financing Water Ecosystem Services - Marta Echavarria and Eco-Decisión 7. Musketeering for Drinking Water - Viva con Agua de St Pauli 8. Getting Things Done Sustainably? Synthesis Chapter on Social Entrepreneurship and Water 9. Getting Things Done Together? - From Collaborative Competition to Collaborative Campaigns IndexTrade Review‘So often environmental protection is neglected in the social entrepreneurship literature, even though the environmental movement has a lot to offer in terms of empirical and theoretical developments. This book makes a hugely important contribution to filling that gap, lending weight to social innovation theory and providing a good case study resource. The book bridges the gap between social and environmental outcomes.’ -- Tim Curtis, University of Northampton, UK‘Amidst the rapidly expanding body of research on water policy on one hand, and social entrepreneurship on the other, the book Social Entrepreneurship in the Water Sector: Getting Things Done Sustainably offers badly needed inspiration to both.’ -- GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and SocietyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Toilets Before Independence with David Kuria and Ecotact 3. Roberto Epple – Reconcile With Your River! 4. A New Water Paradigm – Michal Kravčík and People and Water 5. Fostering Real Social Contracts – Hermann Bacher and WOTR 6. Financing Water Ecosystem Services – Marta Echavarria and Eco-Decisión 7. Musketeering for Drinking Water – Viva con Agua de St Pauli 8. Getting Things Done Sustainably? Synthesis Chapter on Social Entrepreneurship and Water 9. Getting Things Done Together? – From Collaborative Competition to Collaborative Campaigns Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely research review explores the main issues surrounding competition and regulation in electricity markets. The industry is experiencing irresistible forces for change driven by energy policy objectives; a reassessment of market regulation in the face of high energy prices and the response to consumer pressure to agree on what constitutes a fair price for energy. This research review identifies the key articles that underpin the debate across the industries supply chain (generation, supply and networks) and from a regulatory perspective (including market power and incentive regulation) followed by a consideration of the overall impact of liberalisation and future developments. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Sebastian Eyre and Michael G. Pollitt PART I CLASSICS A Economics 1. F.P. Ramsey (1927), ‘A Contribution to the Theory of Taxation’, Economic Journal, 37 (145), March, 47–61 2. Harold Hotelling (1938), ‘The General Welfare in Relation to Problems of Taxation and of Railway and Utility Rates’, Econometrica, 6 (3), July, 242–69 3. R.H. Montgomery (1939), ‘Government Ownership and Operation of the Electric Industry’, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 201, January, 43–9 4. James C. Bonbright (1941), ‘Major Controversies as to the Criteria of Reasonable Public Utility Rates’, American Economic Review, 30 (5), February, 379–89 5. Nancy Ruggles (1949–1950), ‘Recent Developments in the Theory of Marginal Costs Pricing’, Review of Economic Studies, 17 (2), 107–26 6. M. Boiteux (1960), ‘Peak-Load Pricing’, Journal of Business, 33 (2), April, 157–79 B Regulation 7. Harvey Averch and Leland L. Johnson (1962), ‘Behavior of the Firm Under Regulatory Constraint’, American Economic Review, 52 (5), December, 1052–69 8. George G. Stigler and Claire Friedland (1962), ‘What Can Regulators Regulate? The Case of Electricity’, Journal of Law and Economics, 5, October, 1–16 9. George J. Stigler (1971), ‘The Theory of Economic Regulation’, Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science, 2 (1), Spring, 3–21 10. Sam Peltzman (1976), ‘Toward a More General Theory of Regulation’, Journal of Law and Economics, 19 (2), August, 211–40 11. Harold Demsetz (1968), ‘Why Regulate Utilities?’, Journal of Law and Economics, 11 (1), April, 55–65 12. Leonard W. Weiss (1975), ‘Antitrust in the Electric Power Industry’, in Almarin Phillips (ed.), Promoting Competition in Regulated Markets, Chapter 5, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 135–73 13. Andrei Shleifer (1985), ‘A Theory of Yardstick Competition’, RAND Journal of Economics, 16 (3), Autumn, 319–27 14. Richard A. Posner (1971), ‘Taxation by Regulation’, Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science, 2 (1), Spring, 22–50 15. William Stanley Jevons (1885), ‘The Coal Question in England’, Science, 5 (108), February, 175–6 PART II INCENTIVE REGULATION 16. William J. Baumol (1982), ‘Productivity Incentive Clauses and Rate Adjustment for Inflation’, Public Utilities Fortnightly, 110, July, 11–18 17. Richard Schmalensee (1989), ‘Good Regulatory Regimes’, RAND Journal of Economics, 20 (3), Autumn, 417–36 18. David E.M. Sappington and Dennis L. Weisman (1994), ‘Designing Superior Incentive Regulation: Modifying Plans to Preclude Recontracting and Promote Performance’, Public Utilities Fortnightly, 132 (5), March, 27–32 19. Paul L. Joskow (2013), ‘Incentive Regulation in Theory and Practice: Electricity Distribution and Transmission Networks’, in Nancy L. Rose (ed.), Economic Regulation and Its Reform: What Have We Learned?, Chapter 5, Chicago, IL and London, UK: University of Chicago Press, 291–344 PART III COMPETITION IN GENERATION 20. Paul L. Joskow (1997), ‘Restructuring, Competition and Regulatory Reform in the U.S. Electricity Sector’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 11 (3), Summer, 119–38 21. Peter Cramton and Steven Stoft (2005), ‘A Capacity Market that Makes Sense’, Electricity Journal, 18 (7), August/September, 43–54 22. Eric S. Schubert, David Hurlbut, Parviz Adib and Shmuel Oren (2006), ‘The Texas Energy-Only Resource Adequacy Mechanism’, Electricity Journal, 19 (10), December, 39–49 23. Richard Green and Nicholas Vasilakos (2010), ‘Market Behaviour with Large Amounts of Intermittent Generation’, Energy Policy, 38 (7), July, 3211–20 PART IV MARKET POWER 24. David M. Newbery (1995), ‘Power Markets and Market Power’, Energy Journal, 16 (3), 39–66 25. Severin Borenstein, James B. Bushnell and Frank A. Wolak (2002), ‘Measuring Market Inefficiencies in California’s Restructured Wholesale Electricity Market’, American Economic Review, 92 (5), December, 1376–405 26. Richard Green (1999), ‘The Electricity Contract Market in England and Wales’, Journal of Industrial Economics, XLVII (1), March, 107–24 27. Paul L. Joskow and Edward Kahn (2002), ‘A Quantitative Analysis of Pricing Behavior in California’s Wholesale Electricity Market During Summer 2000’, Energy Journal, 23 (4), 1–35 28. Severin Borenstein (2002), ‘The Trouble with Electricity Markets: Understanding California’s Restructuring Disaster’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 16 (1), Winter, 191–211 29. Andrew Sweeting (2007), ‘Market Power in the England and Wales Wholesale Electricity Market 1995–2000’, Economic Journal, 117 (520), April, 654–85 30. Richard Gilbert and David Newbery (2010), ‘Electricity Merger Policy in the US and EU Electricity Generation’, in François Lévêque and Howard Shelanski, Antitrust and Regulation in the EU and US: Legal and Economic Perspectives, Chapter 6, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 160–81 PART V TRANSMISSION AND SYSTEM OPERATION 31. Roger E. Bohn, Michael C. Caramanis and Fred C. Schweppe (1984), ‘Optimal Pricing in Electrical Networks over Space and Time’, RAND Journal of Economics, 15 (3), Autumn, 360–76 32. William W. Hogan (1992), ‘Contract Networks for Electric Power Transmission’, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 4 (3), September, 211–42 33. Hung-Po Chao and Stephen Peck (1995), ‘A Market Mechanism for Electric Power Transmission’, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 10 (1), July, 25–59 34. Paul Joskow and Jean Tirole (2005), ‘Merchant Transmission Investment’, Journal of Industrial Economics, LIII (2), June, 233–64 35. Stephen C. Littlechild and Carlos J. Skerk (2008), ‘Transmission Expansion in Argentina 4: A Review of Performance’, Energy Economics, 30 (4), July, 1462–90 PART VI RETAIL COMPETITION 36. Chris M. Wilson and Catherine Waddams Price (2010), ‘Do Consumers Switch to the Best Supplier?’, Oxford Economic Papers, 62 (4), October, 647–68 37. Stephen Littlechild (2008), ‘Municipal Aggregation and Retail Competition in the Ohio Energy Sector’, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 34 (2), October, 164–94 PART VII LIBERALISATION IMPACTS 38. Paul L. Joskow (2008), ‘Lessons Learned from Electricity Market Liberalization’, Energy Journal, 29 (2), 9–42 PART VIII FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 39. Christopher Hood (2010), ‘Can We? Administrative Limits Revisited’, Public Administration Review, 70 (4), July/August, 527–34 40. Michael G. Pollitt (2012), ‘Lessons from the History of Independent System Operators in the Energy Sector’, Energy Policy, 47, August, 32–48 41. L. Lynne Kiesling (2009), ‘Organization Form and the Wires’, in Deregulation, Innovation and Market Liberalization: Electricity Regulation in a Continually Evolving Environment, Chapter 5, London, UK and New York, NY: Routledge, 88–103, notes, references 42. Ahmad Faruqui and Sanem Sergici (2010), ‘Household Response to Dynamic Pricing of Electricity: A Survey of 15 Experiments’, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 38 (2), October, 193–225 Index

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Book SynopsisAssessing a rapidly changing landscape, this Handbook explores how the scope and complexity of energy politics increases constantly with the rise of new technologies, cyber security threats and environmental concerns.Starting with the fundamentals, the Handbook of Energy Politics covers the evolution of capital and financial markets in the energy industry, as well as assessing the effects of technology and environmental issues such as global warming and geopolitical tensions. It is shown that a lack of consensus on basic definitions and clear long-term goals on climate and energy are hampering the sector?s ability to invest in low-carbon growth. The importance of achieving and maintaining positive relationships for effective consultation and engagement with those directly affected by energy politics is emphasised, with a focus on factors critical for sustainable development. The authors also assess what we can learn from historical cases and the steps we can take to mitigate potential energy risks in the future. This Handbook will be an invaluable resource for upper level graduates and postgraduates of public policy and environmental politics. Policy makers, at state, regional and local levels will benefit from the suggestions for future developments.Contributors include: S.H. Ahn, P. Andrews-Speed, M.L. Barcella, C. Campbell, J. Considine, L. de Castro, T.K Doshi, J. Dutra, V. Figer, A. Fogwill, R. Gadh, H. Henderson, L. Johnson, A.C. Lavaller, L. Lázaro-Touza, X.T.L. Liu, M. Lynch, D. Millington, K.-W. Paik, N. Poussenkova, D.B. Reynolds, M.G. Salameh, P. Stevens, R.R. Tissot, A. Vypovska, Y. Wang, B. Wang, G. Wood, S. ZhangTrade Review'Dr Jennifer I. Considine and Dr Keun-Wook Paik are brilliant! The Handbook of Energy Politics is superb. The authors provide the industry with a much needed all-encompassing energy reference. This book covers critical issues and major topics in today's energy industry ranging from supply side and demand side global economics through the capital and financial markets in the energy industry. The authors also include an insight into environmental issues and renewable energy policy. This is a must have resource for all energy practitioners and executives.' --Robert Kissell PhD, President and Founder of the Kissell Research Group, USTable of ContentsContents Forward Jennifer I Considine and Mary Lashley Barcella Introduction Jennifer I Considine Part I The Fundamentals of the Global Energy Industry: The Supply Side 1. Environmental and Indigenous Issues Associated with Natural Gas Developments in British Columbia Anna Vypovska, Laura Johnson, Dinara Millington and Allan Fogwill 2. Oil on the Waters of RIC Energy Relations Nina Poussenkova 3. Energy Transition and Natural Gas Development in China Liu Xiaoli and Tian Lei 4. Institutions and the Supply of Oil Douglas B. Reynolds 5. Low Oil Prices Impact on Latin American Non-Conventionals Alberto Cisneros Lavaller Part II The Fundamentals of the Global Energy Industry: The Demand Side 6. The Role of Sino-Russian Gas Cooperation in China’s Natural Gas Expansion Keun-Wook Paik 7. Republic of Korea’s Energy Security Conundrum:The Problems of Energy Mix and Energy Diplomacy Deadlock Se Hyun Ahn 8. China’s Evolving Energy Policy: The Case of Electricity Philip Andrews-Speed and Sufang Zhang 9. Natural Resource-led Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Role for Local Content and Small, Medium Enterprises Rene Roger Tissot Part III Main influences in Geopolitics 10. Will There Ever Be a Post-Oil Era? Mamdouh G. Salameh 11. The Oil Age Colin J. Campbell 12. New Energy and the Geopolitics of the Future Michael Lynch 13. The Economic Case for Staged Development and Providing Appropriate Incentives for Good Behavior in the Context of “Resource Curse” Paul Stevens and Jennifer I Considine Part IV The Evolution of Technology, Capital and Financial Markets in the Energy Industry 14. Deepening Green Finance Hazel Henderson 15. Middle East and Asia: The Oil Trade and Pricing Nexus Tilak Doshi 16. The Economics of Smart Grid Technological Innovation Luciano de Castro, Joisa Dutra and Vivian Figer Part V Environmental Issues and Renewable Energy Policy 17. Policy Risk, Politics and Low Carbon Energy Geoffrey Wood 18. Governing the geopolitics of climate action after the Paris Agreement Lara Lázaro-Touza Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the wide variety of political aspects relating to oil resources and markets, The Politics of Oil provides an important and accessible introduction to topics such as the so-called 'resource curse?' oil rent, producer cartels, and international oil governance. Broadening the scope further, Dag Harald Claes also examines the role of oil in political conflicts.Divided thematically into three parts, this book discusses the exercise of political control over oil resources, their extraction, and the income from oil exports; the vagaries of oil market forces and political attempts to govern them; and finally, the complex role of oil in international, regional, and domestic conflicts. Drawing on a number of academic perspectives, including economics, political science, philosophy, history, geology, and more, the key debates surrounding oil are explored. These include the role of OPEC, the future of oil in the context of climate change, and the part oil has played in civil war and terrorism.Easily accessible, this introduction to the intertwined relationship between oil and political decisions and behaviour, is an essential tool for students of political science, economics, and energy related studies of all kinds. It is also valuable for policymakers, industry practitioners, and others interested in the oil business or governance seeking a comprehensive introduction to the subject.Trade Review‘The Politics of Oil is a fascinating and informative study of the evolution of the international oil industry. The work profits from the authors interdisciplinary approach, which draws heavily on a number of fields including but by no means limited to geology, engineering, economics, philosophy, history and political science. The chapters are filled with a wealth of valuable information and insights on many of the pressing issues of our time: From climate change and the potential producer response to the resurgence of Iranian ambitions in the Gulf. To my knowledge, this is the only work of its kind providing a bridge between political and economic approaches to complex geopolitical issues such as the resource curse. It is readily accessible to the general reader interested in oil and politics. All the chapters can serve as supplementary material to academic courses in energy economics geopolitics and energy transitions.’ -- Jennifer Considine, The Energy Journal'Dag Harald Claes has a unique knowledge of the politics, economics and (even more importantly from my point of view) the history of oil. He is one of the few who can blend together the three aspects in a simple and vibrant narrative. The Politics of Oil can be used as a reference in undergraduate classes, but will also be of interest for anybody dealing with the complexities of international energy and environmental politics.' --Paulo Garavini, European University Institute, Italy'This book masterfully discusses how governance, markets, and security come together in creating a nexus full of inspiration for scholars of International Political Economy. What does oil do to sovereignty? Is it a blessing or a curse? How long will OPEC still be in charge? And what does the future hold for the world s most important commodity against the backdrop of climate change? The Politics of Oil will be an invaluable resource for everyone seeking answers to these crucial questions.' --Andreas Goldthau, Royal Holloway University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Part I Resource Governance 1. Sovereignty and Ownership 2. Governing Oil Production 3. Oil Income– Blessing or Curse? -With Mads Motrøen Part II Market Control 4. Institutional Governance 5. Producer Governance 6. Opec Part III Political Conflict 7. Oil and the US Hegemony 8. Oil and Regional Security 9. Oil and Domestic Conflicts 10. Climate Change and the Future of Oil Index

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Book SynopsisA thoroughly updated introduction to the current issues and challenges facing managers and administrators in the investor and publicly owned utility industry, this engaging volume addresses management concerns in five sectors of the utility industry: electric power, natural gas, water, wastewater systems and public transit. Beginning with a brief overview of the historical development of the industry, the author examines policy issues including the consequences of dealing with deteriorating infrastructure, an aging workforce, climate warming, funding for repair and replacement of facilities, and the demands for meeting the needs of a growing population. In addition to reviewing issues related to various management tasks, he includes chapters on physical and cyber threats and management ethics, liberally laced with real-life examples of utilities' dealings with these challenges. Many tables, figures and boxes expand on key points from the text.Accessible and comprehensive, this thoughtful exploration of the various issues facing administrators and operators in public utilities in the new century will prove a useful overview for students of business and economics, utility staff, and directors of local utility governing boards.Trade Review'David McNabb's Public Utilities book is an excellent and extremely valuable source for understanding the fundamental issues and problems of the rapidly evolving public utilities sector. It's useful for academics, policymakers, and practitioners to gain insights into how to manage and cope with the numerous and unprecedented challenges facing the industry.' --Chung-Shing Lee, Pacific Lutheran UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Part I Public Utilities: Old Problems 1. Public Utilities: Essential Services, Critical Infrastructure 2. Public Utility Policy Issues 3. Public Utility Regulatory Environment Part II Sectors of the Public Utility Industry 4. Electric Energy Utilities 5. Natural Gas Utilities 6. Water and Wastewater Utilities 7. Waste Collection and Disposal Utilities 8. Public Transit Utilities Part III Public Utility Function Challenges 9. Public Utility Finance 10. Public Utility Pricing and Rate Setting 11. Public Utility Marketing 12. Public Utility Information Systems Part IV Public Utility Management and Operations Challenges 13. Public Utility Governance 14. Public Utility Management 15. Public Utility Operations, Maintenance and Planning 16. Managing the Public Utility Workforce 17. Public Utility Management Ethics Part V Public Utilities: New Challenges 18. Public Utility Environmental Challenges 19. Public Utility Physical and Cybersecurity Challenges 20. Sustainability: The Core Challenge Facing Public Utilities Index

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Book SynopsisThis extensive Handbook captures a range of expertise and perspectives on the changing geographies and landscapes of energy production, distribution, and use. Combining established and emerging scholarship from across disciplines, the expert contributions provide a broad overview of research frontiers for the changing geographies of energy worldwide. Interdisciplinary in nature and broad in scope, it serves to answer a range of questions and provide the reader with conceptual and methodological foundations. The conversation spans the gamut from smart grids to alternative fuels, discussed in a range of settings from India to Nigeria and from Brazil to North America, highlighting the ways in which new energy technologies and consumer dynamics are changing the way people, places, and the physical world are interconnected through energy systems. In addition to a compendium of regional case studies, the Handbook identifies emerging conceptual and methodological frameworks that help us better understand energy and energy transitions. Unique in scope and breadth, this Handbook's dual purpose as a capsule for existing and emerging geographical perspectives on energy will be of immense value to students and scholars in the social sciences, environmental sciences, and humanities. Policymakers and planners will also benefit from the novel perspectives and the illuminating exploration of geographic information systems, community energy planning, and energy landscapes.Contributors include: J.E. Baka, R.E. Baxter, K. Bickerstaff, M.J. Blair, S. Bouzarovski, G. Bridge, K. Burchell, L. Cabral, K.E. Calvert, V. Castán Broto, D. Chatti, P.M. Connor, E.B. Davis, N. Dusyk, K. Ellegard, C. Enaux, K.-H. Erb, M. Finley-Brook, D. Fitzpatrick, P. Gerber, J.K. Graybill, H. Haberl, J.H. Haggerty, H. Haniotou, C. Harrison, A. Hesse, P. Huang, P. Johnstone, F. Krausmann, P. Le Billon, H. Leck, A. Livino, K. Lo, E.P. Louie, W.E. Mabee, S.M. McCauley, B. Mitchell, D. Mulvaney, M. Niedertscheider, J. Palm, P. Parker, M.J. Pasqualetti, S. Petrova, P. Picchi, E.J. Popke, N. Simcock, H.C.M. Smith, B.D. Solomon, J.D. Stephen, J.C. Stephens, R. Stock, S. Stremke, M.J. Taylor, H. Thomson, M.T. Tolmasquim, D. van der Horst, M.J. Watts, E. Webb, M.D. Woodworth, K.S. ZimmererTrade Review'An intellectual cornucopia for geographers and indeed all others concerned about energy sustainability. Featuring an all-star roster of scholars and covering a mix of interdisciplinary topics spanning energy fuels, landscapes, justice, politics, and ecology, it belongs on the bookshelf of every energy analyst.' --Benjamin K. Sovacool, University of Sussex, UK and Aarhus University, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: energy and the geographical traditions Barry D. Solomon and Kirby E. Calvert PART 1 FUELS 2. Energy for the world’s kitchens: biomass for survival in the past, present, and future Matthew J. Taylor 3. Bedrock of modernity: coal and its uses past and present Max D. Woodworth 4. The politics of oil in the Anthropocene Philippe Le Billon and Gavin Bridge 5. A horse that has left the barn: expanding geographies of natural gas Julia H. Haggerty 6. Exploring nuclear geographies: from uranium mine to waste facility Philip Johnstone 7. The changing geographies of biorefining Kirby E. Calvert, Jamie D. Stephen, M. Jean Blair, Laura Cabral, Ryan E. Baxter and Warren E. Mabee 8. Alternative transportation fuels: pathways to new geographies Ethan B. Davis and Kirby E. Calvert PART II ENERGIES 9. Hydropower’s fluid geographies Mary Finley-Brook 10. Geographical dimensions of wind power Martin J. Pasqualetti and Barry D. Solomon 11. Geographies of solar power Dustin Mulvaney 12. Geography of geothermal energy technologies Edward P. Louie and Barry D. Solomon 13. Geography of marine renewable energy technologies Peter M. Connor and Helen C.M. Smith PART III ENERGY CONSUMPTION: SECTORS AND END USE 14. Residential energy consumption from a time-geographic perspective Jenny Palm and Kajsa Ellegård 15. Energy efficiency programs in China Kevin Lo 16. Energy and transportation: the need for an energy transition Christophe Enaux, Philippe Gerber and Helene Haniotou 17. Changing human geographies of the electricity grid: shifts of power and control in the renewable energy transition Stephen M. McCauley and Jennie C. Stephens PART IV CHANGING LANDSCAPES OF ENERGY PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND USE 18. Energy landscapes of less than two degrees global warming Dan van der Horst 19. Europe’s energy geographies Harriet Thomson and Stefan Bouzarovski 20. Nodes, networks and inefficiency: understanding Russia’s energy landscapes Jessica K. Graybill 21. Changing geographies of energy in North America Warren E. Mabee, Laura Cabral and Emma Webb 22. Brazil’s energy outlook Mauricio T. Tolmasquim and Angela Livino 23. Energy disparities and (under)development in sub-Saharan Africa Robert Stock 24. Oil worlds: life and death in Nigeria’s petro-state Michael J. Watts 25. India’s energy geographies: a critical introduction Deepti Chatti 26. Co-designing energy landscapes: application of participatory mapping and geographic information systems in the exploration of low carbon futures Sven Stremke and Paolo Picchi 27. Urban energy transitions: spatial organization, political contestations and urban governance Ping Huang and Vanesa Castán Broto 28. Global energy transitions: a long-term socioeconomic metabolism perspective Helmut Haberl, Karl-Heinz Erb, Fridolin Krausmann and Maria Niedertscheider PART V ENERGY AT THE NEXUS 29. Energy, water & food: towards a critical nexus approach Hayley Leck, Daniel Fitzpatrick and Kevin Burchell 30. Energy poverty and vulnerability: a geographic perspective Neil Simcock and Saska Petrova 31. Geographies of energy justice: concepts, challenges and an emerging agenda Karen Bickerstaff 32. Governance at the intersection of health and energy Arielle Hesse PART VI LOOKING FORWARD: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES IN ENERGY GEOGRAPHIES 33. The Political and social ecologies of energy Karl S. Zimmerer 34. Political-industrial ecologies of energy Jennifer E. Baka 35. Critical energy geographies Conor Harrison and E. Jeffrey Popke 36. Community energy: diverse, dynamic, political Nichole Dusyk 37. Energy geography: adopting and adapting resource management perspectives Bruce Mitchell and Paul Parker Index

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Book SynopsisRegulating Offshore Petroleum Resources makes a unique comparison between the main regulatory characteristics of the Norwegian and British models for petroleum exploration, production and supply. Leading scholars explore the extent to which these models are relevant for the design of regulatory models in countries with significant existing petroleum resources. The applicability of these regulatory models to countries with potential petroleum resources is also assessed. Providing a profound understanding behind the evolution of the British and Norwegian petroleum regimes, this innovative book investigates why these countries followed different paths and analyses the resultant outcomes. Key features include examination of the historical evolution of relevant petroleum regimes, lessons learnt, and an interdisciplinary approach from a range of recognised experts. This comprehensive book will be of great value to regulation and environmental law scholars. Inspection of the ways in which these models can be applied to other countries will also be of interest to government officials and practitioners.Trade Review'This timely book, by leading experts in both jurisdictions, offers not just a fascinating retrospective on a vital half-century for the UK and Norway, but also a unique viewpoint from which to look forward to a time when each, in their own way, will need to respond to climate change even as they seek to continue to develop oil and gas resources. Understanding the legal foundations of the past will be vital to constructing a viable framework for the future.' --John Paterson, University of Aberdeen, UK'Pereira and Bjørnebye have compiled an innovative and intriguing collection of chapters by different authors. This volume does not just compare the strategies taken by the governments of Norway and the United Kingdom in exploiting their petroleum endowments, but places them within the wider political, economic and societal contexts of these two countries. In this way, the book stands head and shoulders above most comparative studies in this field, and is vital reading for scholars, analysts and advisers in oil and gas regulation and taxation.' --Philip Andrews-Speed, Energy Studies Institute, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction 1. Introduction Eduardo G. Pereira and Henrik Bjørnbye Part II Norway 2. Background – Norway Erik Jarlsby 3. Hydrocarbon Policies and Legislation – Norway Tonje Pareli Gormley and Merete Kristensen 4. Licensing Regime – Norway Henrik Bjørnbye and Catherine Banet Part III The United Kingdom 5. Background – The United Kingdom Raphael Heffron, Mohammed Hazrati, Greg Gordon and Darren Mccauley 6. Hydrocarbon Policies and Legislation – The United Kingdom Greg Gordon 7. Licensing Regime – The United Kingdom Yanal Abul Failat Part IV Conclusion 8. Conclusion Eduardo G. Pereira and Henrik Bjørnbye Index

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Book SynopsisPetroleum Resource Management offers a thought-provoking examination of how countries manage their offshore petroleum resources by comparing the different approaches to licensing and regulation taken by Australia, Norway and the UK.Based on extensive research into their policies, licensing systems and resource management regulations, including interviews with government regulators and companies, John Chandler explores how these countries all face similar challenges as their offshore petroleum basins mature, including smaller discoveries, marginal production and ageing infrastructure. Identifying further challenges such as climate change and the increasing accountability in relation to sustainability and social issues, Chandler analyses how their petroleum policy, systems of regulation and regulators developed up to the present, and how they are responding to these challenges, as well as how they deal with exploration, development, infrastructure sharing and production.This timely and informative book will be essential reading for those in petroleum policy and governance, including petroleum lawyers, government officials, regulators and analysts. Academics and students on courses relating to petroleum regulation and the governance of resources will also benefit from this engaging book.Trade Review‘Petroleum Resource Management represents an important‘This book is a well-written, thoughtful overview of how petroleum resource management is effected, resulting in a very helpful comparative analysis. It is a welcome addition to an area in which the pub- lished literature to date has been somewhat lacking.’ -- Peter Roberts, Journal of World Energy Law and Business‘This book is a valuable addition to a resources law practitioner’s library in that it explains and discusses context – understanding the multitude of interconnected issues that affect the business of a client in the petroleum sector (commercial, legal, regulatory and environmental, to name a few).’ -- Tasman Ash Fleming, Law Institute Journal‘Petroleum Resource Management will appeal particularly to Australian scholars, law- and policy-makers, and industry professionals. It will also be of considerable value to readers from other jurisdictions, who may wish to learn about the management of offshore oil and gas resources in these three mature jurisdictions. More broadly the author's thoughtful and future-focused engagement with concepts of stewardship, national interest, sustainability and good governance, will enhance broaden its application and readership.’ -- Erika Techera, Marine Policy‘Detailed in its understanding of licensing in offshore petroleum resources, this book by John A.P. Chandler is a must read not only for practitioners but also students and academics dwelling on tricky questions of appropriate legal structuring and architecture for effective natural resource governance.’ -- Roopa Madhav, Law Environment and Development Journal‘Legal and government professionals, as well as academics and students, will find this work valuable. There is also little doubt that the comparative analysis provided by this work will be valuable to readers from both inside and outside the three chosen jurisdictions.’ -- R. Pritchard, Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence‘As the oil and gas industry and host governments in developed jurisdictions confront the challenges of maturity and low carbon energy transition, this timely book provides a detailed, thoughtful and perceptive analysis of the legal, regulatory and fiscal dimensions. Required reading for all who need to understand the implications of a rapidly changing situation.’ -- John Paterson, University of Aberdeen, UK‘This book gives a good overview of the issue of prudent resource management and an insightful and thorough comparison between the petroleum regimes of Australia, Norway and the UK.’ -- Mette Agerup, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Norway‘Leading lawyer and academic John Chandler has produced a timely, and tremendously useful, examination of how the Australian, Norwegian and UK governments are managing their petroleum resources. He also explains how they are evolving their licensing systems to respond to the various challenges facing the global petroleum industry.’ -- Geoff Simpson, Allen & Overy, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents 1. Introduction 2. Licences 3. Regulatory structures and regulators 4. The companies 5. Resource rent, value and stewardship 6. Economic recovery and good oilfield practice 7. Resource management policy 8. Production sharing contracts 9. Exploration 10. Development 11. Production 12. Infrastructure 13. The future of offshore petroleum resource management Index

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Book SynopsisRegulating Shale Gas discusses the regulatory context of shale gas in the European Union and draws conclusions on the EU's broader approach towards the regulation of new technologies. Providing the first dedicated examination of the overall regulatory context of shale gas in the EU, Leonie Reins reveals how the EU's new constitutional setup after the Lisbon Treaty has complicated rather than facilitated the EU's quest for a common energy policy. Shale gas has already transformed the energy outlook in the United States, but despite high expectations, exploration has failed to take off fully in the EU. This book investigates the reasons for this failure, as well as other related developments impacting both energy and environmental law, by highlighting the essential elements of coherent regulation of technologies. It further analyses other cross-cutting issues relating to the environmental and energy supply security challenges and offers insights into the regulation of the different sectors and the most topical developments. The regulation of shale gas is set to become an increasingly important issue, receiving attention of energy and environmental legal scholars, politicians and industry worldwide. This book will also appeal to legal practitioners seeking expertise in the law and policy of shale gas extraction in the EU.Trade Review'In this book, Dr. Leonie Reins skillfully analyzes EU shale gas regulation, and compares it to the regulation of carbon capture and storage and nanotechnology. In addition, she masterfully places shale gas regulation in the context of the EU energy policy. Rather than limiting herself to identifying deficiencies, Dr. Reins moves carefully through the regulatory and policy maze, with much eye for detail and nuance, to develop an insightful legal and policy account. Interestingly, she believes that a new regulatory 'principle of conservatism' may be in the making, which would provide the EU with 'an excuse for regulation.' Irrespective of whether that is true, there is no excuse for not reading her intriguing analysis.' --Lucas Bergkamp, Hunton & Williams LLPTable of ContentsContents: I: Introduction – A Research Agenda for Shale Gas in the European Union 2. In Search of the Legal Basis for Energy and Environmental Regulation at the EU Level: The Case of Unconventional Gas Extraction and its Impacts on a Common European Energy Policy 3. Regulation of Technology Versus Technology of Regulation – Risk and Regulatory Design of “New” Technologies in the European Union- Lessons for and from Shale Gas 4. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisWorld Statistics on Mining and Utilities 2016 provides a unique biennial overview of the role of mining and utility activities in the world economy. This extensive resource from UNIDO provides detailed time series data on the level, structure and growth of international mining and utility activities by country and sector. Country level data is clearly presented on the number of establishments, employment and output of activities such as: coal, iron ore and crude petroleum mining as well as production and supply of electricity, natural gas and water.This unique and comprehensive source of information meets the growing demand of data users who require detailed and reliable statistical information on the primary industry and energy producing sectors. The publication provides internationally comparable data to economic researchers, development strategists and business communities who influence the policy of industrial development and its environmental sustainability.Table of ContentsContents: About this Publication Introduction Part I: Summary Tables Part II: Country Tables

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Book SynopsisThe UK model of incentive regulation of power grids was at one time the most advanced, and elements of it were adopted throughout the EU. This model worked well, particularly in the context of limited investment and innovation, a single and strong regulatory authority, and limited coordination between foreign grid operators. This enlightening book demonstrates how the landscape has changed markedly since 2010 and that regulation has had to work hard to catch up and evolve. As the EU enters a wave of investment and an era of new services and innovation, this has created growing tensions between national regulatory authorities in terms of coordinating technical standards and distribution systems. This is being played out against an increasingly disruptive backdrop of digitization, new market platforms and novel business models. Electricity Network Regulation in the EU adopts a truly European approach to the complex issues surrounding the topic, focusing on the grey areas and critical questions that have traditionally been difficult to answer. Incentive regulation and grids are addressed simultaneously at the theoretical and practical level, providing the reader with fundamental concepts and concrete examples. This timely book is an invaluable read for energy practitioners working in utility companies, regulators and other public bodies. It will also appeal to academics involved in the world of electricity regulation. The book utilizes language that would make it suitable for interdisciplinary students, including engineering and law scholars.Contributors include: P. Bhagwat, J.-M. Glachant, S.Y. Hadush, L. Meeus, V. Rious, N. Rossetto, T. SchittekatteTrade Review'No one will today argue the fact our European Energy System is at a critical tipping point of transformation to enable the expected massive penetration of competitive renewables - largely distributed - while leveraging new citizen engagements towards climate objectives. In that context it has become critical to think ''outside the box'' when it comes to future market design and regulation, for which this book offers a unique perspective of current challenges and obstacles while providing strategic directions for the next regulatory innovations.' --Laurent Schmitt, Secretary General at ENTSO-E, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents Introduction Part 1 Incentive Regulation: aligning the interests of the operators with the interests of their customers 1. The British reference model Vincent Rious and Nicolò Rossetto 2. Continental incentive regulation Vincent Rious and Nicolò Rossetto Part 2 Seams issues: one market, one system, but many operators and authorities 3. TSO-TSO seams issues Jean-Michel Glachant 4. DSO-TSO seams issues Leonardo Meeus and Samson Yemane Hadush Part 3 Grey areas: the border between the market and the grid 5. Classical grey areas since the start of the internal market Leonardo Meeus and Pradyumna Bhagwat 6. New grey areas at the frontiers of European power grids Leonardo Meeus and Tim Schittekatte Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely research review discusses a selection of key articles on the economics of renewable energy. From a modest role as a backstop technology in the 1970s to a central role in low carbon transitions today, the review reveals the emergence and growing importance of this sub-field of economics. Topics covered include the costs of renewable power (taking account of issues related to technological development, intermittency and interconnection), policies that promote renewable energy development, its public and private demand, and its impact on the environment and the economy. This comprehensive and indispensible review serves as an essential source of reference for students and researchers.Trade Review‘Roger Fouquet has assembled an All-Star Team of energy economists whose impressive body of work extends from the beginning of the theory of optimal extraction of exhaustible natural resources, all the way through the emergence of exciting new technologies for renewable generation. Along with the honor of appearing here, however, the authors should know that I’ll use this terrific collection every time I go looking for the best possible reviewers of new research in renewable energy.’ -- Don Fullerton, Editor, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource EconomistsTable of ContentsContents Introduction Roger Fouquet PART I RENEWABLE ENERGY AS A ‘BACKSTOP TECHNOLOGY’ 1. Robert M. Solow (1974), ‘The Economics of Resources or the Resources of Economics’, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 64 (2), May, 1–14 2. Partha Dasgupta and Geoffrey Heal (1974), ’The Optimal Depletion of Exhaustible Resources’, Review of Economic Studies: Symposium on the Economics of Exhaustible Resources, 41 (5), December, 3–28 3. Ujjayant Chakravorty, James Roumasset and Kinping Tse (1997), ‘Endogenous Substitution among Energy Resources and Global Warming’, Journal of Political Economy, 105 (6), December, 1201–34 4. Olli Tahvonen and Seppo Salo (2001), ‘Economic Growth and Transitions between Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Resources’, European Economic Review, 45 (8), August, 1379–98 5. Yacov Tsur and Amos Zemel (2003), ‘Optimal Transition to Backstop Substitutes for Nonrenewable Resources’, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 27 (4), February, 551–72 6. Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Leonardo Bursztyn and David Hemous (2012), ‘The Environment and Directed Technical Change’, American Economic Review, 102 (1), February, 131–66 PART II THE ECONOMICS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY 7. Severin Borenstein (2012), ‘The Private and Public Economics of Renewable Electricity Generation’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 26 (1), Winter, 67–92 8. Geoffrey Heal (2010), ‘Reflections – The Economics of Renewable Energy in the United States’, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 4 (1), Winter, 139–54 9. Paul L. Joskow (2011), ‘Comparing the Costs of Intermittent and Dispatchable Electricity Generating Technologies’, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 101 (3), May, 238–41 10. Gautam Gowrisankaran, Stanley S. Reynolds and Mario Samano (2016), ‘Intermittency and the Value of Renewable Energy’, Journal of Political Economy, 124 (4), August, 1187–234 11. Richard Green, Danny Pudjianto, Iain Staffell and Goran Strbac (2016), ‘Market Design for Long-Distance Trade in Renewable Electricity’, Energy Journal: Bollino-Madlener Special Issue, 37 (SI2), 5–22 12. Erin Baker, Meredith Fowlie, Derek Lemoine and Stanley S. Reynolds (2013), ‘The Economics of Solar Electricity’, Annual Review of Resource Economics, 5, 387–426 PART III POLICIES TO PROMOTE RENEWABLE ENERGY: CONCEPTS, THEORY AND SIMULATIONS 13. Ryan Wiser, Steven Pickle and Charles Goldman (1998), ‘Renewable Energy Policy and Electricity Restructuring: A California Case Study’, Energy Policy, 26 (6), May, 465–75 14. Eirik S. Amundsen and Jørgen Birk Mortensen (2001), ‘The Danish Green Certificate System: Some Simple Analytical Results’, Energy Economics, 23 (5), September, 489–509 15. Stefan Boeters and Joris Koornneef (2011), ‘Supply of Renewable Energy Sources and the Cost of EU Climate Policy’, Energy Economics, 33 (5), September, 1024–34 16. Harrison Fell and Joshua Linn (2013), ‘Renewable Electricity Policies, Heterogeneity, and Cost Effectiveness’, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 66 (3), November, 688–707 PART IV POLICIES TO PROMOTE RENEWABLE ENERGY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 17. Catherine Mitchell (1995), ‘The Renewables NFFO: A Review’, Energy Policy, 23 (12), December, 1077–91 18. Richard Schmalensee (2012), ‘Evaluating Policies to Increase Electricity Generation from Renewable Energy’, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 6 (1), Winter, 45–64 19. Steffen Jenner, Gabriel Chan, Rolf Frankenberger and Mathias Gabel (2012), ‘What Drives States to Support Renewable Energy?’, Energy Journal, 33 (2), 1–12 20. Thilo Grau (2014), ‘Responsive Feed-In Tariff Adjustment to Dynamic Technology Development’, Energy Economics, 44, July, 36–46 21. Jonathan E. Hughes and Molly Podolefsky (2015), ‘Getting Green with Solar Subsidies: Evidence from the California Solar Initiative’, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2 (2), June, 235–75 PART V INNOVATION AND DIFFUSION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 22. Michael J. Grubb (1988), ‘The Potential for Wind Energy in Britain’, Energy Policy, 16 (6), December, 594–607 23. Gregory F. Nemet (2006), ‘Beyond the Learning Curve: Factors Influencing Cost Reductions in Photovoltaics’, Energy Policy, 34 (17), November, 3218–32 24. David Popp, Ivan Hascic and Neelakshi Medhi (2011), ‘Technology and the Diffusion of Renewable Energy’, Energy Economics: Special Issue on The Economics of Technologies to Combat Global Warming, 33 (4), July, 648–62 25. Kenneth Gillingham, Hao Deng, Ryan Wiser, Naïm Richard Darghouth, Gregory Nemet, Galen Barbose, Varun Rai and Changgui Dong (2016), ‘Deconstructing Solar Photovoltaic Pricing: The Role of Market Structure, Technology, and Policy’, Energy Journal, 37 (3), 231–50 26. Birte Pfeiffer and Peter Mulder (2013), ‘Explaining the Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technology in Developing Countries’, Energy Economics, 40, November, 285–96 PART VI THE DEMAND FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY 27. Roger Fouquet (1998), ‘The United Kingdom Demand for Renewable Electricity in a Liberalised Market’, Energy Policy, 26 (4), March, 281–93 28. Ryan H. Wiser (2007), ‘Using Contingent Valuation to Explore Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: A Comparison of Collective and Voluntary Payment Vehicles’, Ecological Economics, 62 (3–4), May, 419–32 29. Marcello Graziano and Kenneth Gillingham (2015), ‘Spatial Patterns of Solar Photovoltaic System Adoption: The Influence of Neighbors and the Built Environment’, Journal of Economic Geography, 15 (4), July, 815–39 30. Naïm R. Darghouth, Galen Barbose and Ryan Wiser (2011), ‘The Impact of Rate Design and Net Metering on the Bill Savings from Distributed PV for Residential Customers in California’, Energy Policy, 39 (9), September, 5243–53 PART VII THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY 31. Brian C. Murray, Maureen L. Cropper, Francisco C. de la Chesnaye and John M. Reilly (2014), ‘How Effective are US Renewable Energy Subsidies in Cutting Greenhouse Gases?’, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 104 (5), May, 569–74 32. Joseph Cullen (2013), ‘Measuring the Environmental Benefits of Wind-Generated Electricity’, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 5 (4), November, 107–33 33. Kevin Novan (2015), ‘Valuing the Wind: Renewable Energy Policies and Air Pollution Avoided’, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 7 (3), August, 291–326 34. Kenneth Lee, Edward Miguel and Catherine Wolfram (2016), ‘Appliance Ownership and Aspirations among Electric Grid and Home Solar Households in Rural Kenya’, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 106 (5), May, 89–94 PART VIII THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY 35. Esther Duflo and Rohini Pande (2007), ‘Dams’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122 (2), May, 601–46 36. Carl Kitchens (2014), ‘The Role of Publicly Provided Electricity in Economic Development: The Experience of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1929–1955’, Journal of Economic History, 74 (2), June, 389–419 37. Molly Lipscomb, A. Mushfiq Mobarak and Tania Barham (2013), ‘Development Effects of Electrification: Evidence from the Topographic Placement of Hydropower Plants in Brazil’, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 5 (2), April, 200–31 38. Hunt Allcott, Allan Collard-Wexler and Stephen D. O’Connell (2016), ‘How Do Electricity Shortages Affect Industry? Evidence from India’, American Economic Review, 106 (3), March, 587–624 39. Samuel R. Dastrup, Joshua Graff Zivin, Dora L. Costa and Matthew E. Kahn (2012), ‘Understanding the Solar Home Price Premium: Electricity Generation and “Green” Social Status’, European Economic Review: Green Building, the Economy, and Public Policy, 56 (5), July, 961–73 40. Christopher R. Knittel and Aaron Smith (2015), ‘Ethanol Production and Gasoline Prices: A Spurious Correlation’, Energy Journal, 36 (1), 73–113 PART IX THE TRANSITION TO A RENEWABLE ENERGY ECONOMY 41. Penny Street and Ian Miles (1996), ‘Transition to Alternative Energy Supply Technologies: The Case of Windpower’, Energy Policy, 24 (5), May, 413–25 42. Karsten Neuhoff (2005), ‘Large-Scale Deployment of Renewables for Electricity Generation’, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 21 (1), Spring, 88–110 43. Richard Green and Nicholas Vasilakos (2010), ‘Market Behaviour with Large Amounts of Intermittent Generation’, Energy Policy, Special Section: Large-Scale Wind Power in Electricity Markets, 38 (7), July, 3211–20 44. Roger Fouquet (2011), ‘The Sustainability of “Sustainable” Energy Use: Historical Evidence on the Relationship between Economic Growth and Renewable Energy’, in Ibon Galarraga, Mikel González-Eguino and Anil Markandya (eds), Handbook of Sustainable Energy, Part I, Chapter 1, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1–12 Index

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Book SynopsisThe global crude oil market is critically important in many respects. It is the fuel that drives the global economy and, as such, is the focus of climate policies. Moreover, crude oil is the basis of a tradable financial asset. It is therefore connected to several outstanding macroeconomic developments of recent years, including financial market fluctuations, the financial crisis and the exceptional conduct of monetary policy. This book investigates the impacts of monetary policy and the financial system on the global crude oil market. Furthermore, it outlines how monetary policy may also be used to guarantee stability and to contribute to ecological sustainability. This unique and innovative book will appeal to students and economists interested in macroeconomics, the environment, energy and monetary policy. It will also be essential reading for policy makers and those interested in economic policy that will benefit both society and the environment.Trade Review'This book unveils how and why monetary policy decisions, notably by the US Federal Reserve, affect the crude oil market at the global level, impacting on oil prices as well as on oil production, thereby affecting financial stability and environmental conditions negatively. Basil Oberholzer puts forward an innovative policy mix that addresses both these issues through an oil-price targeting system combined with various market-based fiscal policy tools. This volume must be read by all policy makers around the world.' --Sergio Rossi, University of Fribourg, Switzerland'With this unique book, Basil Oberholzer takes us into a rarely explored field. Although oil is a natural resource for wealth production, the oil price and the oil market are largely influenced by financial speculation in the futures market. Basil Oberholzer sheds light on the links between monetary policy, speculation, oil prices, economic stability and ecological sustainability, notably thanks to ingenious stock-flow consistent modeling. The analysis is brilliant.' --Edwin Le Heron, University of Bordeaux, France'We all know now that monetary expansion impacts financial asset prices. Oberholzer comes up with an intriguing twist to this argument by claiming that expansionary monetary policy has a positive impact on oil prices because it induces speculative activity in the futures market of oil. To back this, the author offers an original stock-flow consistent model which combines the financial and the real sides of the economy, as well as the oil market, and he provides some interesting empirical evidence.' --Marc Lavoie, University of Ottawa, Canada, and University of Paris 13, FranceTable of ContentsContents: PART I FACTS AND THEORY OF MONETARY POLICY AND CRUDE OIL 1. The Crude Oil Market and its Driving Forces 2. Monetary Policy and Crude Oil: A Theoretical Analysis PART II MONETARY POLICY AND CRUDE OIL IN THE REAL WORLD 3. US Monetary Policy and the Global Crude Oil Market 4. Empirical Evidence: Monetary Policy Impacts on Oil Market Variables PART III ACHIEVING STABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY: ECONOMIC POLICY MAKING 5. Economic Policy Propositions: An Overview 6. An Economically Stable Way Out of Fossil Energies Index

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the question: how effective are countries in promoting the innovation needed to facilitate an energy transition? Chapters explore energy policy and institutions, innovation policy in general, as well as energy innovation in key countries, including the US, Germany, the UK, China, Japan and Korea, and the EU. At the heart of Energy Innovation for the 21st Century is a fascinating set of international empirical case studies covering supply and demand side technologies at different levels of maturity. These are set within an analytical framework encompassing the functions of technological innovation systems and innovation metrics. The book explores energy, science and technology policies, contextualising the case studies to aid the assessment of the overall performance of innovation systems. Drawing together lessons for energy innovation policy and institutional design, this book is a much-needed resource for sustainability and innovation scholars and researchers. Policy-makers and practitioners will also benefit from the practical advice offered in this timely volume.Trade ReviewEnergy Innovation for the 21st Century combines evidence from deep-dive case studies with rigorous analysis of institutions, policies and finance to show how many different factors must align to accelerate energy innovation. Many of the concluding insights are must reads for policymakers, not least that co-ordination, long-term strategies, and institutional stability are necessary bedfellows if we are serious about tackling climate change.' --Charlie Wilson, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction 2. The changing role of energy in society PART II: POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS 3. Energy policy 4. Science and technology innovation 5. Energy innovation PART III: TECHNOLOGY CASE STUDIES 6. Understanding and measuring energy innovation 7. Heat pumps 8. Wind energy 9. Wave energy 10. Building integrated photovoltaics 11. Shale gas 12. Smart grids PART IV: LESSONS 13. Lessons for effective energy innovation Index

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Book SynopsisThe solar photovoltaic sector is moving forward very fast, both in terms of its own technological advancement and its standing among global renewable energy technologies. Rapid increases in solar cell efficiencies, fast technical change in solar batteries and solar glass, and economies of scale in production fuel its rapid adoption and it is becoming clear that existing forecasts about its adoption need to be updated extensively. This timely and distinctive examination of the economic side of the field takes into account solar PV's recent and growing lead among renewable energies competing to replace fossil fuels.The Revolution in Energy Technology examines the birth of this technology in the United States, where the main innovators are still located, the emergence of China as a main production hub, and new and growing contributions to the innovation cascades from other countries including Germany, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The participation of universities as investors and the role of venture capital are discussed, and particular emphasis is given to the domination of the sector by large firms.The book is interesting for both academics and graduate students as well as policy makers, technicians, engineers and companies involved in the field.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Some Key Points of the Solar Photovoltaic Sector 3. Sector Evolution Under Innovation Cascade 4. The Catch-Up of the Chinese Solar PV Sector 5. Anchored Clusters: The Rise and Fall of Solar PV 6. Star Scientists in PV Technology and the Limits of Academic Entrepreneurship 7. The Limited Innovation of Small Businesses in the Solar Photovoltaic Sector in the US: Is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program a Boon for Small Businesses in the US? 8. A Sector with Innovations Driven by Demand 9. Grand Challenges and Innovation Cascades in the Solar Sector 10. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisIn the last twenty years the biofuels industry has developed rapidly in many regions of the world. This timely book provides an in-depth and critical study of the law and policies in many of the key biofuels producing countries, such as Brazil, China and the US, as well as the EU, and a number of other countries where this industry is quickly developing. Drawing on a range of disciplines, the contributors examine the roles of the public and private sectors in the governance of biofuels. They discuss topics such as sustainability and biofuels, and provide a critical review of regulatory regimes for biofuels. They conclude by proposing recommendations for more effective and efficient biofuel policies.Academics working in the area of renewable energy and students in environmental law will find this book to be of interest. It will also be of use to policy makers around the world looking to learn from various existing regimes.Contributors: G. Berndes, M. Brandão, A. Cowie, A. Cowie, K.S. Dahmann, J. De Beer, O. Englund, L.B. Fowler, A. Genest, L. Guo, M.-H. Labrie, Y. Le Bouthillier, E. Le Gal, O.J. Lim Tung, W.E. Mabee, F. Maes, L.D. Malo, M. Mansoor, P. Martin, H. Mcleod-Kilmurray, M.J.F. Montefrio, B.E. Olsen, R.O. Owino, P. Pereira De Andrade, M. Powers, A. Rønne, P.M. Smith, T. Smith, S. Soimakallio, I. Stupak, V.M. Tafur, A.R. TaylorTrade Review'As a reference for law and policy in a much wider range of countries than just the usual three, it has notable value.' --International Energy Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents: PART I SUSTAINABILITY AND BIOFUELS 1. Environmental Risks and Opportunities of Biofuels Annette Cowie, Alan Cowie, Sampo Soimakallio and Miguel Brandáo 2. The Roles of Public and Private Governance in Promoting Sustainable Bioenergy Oskar Englund and Göran Berndes 3. Confronting the “Unproductive” Upland Discourses in Biofuels Development in the Philippines Marvin Joseph F. Montefrio PART II CRITICAL REVIEW OF REGULATORY REGIMES FOR BIOFUELS 4. Biofuels’ Legal and Political Framework in Brazil : A Critical Review Through a Sustainable Development Lens Priscila Pereira de Andrade 5. United States Law and Policy and the Biofuel Industry Kristina S. Dahmann, Lara B. Fowler and Paul M. Smith 6. Lessons from US Biofuels Policy: The Renewable Fuels Standard's Rocky Ride Melissa Powers 7. The EU Legal Regime for Biofuels Birgitte Egelund Olsen and Anita Ronne 8. Belgian and French Biofuel Support Measures in Light of Argentina’s Challenge under the WTO Subsidies Agreement Alexandre Genest 9. The Current Legal Framework on Biofuels in China Lei Guo and Frank Maes 10. Biofuel Policy in Columbia: Strong Fiscal Incentives but Weak Environmental and Social Standards Victor M. Tafur 11. Agro-fuel Law and Policy in East Africa: Assessing Avenues for Sustainability Robert Omondi Owino 12. Biofuels, GMOs and Food Security: The South African Legal and Policy Framework Odile Juliette Lim Tung PART III BIOFUELS GOVERNANCE AND THE ROLES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACTORS 13. Unpacking the Complexities of Biofuels Policy Paul Martin and Elodie Le Gal 14. Trends in Government Incentives for Biofuels Warren E. Mabee, Lauren D. Malo and Ashton R. Taylor 15. An Industry Perspective: Government Policies to Accelerate the Development and Commercialization of Advanced Biofuels in Canada Marie-Hélène Labrie 16. Network Governance of Biofuels Jeremy de Beer 17. Private Regulation in the Bioenergy Sector Maha Mansoor, Inge Stupak and Tat Smith Index

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Book SynopsisBased on an innovative theoretical framework combining theories of EU policy making, negotiation and implementation, this comprehensive book examines EU climate and energy policies from the early 1990s until the adoption of new policies for 2030. The authors investigate how the linking of climate and energy concerns in policy packages has facilitated agreement among EU leaders with very different policy ambitions. Employing in-depth studies from a diverse range of energy-economic countries, the book also explores the impact of the implementation of policies on the climate and energy policy framework and the Energy Union initiative.Social scientists and researchers in EU climate and energy policies will find the new empirical data and theoretical approach useful to their work. Students of the social sciences and politics will also benefit from the accessible overview of EU climate and energy policy development. This book will also be of interest to private and public decision-makers looking for explanations for the causes and consequences of EU climate and energy policy development.Trade Review'This book not only provides an in-depth analysis of the recent development of EU climate and energy policy from the climate and energy package for 2020 to the climate and energy policy framework for 2030, it is also noteworthy for its skilful and innovative combination of EU and member state level analysis across a full policy cycle covering policy initiation, decision-making, implementation and policy reform. Recommended reading!' --Sebastian Oberthuer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium'In Europe, climate and energy policies have become inextricably intertwined in the minds of politicians, businesses and civil society organisations. This ambitious book offers a 360 degree analysis of the interlinking strategies designed and employed by policy makers at EU level and in four critically important member states. In doing so it offers a richly textured answer to a puzzle that has always perplexed analysts: how and why do states manage to adopt policies that are significantly at odds with the preferences of the least ambitious?' --Andrew Jordan, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, UK'This book is one that all scholars, students and citizens with any interest in EU environmental and energy politics will benefit from reading and re-reading.' --Local EnvironmentTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Analytical Framework 3. Evolution of EU Climate and Energy Policies 4. Initiating the Package for 2020 5. Deciding the Package for 2020 6. Implementation in Germany 7. Implementation in Poland 8. Implementation in the Netherlands 9. Implementation in Norway 10. Comparative Analysis and Consequences for EU 2030 11. Conclusions and the Road Ahead Index

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Book SynopsisInfrastructure systems provide the services we all rely upon for our day-to-day lives. Through new conceptual work and fresh empirical analysis, this book investigates how financialisation engages with city governance and infrastructure provision, identifying its wider and longer-term implications for urban and regional development, politics and policy. Proposing a more people-oriented approach to answering the question of 'What kind of urban infrastructure, and for whom?', this book addresses the struggles of national and local governments to fund, finance and govern urban infrastructure. It develops new insights to explain the socially and spatially uneven mixing of managerial, entrepreneurial and financialised city governance in austerity and limited decentralisation across England. As urban infrastructure fixes for the London global city-region risk undermining national 'rebalancing' efforts in the UK, city statecraft in the rest of the country is having uneasily to combine speculation, risk-taking and prospective venturing with co-ordination, planning and regulation.This book will be of interest to researchers and scholars in the fields of business and management, economics, geography, planning, and political science. Its conclusions will be valuable to policymakers and practitioners in both the public and private sectors seeking insights into the intersections of financialisation, decentralisation and austerity in the UK, Europe and globally.Trade Review'Financialising City Statecraft and Infrastructure explores the crucial connection between globalised financial flows and the infrastructure that provides the scaffolding for urban development. By following the money, the authors show the interaction of state and capital in shaping urban form and the uneven impacts on particular cities and groups within them.' --Susan S. Fainstein, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Who owns, runs and pays for city infrastructure? 2. Financialising city infrastructure and governance 3. Towards city statecraft 4. City infrastructure provision and geographical inequalities in the UK’s centralised state 5. Deal or no deal? Austerity, decentralisation and the City Deals 6. Sell, hold or buy? Privatising, managing, owning, and acquiring city infrastructure assets 7. Fixing urban infrastructure in the London global city-region, undermining the rest of the UK? 8. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisA thoroughly updated introduction to the current issues and challenges facing managers and administrators in the investor and publicly owned utility industry, this engaging volume addresses management concerns in five sectors of the utility industry: electric power, natural gas, water, wastewater systems and public transit. Beginning with a brief overview of the historical development of the industry, the author examines policy issues including the consequences of dealing with deteriorating infrastructure, an aging workforce, climate warming, funding for repair and replacement of facilities, and the demands for meeting the needs of a growing population. In addition to reviewing issues related to various management tasks, he includes chapters on physical and cyber threats and management ethics, liberally laced with real-life examples of utilities' dealings with these challenges. Many tables, figures and boxes expand on key points from the text.Accessible and comprehensive, this thoughtful exploration of the various issues facing administrators and operators in public utilities in the new century will prove a useful overview for students of business and economics, utility staff, and directors of local utility governing boards.Trade Review'David McNabb's Public Utilities book is an excellent and extremely valuable source for understanding the fundamental issues and problems of the rapidly evolving public utilities sector. It's useful for academics, policymakers, and practitioners to gain insights into how to manage and cope with the numerous and unprecedented challenges facing the industry.' --Chung-Shing Lee, Pacific Lutheran UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Part I Public Utilities: Old Problems 1. Public Utilities: Essential Services, Critical Infrastructure 2. Public Utility Policy Issues 3. Public Utility Regulatory Environment Part II Sectors of the Public Utility Industry 4. Electric Energy Utilities 5. Natural Gas Utilities 6. Water and Wastewater Utilities 7. Waste Collection and Disposal Utilities 8. Public Transit Utilities Part III Public Utility Function Challenges 9. Public Utility Finance 10. Public Utility Pricing and Rate Setting 11. Public Utility Marketing 12. Public Utility Information Systems Part IV Public Utility Management and Operations Challenges 13. Public Utility Governance 14. Public Utility Management 15. Public Utility Operations, Maintenance and Planning 16. Managing the Public Utility Workforce 17. Public Utility Management Ethics Part V Public Utilities: New Challenges 18. Public Utility Environmental Challenges 19. Public Utility Physical and Cybersecurity Challenges 20. Sustainability: The Core Challenge Facing Public Utilities Index

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Book SynopsisThis illuminating book analyses energy transitions, carbon dioxide emissions and the security of energy supply in Mediterranean countries. Unpacking the history of energy transitions, from coal to oil and natural gas, and from non-renewable to renewable energy sources, Silvana Bartoletto offers a comparative approach to the major trends in energy consumption, production, trade and security in Mediterranean countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Chapters illustrate the key similarities and differences between Mediterranean countries that have influenced energy supply and consumption patterns. Tracing economic convergence in the last century and highlighting its impact on energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, this timely book offers critical insights into the problems of energy dependency and security in areas of political turmoil, as well as crucial insights into the future of the energy crisis. It concludes with a look to the future of energy consumption in the age of climate change and the slow but critical transition to renewable sources. Enlightening and provocative, this book is key reading for scholars of political science and economics engaged with energy production and consumption, as well as those studying climate change. Its historical insights and overview of significant energy trends will also be useful for policymakers and climate scientists.Trade Review'The Mediterranean region has been a crossroads for economic, political and cultural influences for centuries. This pivotal role intensified with the discovery of oil in the Middle East. Now, with the pressure for economies to decarbonise and the collapse in the cost of generating solar power, a new chapter in its history is emerging. Bartoletto draws on her deep knowledge of the history of energy markets and policies in Mediterranean countries to produce a stimulating, timely and important book. Focussing on issues of fuel production, supply security and energy transitions, Bartoletto identifies the key transformations, tensions and inequalities in the region's energy systems over the last two centuries, with a view to informing how they will play out in the next few decades. This book is essential reading for all analysts and scholars concerned about the history and geography of energy markets and policies, and about the evolving role of the Mediterranean region in the global economy.' --Roger Fouquet, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Economy and energy in Mediterranean countries 2. Price dynamics, production and trade 3. Past and present of energy security in Mediterranean countries 4. Energy transitions and energy efficiency 5. Renewables and CO2 emissions Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisWith twenty-two chapters written by leading international experts, this volume represents the most detailed and comprehensive Handbook on electricity markets ever published.It covers all dimensions of electricity markets: wholesale and retail; renewable electricity sources; the electrification of mobility, heating and cooling; and recent innovations such as distributed generation, electrical energy storage, demand response and digital platforms that are disrupting the industry.The benefits, as well as the limits, of open markets and competition are assessed at the level of underlying principles and with reference to specific cases, including the UK, PJM Interconnection, Texas, Australia, Scandinavia, continental Europe and China.The details of electricity market designs are analysed and discussed. The book also considers new emerging business models, as well as the impact of electricity sector policy priorities such as universal access and deep decarbonization.This Handbook is intended to be used and useful. Students and young professionals will find the information they need to enter the field. Researchers, experienced professionals and public decision-makers will get a comprehensive update on the topical issues in electricity markets that will guide them through the important developments the sector is witnessing.Trade Review'The electricity sector - the backbone of the modern economy - is under tremendous pressure right now. Because of climate change, it is being asked to both grow at a much faster pace than it has historically and, at the same time, fundamentally transform its operations. There is no better time for a comprehensive volume with an all-star list of contributors - hats off to Glachant, Joskow and Pollitt.' -- Catherine Wolfram, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Electricity Markets 1 Jean-Michel Glachant, Paul L. Joskow and Michael G. Pollitt PART I TAKING STOCK: THE LEGACY 2 Strengths and weaknesses of traditional arrangements for electricity supply 13 Richard Schmalensee 3 Optimal wholesale pricing and investment in generation: the basics 36 Paul L. Joskow and Thomas-Olivier L.autier 4 Wholesale electricity market design 73 Frank A. Wolak 5 The evolution of competitive retail electricity markets 111 Stephen Littlechild 6 Strengths and weaknesses of the British market model 156 David Newbery 7 Strengths and weaknesses of the PJM market model 182 William W. Hogan 8 ERCOT: success (so far) and lessons learned 205 Ross Baldick, Shmuel S. Oren, Eric S. Schubert and Kenneth Anderson 9 Lessons from Australia’s National Electricity Market 1998–2018: strengths and weaknesses of the reform experience 242 Paul Simshauser 10 Strengths and weaknesses of the Nordic market model 287 Chlo. Le Coq and Sebastian Schwenen 11 The evolution of the European model for electricity markets 308 Fabien Roques PART II ADAPTING TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW POLICY PRIORITIES 12 New technologies on the supply side 332 Nils May and Karsten Neuhoff 13 New technologies on the demand side 353 Fereidoon Sioshansi 14 Tools and policies to promote decarbonization of the electricity sector 383 Kathryne Cleary, Carolyn Fischer and Karen Palmer 15 Shifting supply as well as demand: the new economics of electricity with high renewables 408 Richard Green 16 The future design of the electricity market 428 Michael G. Pollitt 17 New business models in the electricity sector 443 Jean-Michel Glachant 18 Electrifying transport: issues and opportunities 463 Bentley C. Clinton, Christopher R. Knittel and Konstantinos Metaxoglou 19 Electrification of residential and commercial heating 506 Mathilde Fajardy and David M. Reiner 20 Harnessing the power of integration to achieve universal electricity access: the case for the Integrated Distribution Framework 540 Ignacio J. P.rez-Arriaga, Divyam Nagpal, Gr.goire Jacquot and Robert Stoner 21 Reforming China’s electricity industry: national aspiration, bureaucratic empires, local interests 568 Xu Yi-chong 22 The evolution of electricity sectors in Africa: ongoing obstacles and emerging opportunities to reach universal targets 595 Vivien Foster, Anton Eberhard and Gabrielle Dyson Index 629

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Book SynopsisHeat and Cold Storage 1 is dedicated to sensible and latent heat storage processes. Beginning with some theoretical reminders, this book presents the main situations of low-temperature and high-temperature sensible storage for electricity generation. It also analyzes latent storage on phase-change materials (PCMs) from a fundamental standpoint, presenting the mechanisms to prepare PCMs and their integration into heat and cold storage processes. The most promising materials are presented, along with ways of improving the materials studied. Notions of technico-economic profitability are also defined. Finally, the book looks at heat storage in thermodynamic solar power plants and the wide variety of physical storage principles involved.

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Book SynopsisSince the collapse of the Soviet Union, Gazprom has dominated the Russian gas industry. However, the markets in which it operates have changed dramatically, with the company increasingly being challenged at home and abroad. At this critical moment, this insightful book analyses the involvement of the Russian gas industry in the changing international gas market and the dramatic implications for Russia's role as a global supplier of gas in the future.James Henderson and Arild Moe explore the link between changes in Russia s domestic market, where new players have recently emerged, and the development of Russia's gas export business. In particular, they assess the growing importance of LNG exports and the role of Novatek in developing this new business area for Russia. They also review changes in European gas trade and the development of new EU regulations, analysing the ambiguities in Europe's position on gas exports from Russia and showing why efforts to limit expansion of Russian gas exports have been unsuccessful.Timely and comprehensive, this book is critical reading for academics and researchers interested in the development of the global gas market. Policymakers and economists, particularly Russian specialists, will benefit from this book's key insights into the economic and political consequences of Russia's changing role in the global gas market.Trade Review'The Globalization of Russian Gas offers a fascinating account of the strategic and commercial role of gas in Russia's relations with the EU, China and the US. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in Russian energy, and energy markets more generally.' -- Anatole Boute, Europe-Asia Studies'Rare are those academic books that I truly enjoy or that even read in bed. This is one of them. Perhaps it has something to do with my interest in natural gas markets with its legal, political and commercial twists, but it is certainly also connected to the fact that this is a great book. Not only does it provide the reader with up-to-date and in-depth information concerning the globalization of Russian gas, it is also an extremely well written book. It is one of the few academic publications that is easy to read and something that can, and should, be read from page one to the very last page.' -- Kim Talus, Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence'This is an outstanding and path-breaking book, by two of the best authorities on the subject, backed by two of the leading research institutes on energy policy, the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and the Nansen Institute in Oslo. The book comes at a key moment in the history of the Russian gas sector, when the traditional division of duties between the industry and state, which had remained largely unchanged since Soviet times, has now become increasingly unstable, and may lead to profound changes ahead, with far-reaching implications for Russian gas strategy, at a time of revolutionary changes in the world gas industry.' -- The Russian Review'The topic of Russian gas has become deeply controversial, evoking passionate responses. James Henderson and Arild Moe do not fall into the trap of over-polarization, and provide a great analysis of the current situation.' -- Aurélie Bros, Harvard University, US'James Henderson and Arild Moe bring years of research on Russian gas to this examination of the interplay between domestic developments and global forces. They explain changing dynamics in the Russian market and the growing competition between Gazprom, Rosneft and Novatek. Having failed to take US shale gas and the EU's liberalisation project seriously, they detail how Gazprom has gained from market competition. However, it is Novatek that has stolen a march in leading Russia’s drive to become a serious player in the global LNG market. This book is essential ready for everyone interested in the global gas market and the future of gas in Russia.' -- Michael Bradshaw, University of Warwick, UK'For energy and geopolitical practitioners, this valuable book provides an indispensable analysis of the importance of viewing Russian gas through European, Asian and global lenses, as the country becomes an increasingly important player not just in relation to pipeline gas, but also in the global LNG market.' -- Jonathan Stern, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UKTable of ContentsContents 1. Introduction 2. Domestic gas politics 3. SPIMEX and the traded gas market in Russia: A signpost for the future? 4. Gazprom and the Evolution of the European Gas Market 5. The increased politicization of Russian gas supplies 6. The Promise of Asian Markets 7. LNG - globalisation in another manner 8. Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Presenting cutting-edge research on the future of energy geopolitics, this visionary and provocative Research Agenda takes a hard look at the pressing issues faced by energy researchers in the new world (dis)order.Analyzing through three distinct lenses of affordability, security and sustainability, this innovative book begins by tracking the history and evolution of energy politics. Leading experts in the field identify the sources of instability within world energy markets, the problems of capital allocation to finance a growing demand for smart and renewable energy, and the benefits and costs of geo-economic shifts. A global range of case studies discuss the future of energy geopolitics, asking pressing questions about the deployment of clean energy technology, the implications of hydrocarbon price climbing, and the feasibility and possibilities of space mining. Ultimately, the book seeks to elucidate the uncertainties, paths, and impacts of the future developments in the energy transition and clearly define a future research agenda for energy politics. In doing so, it attempts to capture the complexity and constraints facing energy and its different sources — some that are complementary, some that compete with one another.Interdisciplinary and international in scope, this book will prove vital to students and scholars interested in energy security, politics and policy, alongside those studying energy markets and finance. It will also prove useful to policymakers and organizations in the energy sector concerned with the future of energy. Trade Review‘Using the energy trilemma - affordability, security and sustainability - as a vehicle for enquiry into the global oil markets, this excellent book is a timely reminder of the constantly shifting political landscape, and primacy of policy as a key determinant of our energy future at the age of big data, innovation and energy transition.’ -- Adi Imsirovic, Director of Surrey Clean Energy, UK, Author of Trading and Price Discovery for Crude Oil (2021) and Editor of Brent Crude Oil: Genesis and Development of the World's Most Important Oil Benchmark (2023)Table of ContentsContents: Foreword: move to an energy transition, but cleverly xxv Michael C. Lynch Introduction to A Research Agenda for Energy Politics xxxvii Jennifer I. Considine PART I NAVIGATING EMERGING GEOPOLITICAL RISKS: POLITICS, ECONOMICS, AND BUSINESS IN A NEW WORLD (DIS) ORDER 1 The stability of world oil markets and the potential for oil shocks 3 Jennifer I. Considine, Douglas Cooke, Geoffrey Wood, Sylvain Cote, and Abdullah Aldayel 2 Geopolitics and energy security issues in India 21 Jitendra Roychoudhury 3 Renewables and hydrocarbon price climbing: implications for Latin America and the world 35 Alberto Cisneros Lavaller PART II FINANCING THE TRANSFORMATION: MOBILIZING CAPITAL IN A COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 4 Russia–EU energy relations: Most recent stages of long-term fluctuations and future research agenda 57 Andrey A. Konoplyanik 5 China’s energy investment through the lens of the Belt and Road Initiative 93 Dongmei Chen and Philipp Galkin 6 From Paris to Glasgow and beyond: what future for clean energy technology deployment under Article 6? 127 Elizabeth Carey and Xiaoliang Yang PART III GLOBAL SCENARIOS: HARNESSING THE BENEFITS OF GLOBAL GEO-ECONOMIC SHIFTS 7 Big data, black holes, and tapping the value of futures price data 157 Hilary Till and Joseph Eagleeye 8 Scenario analysis: imagining the unimaginable! 173 Richard Wheeler 9 GCC economies and regional geopolitics after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 195 Tilak K. Doshi PART IV THE FUTURE OF ENERGY POLICY: MEETING THE MACRO CHALLENGE—DOMESTIC REFORM OR UNSUSTAINABILITY 10 Cybersecurity and Data Protection in the power sector: challenges, perspectives, and policy approaches 233 Arnault Barichella 11 Oil and gas development of US onshore federal lands: policy issues and research questions 261 Timothy J. Considine and Tara K. Righetti 12 Establishing a lunar underground outpost: shifting the paradigm for future space exploration, settlement, and commerce 281 Greg Baiden, Louis L. Grenier, Brad R. Blair, Dale Tietz and James S. Logan 13 Questions to ask before we commence mining in space: what, where, when, why, who, and how? 301 Carol A. Dahl Index 335

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Book SynopsisBridging theory and practice, this book offers insights into how Europe has experienced the evolution of modern electricity markets from the end of the 1990s to the present day. It explores defining moments in the process, including the four waves of European legislative packages, landmark court cases, and the impact of climate strikes and marches.Leonardo Meeus explains the sequence of electricity markets in Europe from wholesale to balancing markets, forward transmission markets, capacity mechanisms, redispatching and flexibility markets. Chapters explore current issues including the new paradigm that places the citizen at the centre of the energy transition. Concluding that most of the market integration process in Europe so far has required horizontal coordination between transmission system operators in different countries, the book looks ahead to the importance of vertical coordination between the transmission and distribution.An invaluable book for energy policymakers and practitioners working in Europe, the solutions offered for contemporary issues will also be helpful for those working in international or multi-region electricity markets more widely. Academics involved in the world of electricity regulation will also find this an invigorating read.Trade Review'The challenge of facing an intricated problem starts by putting together the key questions. This book is not just wisely built upon this solid structure, it is full of sound and enlightening discussions from one of the current leading experts on European electric power markets. A reference.' -- Carlos Batlle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative, US'This book is a one-stop-shop for European electricity market organization, striking the right balance between the technical and economic considerations. Great insight into the reasons behind market design choices made in Europe. Understandable language, facilitated by numerical examples and translations from regulatory language to actual real English. Highly recommended read!' -- Konrad Purchala, European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, Belgium'Leonardo Meeus put together an astute and up-to-date overview of the European electricity markets - how they function, the trials and errors that got them there, and the regulations that govern them. Both academics and practitioners, whether from Europe or elsewhere, would be well advised to consult this book before braving any expert discussion about electricity markets.' -- Frauke Thies, Smart Energy Europe, Belgium'A comprehensive, accurate and accessible overview of the evolution of electricity markets in Europe: a must-read for those who want to understand the importance of the European market integration process, the impact of network codes, the settled issues as well as the open ones that we still face today.' -- Christophe Gence-Creux, Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, SloveniaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I – How to trade and transport electricity across national borders? 1. Why did we start with electricity markets in Europe? 2. Who gets the rights to trade across borders? 3. How to calculate border trade constraints? 4. Who pays for the network when trade is international? Part II – How to combine electricity trade with system security to keep the lights on? 5. Who is responsible for balancing the system? 6. How to organize system operation and connection requirements? 7. How to ensure adequate investment in power plants? Part III - How to put the citizen at the centre of the energy transition? 8. How to put the citizen at the centre of the energy transition? 9. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisWorld Statistics on Mining and Utilities 2020 provides a unique biennial overview of the role of mining and utility activities in the world economy. This extensive resource from UNIDO provides detailed time series data on the level, structure and growth of international mining and utility activities by country and sector. Country level data is clearly presented on the number of establishments, employment and output of activities such as coal, iron ore and crude petroleum mining as well as the production and supply of electricity, natural gas and water.This unique and comprehensive source of information meets the growing demand of data users who require detailed and reliable statistical information on the primary industry and energy producing sectors. The publication provides internationally comparable data for economic researchers, development strategists and business communities who influence the policy of industrial development and its environmental sustainability.Table of ContentsAbout this Publication Introduction Part I: Summary Tables Part II: Country Tables

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Book SynopsisThis incisive Research Handbook examines the relationship between energy and society, across both macro- and micro-scales, in the context of the climate crisis. Featuring an extensive examination of current research in the field from fifty expert international contributors, it offers important insights into the inter-connections between the globally organised fossil fuel energy system and the changing structures of society.Structured in four thematic parts, the Research Handbook begins with an analysis of the evolution of large-scale energy production and consumption using coal, oil and gas. Chapters then explore social divisions and inequalities in energy systems in different countries, before moving on to discuss energy governance, policy and politics, along with strategies to achieve transformation. In the final part, the Research Handbook investigates forms of knowledge, stories and public engagement being used to re-make energy futures, concluding that social sciences are identifying the inter-locking societal and technical changes needed to enable rapid systemic changes in energy.The Research Handbook on Energy and Society will be a crucial resource for social science scholars and students interested in the intersections of energy, climate change and society, including aspects of governance, policy and politics, social identity, social justice and inequalities.Trade Review‘At last, a serious review of the interactions between society and energy. The Handbook considers the impacts of decarbonisation options from many angles, but all through the lens of society and social science, and not just from the techno-economic perspectives which usually dominate such analysis. The authors provide valuable insights, not only into the potential changes to energy production and consumption but also to the governance needed to achieve them, as society is weaned off its dependence on fossil fuels.’ -- Keith MacLean OBE, Providence Policy, London, UK‘Too often seen as a technical issue, how we live with and can transform our energy systems is a societal challenge. This Handbook gathers international contributors to examine the profound social questions that underpin how energy is provided and used. Drawing on examples from a wide range of social contexts, it provides crucial insights into how energy is central not only to how we live but who we are and offers key findings pointing to how the transformations necessary for a more sustainable future can be realised.’ -- Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University, UKTable of ContentsContents: A few words on the creation of the cover image xviii 1 Introduction to Research Handbook on Energy and Society: why study energy and society? 1 Janette Webb, Faye Wade and Margaret Tingey PART I ENERGY SERVICES AND THE MAKING OF MARKETS 2 Socio-technical transitions from coal and gas: an unfinished story 14 Peter J.G. Pearson 3 This land is our land: understanding energy nationalism 31 David McCrone 4 The making of energy consumers: from mutual provisioning to mass markets and beyond 45 Hiroki Shin and Heather Chappells 5 Services revisited: what is energy for? 57 Janine Morley 6 Heating system transformation in Europe: accelerating sources of path dependence to escape carbon lock-in 69 Richard Hanna and Robert Gross 7 The redesign of electricity markets under EU influence: the capacity mechanism in Britain and France 83 Thomas Reverdy, Frédéric Marty and Ronan Bolton 8 Pivoting toward Energy Transition 2.0: learning from electricity 97 Gretchen Bakke PART II SOCIAL DIMENSIONS IN ENERGY AND SOCIETY 9 Why rationale matters in energy and climate policy 112 Niall Kerr 10 Access to energy: the contribution of the social sciences to delivering energy equity and justice 126 Julia Tomei and Long Seng To 11 Gender and solar energy in India’s low-carbon energy transition 141 Karina Standal and Mariëlle Feenstra 12 Contextualizing Nussbaumer via Nussbaum: unveiling a multi-disciplinary, human capabilities-centred approach to energy poverty from Mexico 154 Karla Ricalde, Karla G. Cedano, Harriet Thomson and Tiare Robles 13 Closing the gender gaps in energy sector recruitment, retention and advancement 168 Bipasha Baruah and Sandra Biskupski-Mujanovic 14 Social divisions in energy justice in the transport sector: personal car ownership and use 184 Karen Lucas, Noel Cass and Muhammed Adeel PART III ENERGY GOVERNANCE, POLICIES AND POLITICS 15 Will China deliver urban ‘ecological civilisation’? 201 David Tyfield 16 Energy transitions and multi-level governance: how has devolution in the United Kingdom affected renewable energy development? 215 Richard Cowell 17 Local heat and energy efficiency policy: ambiguity and ambivalence in England and Scotland 229 Faye Wade, Janette Webb and Margaret Tingey 18 Energy policy for buildings fit for the future 245 Tina Fawcett and Marina Topouzi 19 How non-energy policies shape demand for energy 259 Sarah Royston and Jan Selby 20 Debating energy futures on Lewis: energy transition, the politics of land use and law, and the question of the commons 272 Annabel Pinker PART IV CLIMATE CONSEQUENCES AND ENERGY FUTURES 21 Knowledge infrastructures for sustainable energy transitions: marine renewable energy in Scotland 287 Shana Lee Hirsch 22 ‘A little self-sufficient town close to the beach’: local energy system transformation through the lens of place and public things 299 Nick Pidgeon, Christopher Groves, Catherine Cherry, Gareth Thomas, Fiona Shirani and Karen Henwood 23 Disrupting markets with peer-to-peer energy trading 317 Alexandra Schneiders, Anna Gorbatcheva, Michael J. Fell and David Shipworth 24 Making energy futures at the edge of the grid: smart energy innovation in rural communities 328 Heather Lovell 25 Energy futures: understanding integrated energy systems modelling 340 Antti Silvast 26 How stories of the future impact energy and climate policy in the present 354 Noam Bergman and Kathryn B. Janda 27 Conclusions and new directions for energy and society research 367 Janette Webb and Faye Wade Index 375

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Book SynopsisExploring the wide variety of political aspects relating to oil resources and markets, The Politics of Oil provides an important and accessible introduction to topics such as the so-called 'resource curse?' oil rent, producer cartels, and international oil governance. Broadening the scope further, Dag Harald Claes also examines the role of oil in political conflicts.Divided thematically into three parts, this book discusses the exercise of political control over oil resources, their extraction, and the income from oil exports; the vagaries of oil market forces and political attempts to govern them; and finally, the complex role of oil in international, regional, and domestic conflicts. Drawing on a number of academic perspectives, including economics, political science, philosophy, history, geology, and more, the key debates surrounding oil are explored. These include the role of OPEC, the future of oil in the context of climate change, and the part oil has played in civil war and terrorism.Easily accessible, this introduction to the intertwined relationship between oil and political decisions and behaviour, is an essential tool for students of political science, economics, and energy related studies of all kinds. It is also valuable for policymakers, industry practitioners, and others interested in the oil business or governance seeking a comprehensive introduction to the subject.Trade Review‘The Politics of Oil is a fascinating and informative study of the evolution of the international oil industry. The work profits from the authors interdisciplinary approach, which draws heavily on a number of fields including but by no means limited to geology, engineering, economics, philosophy, history and political science. The chapters are filled with a wealth of valuable information and insights on many of the pressing issues of our time: From climate change and the potential producer response to the resurgence of Iranian ambitions in the Gulf. To my knowledge, this is the only work of its kind providing a bridge between political and economic approaches to complex geopolitical issues such as the resource curse. It is readily accessible to the general reader interested in oil and politics. All the chapters can serve as supplementary material to academic courses in energy economics geopolitics and energy transitions.’ -- Jennifer Considine, The Energy Journal'Dag Harald Claes has a unique knowledge of the politics, economics and (even more importantly from my point of view) the history of oil. He is one of the few who can blend together the three aspects in a simple and vibrant narrative. The Politics of Oil can be used as a reference in undergraduate classes, but will also be of interest for anybody dealing with the complexities of international energy and environmental politics.' --Paulo Garavini, European University Institute, Italy'This book masterfully discusses how governance, markets, and security come together in creating a nexus full of inspiration for scholars of International Political Economy. What does oil do to sovereignty? Is it a blessing or a curse? How long will OPEC still be in charge? And what does the future hold for the world s most important commodity against the backdrop of climate change? The Politics of Oil will be an invaluable resource for everyone seeking answers to these crucial questions.' --Andreas Goldthau, Royal Holloway University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Part I Resource Governance 1. Sovereignty and Ownership 2. Governing Oil Production 3. Oil Income– Blessing or Curse? -With Mads Motrøen Part II Market Control 4. Institutional Governance 5. Producer Governance 6. Opec Part III Political Conflict 7. Oil and the US Hegemony 8. Oil and Regional Security 9. Oil and Domestic Conflicts 10. Climate Change and the Future of Oil Index

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Book SynopsisOffering a unique and critical perspective on energy justice, this Handbook delves into an emerging field of inquiry encapsulating multiple strands of scholarship on energy systems. Covering key topics including generation, transmission, distribution and demand, it explores fundamental questions surrounding policy, climate change, security and social movements.The Handbook illuminates the rapidly expanding and diversifying scholarly domains where energy justice has developed to date. Chapters provide an overview on energy justice issues across a range of socio-technical and political contexts, including differences along lines of race, gender, age, geography, housing, socio-economic status and infrastructure. The Handbook further incorporates non-Western perspectives to expand the transitional vocabulary and frameworks of energy justice.Grounded in empirically rich case studies from across the world to support nuanced framings, situated methods and informed policy, this Handbook will be of interest to students of development, human geography, environmental policy and politics. It will also be useful to practitioners working in international organisations and agencies working in development and the environment.Trade Review'The Handbook on Energy Justice offers a rich collection that both consolidates the field and pushes its boundaries in new and interesting ways, drawing together multiple and divergent accounts of the possibilities and challenges of energy justice as a concept and call to action. A much-needed compass for our challenging times.’ -- Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Energy Justice 1 Sara Fuller and Stefan Bouzarovski 1 Whole-systems energy justice 13 Adolfo Mejía-Montero and Kirsten E. H. Jenkins 2 Transport and energy justice 25 Karen Lucas and Muhammed Adeel 3 Energy justice and flexibility 40 Michael Fell, Gareth Powells, Charlotte Johnson, Juan Pablo Cárdenas Álvarez, Juan Manuel España Forero and Santiago Ortega Arango 4 Energy justice and health 65 Kimberley O’Sullivan 5 Energy justice and development 79 Joshua Kirshner and Jessica Omukuti 6 Rural energy justice 94 Conor Harrison and Shelley Welton 7 Energy justice and housing 112 Sergio Tirado Herrero 8 Tracing the roots of energy justice in action: environmental justice, climate justice, and the New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act 131 Raya Salter 9 Combating power imbalance and arbitrariness through procedural energy justice 144 Roman Sidortsov and Corey Katz 10 Quantifying energy justice 158 Benjamin C. McLellan and Andrew J. Chapman 11 Policy barriers and the dynamics of energy justice 175 Iain Todd 12 Energy justice and gender 188 Caitlin Robinson, Neil Simcock and Saska Petrova 13 Energy justice across the life-course 201 Gordon Waitt 14 Energy justice, modernity and transitions: more-than-modern energy for all in the Global South 213 Paul Munro 15 The right to energy: Learning from struggles for food, water, and rights to nature 226 Tristan Partridge 16 Towards more pluralistic energy justice frameworks 240 Sandra Jazmin Barragán-Contreras 17 Energy justice as a new communal project? Community energy systems and the energy access gap 253 Vanesa Castán Broto and Enora Robin 18 Energy justice in Southwest Iran: mitigating the socio-economic and environmental impacts of the fossil fuel sector and building the principles of community-guided development 269 Farzaneh Khayat and Lemir Teron 19 Ensuring the just in just transition: making the case for a community-level perspective 290 Liv Yoon 20 Energy democracy and energy justice in conversation: interconnections, divergences and ways forward 303 Julie L. MacArthur, Cathrine Dyer and Derya Tarhan Afterword 319 Kieran Pradeep Index

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Book SynopsisWhat happens when electric utility monopolies pursue their acquisition interests undisciplined by competition, and insufficiently disciplined by the regulators responsible for replicating competition? Since the mid-1980s, mergers and acquisitions of U.S. electric utilities have halved the number of local, independent utilities. Mostly debt-financed, these transactions have converted retiree-suitable investments into subsidiaries of geographically scattered conglomerates. Written by one of the U.S.'s leading regulatory thinkers--a litigating attorney, regulatory advisor, expert witness and law professor--this book combines legal, accounting, economic and financial analysis with insights from the dynamic field of behavioral economics. With a clear assessment of the 30-year march of U.S. electricity mergers, the author describes the economic losses that result when merger promoters and their transactions face neither the discipline of competition nor the rigors of regulation. This work is essential reading for regulatory practitioners, consumer advocates and investment advisors--as well as citizens concerned with concentration of economic power. The principles explored are relevant anywhere regulated utility monopolies have the legal right to merge, acquire or be acquired.Trade Review'Scott Hempling's important new book challenges us to think differently about purchases, sales, and mergers of electric utilities. Drawing on his vast understanding of this industry, he argues that utility franchises are public privileges intended to serve consumers but have become commodities batted around by private financial interests. He explains how this has come about, with what effects, and what now needs to be done to fix it. This book is a must-read for all who care-and should care-about the private exploitation of public interests.' --ohn Kwoka, Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics, Northeastern University, US'Scott Hempling does what few in the utility regulatory sphere do. He challenges the regulator to deeply and fundamentally evaluate the public policy that underpins their decision making. Here he has chosen one of the most important areas of regulation to issue that challenge-utility mergers. As this carefully researched and meticulously documented analysis is widely read by current and future commissioners it will, no doubt, transform that process for the good of all consumers.' --Jon Wellinghoff, CEO of GridPolicy, Inc. and former Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, USTable of ContentsContents: Part I The transactions: Sales of public franchises for private gain, undisciplined by competition, producing a concentrated, complicated industry no one intended 1. Diverse strategies, common purpose: selling public franchises for private gain 2. Missing from utility merger markets: competitive discipline 3. The structural result: concentration and complication no one intended Part II The harms: Economic waste, misallocation of gain, competitive distortion, customer risks and costs 4. Suboptimal couplings cause economic waste 5. Merging parties divert franchise value from the customers who created it 6. Mergers can distort competition: market power, anticompetitive conduct and unearned advantage 7. Hierarchical conflict harms customers Part III Regulatory lapses: Visionlessness, reactivity, deference 8. Regulators' unreadiness: checklists instead of visions 9. Promoters' strategy: frame mergers as simple, positive, inevitable 10. How do regulators respond? By ceding leadership, underestimating negatives and accepting minor positives 11. Explanations: passion gaps and mental shortcuts Part IV Solutions: Regulatory posture, practices and infrastructure 12. Regulatory posture and practice: less instinct, more analysis; less reactivity, more preparation 13. Regulatory infrastructure: strengthen regulatory resources, clarify statutory powers, assess mergers’ effects References Index

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Book SynopsisThe authors of this in-depth study describe the theory and techniques that can be applied to the specific case of valuing potable water provided by groundwater supplies. The theory and techniques can be extended to valuing drinking water provided by surface water supplies, and also to valuing alternative levels of water quality. The theory and case studies discussed in the book suggest that important determinants of the economic value of water quality include: the probability of contamination measured objectively and subjectively, information on actual levels of contamination in household water supplies, socioeconomic characteristics of households, and the extent to which the values of water quality people hold include non-use components. The case study results also suggest that empirical valuation results are sensitive to study design effects such as the particular statistical technique used to estimate mean or median values. These results suggest that estimating water quality values using benefits transfer techniques is problematic, but perhaps feasible with improved data and valuation models.Government agencies, private consulting firms and NGOs involved in water quality policy as well as academic researchers, professors and students will find this volume of theory, application and technique an invaluable reference.Trade Review'. . . the book is of immediate policy significance. Those developing ground water management strategies in the USA will find the value estimates useful.' -- Jeff Bennett, Australian Journal of Environmental ManagementTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Economic Value of Water Quality: Introduction and Conceptual Background 2. Determinants of Ground Water Quality Values: Georgia and Maine Case Studies 3. Information and the Valuation of Nitrates in Ground Water, Portage County, Wisconsin 4. Measuring the Value of Protecting Ground Water Quality from Nitrate Contamination in Southeastern Pennsylvania 5. Ground Water, Surface Water, and Wetlands Valuation in Ohio 6. Assessing the Accuracy of Benefits Transfers: Evidence From a Multi-Site Contingent Valuation Study of Ground Water Quality 7. Benefits Transfer: The Case of Nitrate Contamination in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Maine 8. A Preliminary Meta Analysis of Contingent Values for Ground Water Quality Revisited 9. Summary and Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisThe challenge to manage the allocation of water efficiently and equably will become a dominant theme of the new millennium. At a time when the cost of obtaining fresh water is rising throughout the globe, Terence Lee analyses the means for establishing and operating effective water markets. He proposes the application of economic instruments and the transfer of water management administration to the private sector as a means to guarantee acceptable water quality in the future in both developed and developing countries. This treatment of water as an economic commodity implies a change in the traditional role of governments in water management.The themes explored in this book will be of interest to environmental and resource economists as well as practitioners and policymakers.Trade Review'Interest in water resources reallocation via water markets has been increasing over the last two decades in response to several factors, and while many authors have devoted attention to the whys, wherefores, and implications of resource shifts, as well as to the relative successes and failures of water markets, few have given the market mechanism itself as careful consideration as Terence Richard Lee. . . Lee has provided a valuable look at how privatization might be accomplished and effectively managed. . .' -- David Shively, Economic GeographyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Confronting the Scarcity of Water 2. Institutional Approaches Towards Water Management 3. Allocating Water Among Competing Users 4. Private Participation in Water Management 5. Regulation 6. Water Management and the Challenges of the 21st Century Index

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Book SynopsisEvery year the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School publish a volume of essays about Britain's system of utility regulation, with additional discussion of regulation in other countries. The book is a must for those interested in regulation, because it is an up-to-date review of the major issues in the field and includes the views of the sector regulators and the general competition authorities.Two papers are presented on each issue: the first by a distinguished academic or other expert and the second, a shorter comment, usually by the relevant regulator.Trade Review'This is a wide-ranging and fascinating book which deserves the close attention of anyone interested in regulatory issues. It combines challenging papers by recognised authorities, with commentaries by regulators and others with high-level practical experience in the field.' -- Philip Wright, The Journal of Energy LiteratureTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Colin Robinson 1. Water: The 1999 Price Review – Colin Mayer, Chairman’s Comments – Colin Robinson 2. Alternative Approaches to Financial Regulation – David Llewellyn, Chairman’s Comments – Howard Davies 3. Competition Act Assessments and Economic Efficiency – George Yarrow, Chairman’s Comments – John Bridgeman 4. NETA and Transmission – Ralph Turvey, Chairman’s Comments – Eileen Marshall 5. The Future of European Communications Regulation: An Assessment of the European Commission’s 1999 Communication Review – Martin Cave and Luigi Prosperetti, Chairman’s Comments – David Edmonds 6. Railway Franchising: Is It Sufficient? On-Rail Competition in the Privatized Passenger Rail Industry – Ian Jones, Chairman’s Comments – Tom Winsor 7. A New Deal For Airports? – David Starkie, Chairman’s Comments – Malcolm Field 8. Gas: Regulatory Response to Social Needs – Catherine Waddams, Chairman’s Comments – Callum McCarthy 9. The Competition Commission: Prospects and Problems – Dan Goyder, Chairman’s Comments – Derek Morris Index

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Book SynopsisDespite the extensive body of literature on energy economics, very little economics research has been conducted that focuses specifically on dams and hydroelectric power. Brian Edwards addresses this deficiency by examining the multiple roles that dams play, as well as the role of hydroelectric power within the context of the energy industry. Brian Edwards provides an in-depth analysis of how dams are used in water management, flood control and irrigation, as well as the environmental impacts of their construction and operation. He examines the types of restrictions imposed on operators to mitigate impacts, and the resulting tradeoffs between achieving hydroelectric generation and environmental management objectives. Also covered is the role of hydroelectric power in both a regulatory framework and within the context of the energy industry deregulation that has occurred in the US and other countries. A simple dynamic model of a hydroelectric generating facility forms the basis for other models discussed. Case studies of dams operated by the United States Department of Energy are also included.Environmental economists, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and those interested in natural resources and the energy industry will find this a unique and valuable study.Trade Review'This book provides and accessible introduction to the economics of hydroelectric power supply and the role of environmentally motivated restrictions on water releases on hydro plant operations. It is important background reading for anyone interested in a better understanding of hydroelectric power operations. The modeling tools presented here offer a useful starting point for anyone wishing to model hydro facility operation and to study the effects of various environmental constraints on the costs of power supply.' -- Karen Palmer, The Journal of Energy and Development'This simplified applications-oriented introduction to the sometimes complex problem of scheduling integrated hydroelectric facilities provides a well-written entry-point for a rich field.' -- - William W. Hogan, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Uses of Dams and Hydroelectric Power 3. An Overview of Natural Resource Economics 4. How They Work 5. An Economic Model of Hydroelectric Power Provision 6. An Economic Model of Hydroelectric Power Provision with Environmental Constraints 7. Hydroelectric Power Provision by a United States Power Marketing Administration 8. Hydraulically-Coupled Dams: When One Dam is Not Enough 9. Hydraulically-Coupled Dams: A Case Study of the Aspinall Unit 10. Summary and Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe provision of water and sanitation services (WSS) in developing countries has traditionally been the preserve of the state, but recently there has been a move towards greater private sector participation (PSP).While the potential economic benefits of PSP are well-known, the authors extensively discuss the environmental and social implications unique to the sector. The focus of the book is on the crucial role public authorities must continue to play to guarantee sustainability, levels of service and access to a variety of consumers. The authors show how these objectives are realised in very different ways - and not always successfully - in developing countries. The authors critically review the current literature and include new case studies from Manila, Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Abidjan and Mexico City. Private Firms and Public Water will be of interest to regulatory officials, economists, development professionals and scholars, as well as government, business and NGOs.Trade Review'. . . the book is a useful exposition of some of the problems facing public regulators dealing with PSP in WSS in developing countries. It should be required reading for all working in the area.' -- Warren Musgrave, The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics'The authors are to be congratulated on the appearance of a rare and important book, which provides much to think about in this topical area.' -- J.T. Winpenny, Development Policy Review'There is much useful information contained in this collection, a wealth of empirical evidence that shows in great detail the actual implementation of water service privatization. . . Both the editors and the authors of the individual case study sections have gone to great lengths to gather as much data regarding everything from service provision to user costs in order to paint what they hope is a reasonably full picture.' -- Pablo Shiladitya Bose, Natural Resources Forum'I think this is an important subject and the book is timely. It offers the reader a set of interesting and useful reviews of what is happening in this area in a number of developing countries. That there is a role for the private sector in financing sustainable development is not in doubt. But there are many pitfalls and a book such as this, which improves our understanding of how best to harness private resources is very welcome indeed.' -- Anil Markandya, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Regulation of Social and Environmental Concerns with Increased Private Sector Participation in the Provision of Water and Sanitation 3. Water and Sanitation Provision in Low Income Neighbourhoods: The Scope for Service Differentiation and Decentralised Management 4. Private Sector Participation in Water Supply and Sanitation: Realising Social and Environmental Objectives in Buenos Aires 5. Private Sector Participation in Water Supply and Sanitation: Realising Social and Environmental Objectives in Manila 6. Private Sector Participation in Water Supply and Sanitation: Realising Social and Environmental Objectives in Mexico D.F. 7. Private Sector Participation in Water Supply and Sanitation: Realising Social and Environmental Objectives in Abidjan 8. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisIn this unique work, Jennifer Considine and William Kerr contend that while OPEC currently dominates the international oil market, Russia will be a key player in the future international energy market. Indeed, Russia's petroleum resources rival those of Saudi Arabia.More than almost any other industry, future performance is often determined by the influence of decisions made in the past. This book provides a detailed history of the development of the Russian oil economy in order to build up a comprehensive and discerning picture of its future role and significance in the global energy market of the 21st century.The authors of this path-breaking treatment of the Russian oil economy present: an assessment of the effects of the political and macroeconomic development of the Russian Federation and former Soviet Union on the resources, reserves and infrastructure of the current oil industry an economic evaluation of the contemporary policies and institutions in the Russian Federation, including policy recommendations and forecasts detailed statistics on all aspects of the Russian oil industry, including reserves, production, five-year planning targets, government policy, and tax rates, from 1860-2001. The Russian Oil Economy will be of enormous interest to a wide-ranging audience, encompassing oil industry executives and analysts, investment bankers, energy consultants, energy policymakers, and those involved in the study, teaching and research of energy, Russian history and transition.Trade Review'The book can definitely be recommended to anyone studying various aspects of oil production in Russia as it provides a detailed chronological account of developments related to the oil industry and trade, placing them in the broader context of political, ideological, and economic situation.' -- Liia G. Karsakova, Comparative Sociology'The Russian Oil Economy is a book which was probably not intended for lawyers, and it is precisely for this reason that they should read it. It is a refreshing look at the developments which a lawyer sees mostly through the prism of a succession of normative acts. . . It is bound to be a very useful reference book both for a researcher and for anybody interested in the history of Russian oil.' -- Max Bannikov, International Energy Law and Taxation Review'This is a useful book for anyone trying to understand how the oil industry in Russia got to its present position. . . this book does provide a sound basis on which future views may be developed.' -- Philip Barnes, The Journal of Energy Literature'The Russian Oil Economy is a fine book that tells the history of the petroleum industry from its very start until the beginning of the 21st century . . . Considine and Kerr know their material well . . . [They] succeed in weaving the general history into the development of the petroleum industry. There is no lack of political and historical perspective, which generally makes for an interesting read.' -- Eckhard Janeba, The Journal of Energy and DevelopmentTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Risky Business – Oil in the Russian Empire 3. The Command Oil Economy 4. An Industry Fit for a Superpower 5. Malaise at the End of the Command Era 6. Desperate Measures 7. The New Wild West 8. Russian Oil in the 21st Century Appendix A. The Early Regional Development of the Russian Oil Industry, 1860–1975 B. Reserve Classifications of the Soviet Union C. Long-Distance Oil Pipelines in Russia, 1908–1988 D. Internal Oil Pricing Policies of the Soviet Union References Index

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Book SynopsisThis fine collection of original essays is in recognition of Colin Robinson, who has been at the forefront of thinking in energy economics for over 30 years. Energy in a Competitive Market brings together both prominent academics and practitioners to honour his outstanding and unique contribution. The authors cover a wide and fascinating selection of topics incorporating the whole spectrum of energy economics. In doing so, they examine the belief that markets are the key to the effective allocation of resources, a notion which arguably applies as much to energy as it does to any other commodity. In particular, they focus on several pertinent issues including: competition and regulation in gas and electricity comparative efficiency analysis (yardstick competition) in electricity regulation UK coal in competitive markets vertical integration in the oil industry cluster developments in the UK continental shelf modelling underlying energy demand trends emissions targets, environmental Kuznets curves and incentive mechanisms. Colin Robinson's work on the economics of energy has influenced the thinking of academics, researchers and policymakers alike. This book, in his honour, will undoubtedly do the same.Trade Review'. . . These essays are solidly researched and documented, carefully expounded theoretically and empirically, and offer the reader new insights into energy market issues and problems of both the past and the future. . . This collection of essays is an excellent festschrift in honor of the substantial energy contributions of Colin Robinson over many years. Because of the essays' primary focus on UK and European matters, they may have more appeal to readers in those locations. Yet the competitive and regulatory themes advanced to improve performance in utilities may resonate well with North American readers interested in efficiencies and effectiveness, particularly after the August 2003 blackout, which affected a wide swath of the US and Canada. The articles on field cluster development, energy demand, and emissions trends and abatement are clearly of interest to readers on energy topics, regardless of their geographic location, for these subjects will be with us for some time to come. The collection constitutes a valuable contribution and advancement to the state of our knowledge in all the subjects addressed.' -- Maureen S. Crandall, The Energy Journal'This is a stimulating, informative and remarkably varied collection of papers. It illustrates the great diversity of topics and analytic techniques that characterise the modern competitive energy sector. The papers are a testament to the distinguished and consistent contributions that Colin Robinson has made to the understanding of this market, and to the development of policy therein.' -- Stephen Littlechild, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Electricity and Gas Regulation in Great Britain: The End of an Era 2. Yardstick Competition and Comparative Performance Measures in Practice 3. Yardstick Competition and Efficiency Benchmarking in Electricity Distribution 4. The Swiss Electricity Industry and the Regulation of Distribution Prices 5. Efficiency and Performance in the Gas Industry 6. UK Coal in Competitive Energy Markets 7. Economists and the Oil Industry: Facts versus Analysis, the Case of Vertical Integration 8. The Economics of Field Cluster Developments in the UK Continental Shelf 9. Modelling Underlying Energy Demand Trends 10. Long-run Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Environmental Kuznets Curves: Different Pathways to Development? 11. UK Emissions Targets: Modelling Incentive Mechanisms Index

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Book SynopsisWhy do organisations 'leave money on the floor' by neglecting highly cost effective measures to improve energy efficiency? This question lies at the heart of policy debates over climate change and is a focus of continuing dispute within energy economics. This book explores the nature, operation and relative importance of different barriers to energy efficiency through a comprehensive examination of energy management practices within a wide range of public and private sector organisations. The authors use concepts from new institutional economics to explain individual and organisational behaviour in relation to energy efficiency, and identify the mechanisms through which such barriers may be overcome. In doing so, they are able to shed new light on the 'barriers debate' and provide a valuable input to the future development of climate policy.Combining a critical evaluation of different theoretical perspectives with detailed case study research, this significant new book analyses how and why organisations waste energy and suggests practical policy measures to help prevent these losses. It will be required reading for professional economists, academics and students with an interest in energy use, environmental policy and organisational economics. It will also be highly relevant for policymakers and consultants working on the important policy issues surrounding energy efficiency and climate change.Trade Review'Energy efficiency apparently offers a highly cost effective way of cutting energy use and emissions of harmful greenhouse gases. Yet realising this potential remains an elusive goal. Policymakers and policy analysts debate what to do to overcome the so-called "barriers" to energy efficiency and, indeed, whether there is any problem at all. Steve Sorrell and his colleagues have performed an important service by picking their way through the theoretical undergrowth surrounding the economics of energy efficiency and substantiating their case with painstaking empirical research in the industrial and service sectors. Before anyone engages in yet another sterile debate about no-regrets energy efficiency measures, they should leaf their way through this book. This will show that there is no magic bullet for achieving energy efficiency - careful policy design targeted at specific sectors is what is needed.' -- Jim Skea, UK Energy Research Centre and Policy Studies Institute, UK'By means of detailed empirical research, this book examines energy management practices within a wide range of public and private sector organisations, including breweries, mechanical engineering firms and universities. This research is succinctly summarised in an analytically rich taxonomy of energy efficiency barriers. But the greatest academic and policy contributions of this important and timely book derive from its most impressive synthesis of the contrasting disciplinary approaches and theoretical insights - from analysis of economics, behaviour, organisational failure, rationality, adverse selection, moral hazards, risk, split incentives, and search and transaction costs. This will ensure its rightful place on all specialists' desks.' -- John Chesshire, OBE, Chairman of the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes, Member of the UK Government's Sustainable Energy Policy Advisory Board, and past President of the Institute of Energy, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Understanding Barriers to Energy Efficiency 3. Energy Costs – Why Bother? Barriers to Energy Efficiency in the German Higher Education Sector 4. Leaving Money on the Floor: Barriers to Energy Efficiency in the UK Higher Education Sector 5. Standing on a Burning Platform: Barriers to Energy Efficiency in the UK Brewing Industry 6. Production Must Go On: Barriers to Energy Efficiency in the Irish Mechanical Engineering Industry 7. Regulations are not Enough: Barriers to Energy Efficiency in the UK Construction Industry 8. Barrier Busting: Overcoming Barriers to Energy Efficiency Index

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Book SynopsisThe issue of electricity reform has been on the agenda in Europe for a decade and remains a high priority for policymakers looking to the future. However, the performances of new electricity markets are still not clear and arouse significant controversy. This book focuses on the diversity of electricity reforms in Western Europe, drawing evidence from ten European Union memberstates plus Norway and Switzerland as associate members. The contributors analyse the various ways of introducing competition in the European electricity industries, and consider both the strategies of electricity companies and their behaviour in electricity marketplaces. They also offer an explanation of the differences of reforms by the institutions and the industrial structures of each country which shape the types of marketrules, industrial restructuring and public service regulations which have been adopted.As a whole, this volume will attract scholars, PhD and post-graduate students, notably those interested in energy economics, comparative institutional economics and applied industrial economics. European and non-European energy companies or regulatory authorities looking for an independent and analytical overview of European electricity markets will also find this book of great interest.Trade Review'The collaborators for this book have provided a great service to those interested in this vital energy industry. . . readers with either a practical or academic interest in power sector reform will find this book timely and of great interest.' -- Robert Skinner, The Journal of Energy Literature'. . . an excellent overview of entrepreneurial and regulatory strategies in the European electricity industries. . .' -- Carsten Grave, European Competition Law Review'An excellent collection of papers examining alternative approaches to introducing competition into the electricity sectors of European countries. There is much to learn about how to improve the performance of electricity market liberalization in all countries from the studies in this volume.' -- Paul L. Joskow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. The Making of Competitive Electricity Markets in Europe: No Single Way and No ‘Single Market’ Part I: The British and Scandinavian Pioneers 2. Electricity in England and Wales: Efficiency and Equity 3. Reforming the Reform in the Electricity Industry: Lessons from the British Experience 4. Strategic Pricing for Network Access: Evidence from Electricity Distribution in England and Wales 5. The Deregulated Electricity Markets in Norway and Sweden: A Tentative Assessment 6. The Nordic Public Ownership Model Under Transition to Market Economy: The Case of Electricity Part II: The Making of Electricity Markets in Western Central Europe 7. Competition and Market Power in Northern Europe 8. New Corporate Strategies in the German Electricity Supply Industry 9. The Implementation of the EU Directive for Electricity in Austria: A New Era for the Austrian Electricity Supply Industry 10. Opening the Swiss Electricity Market to Competition Part III: The Making of Electricity Markets in Southern Europe 11. Introducing Competition in the French Electricity Supply Industry: Erosion of the Public Hierarchy by the European Institutional Integration 12. Electricity Sector Restructuring in Belgium 13. Institutional and Organizational Reform in the Italian Electricity Supply Industry: Reconciling Competition with the Single Tariff 14. The Iberian Electricity Market: Towards a Common Market? Index

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Book SynopsisThrough a variety of analytical lenses - formal modeling, econometrics and case study comparisons - Carlos RufIn fills a gap in the political economy of second-wave, or microeconomic, reforms around the world. More specifically, he does so in the context of the electricity supply industry, where such reforms have been as problematic as they have been widespread. The author shows that ideological considerations and bargaining over the distribution of economic rents accruing from certain institutional arrangements are powerful shapers of institutional change. At the same time, the legacy of the past does not appear to have a clear or systematic effect on the direction of second-wave reforms that seek to transform existing economic institutions. If distributional conflicts can be resolved, these conclusions provide grounds for optimism about the ability to create new institutions even in countries where little favorable precedent exists. Political economy and public policy scholars, specialists on business-government relations and non-market strategy and those interested in Latin America will find this comprehensive book of great interest. Practitioners involved in the design and implementation of second-wave reforms around the world will find this an essential addition to their library.Trade Review'Institutional change is seldom easy. However, research such as this should help in a major way to keep expectations connected to reality and to provide guidance that points to hidden assumptions about the fertility of the field of reform and unintended consequences of planting before the ground is prepared.’ -- From the foreword by William W. HoganTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by William W. Hogan 1. Introduction 2. The Model 3. Cross-Sectional Tests 4. A Comparison of Four Latin American Cases 5. Explanatory Factors 6. Putting the Pieces Together: ESI Restructuring in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile 7. Understanding Institutional Change Appendix 1: Major Variables Used in the Regression Tests and Correlation Coefficients for Dependent and Explanatory Variables Appendix 2: Operationalization of Dependent and Explanatory Variables Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume is the latest in an annual series, published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which provides an up-to-date review of the state of utility regulation in Britain, with some relevant overseas comparisons. The book, edited and with an introduction by Colin Robinson, covers many of the major issues and significant developments in the field of regulation and competition policy. In each case, essays by expert contributors are followed by the views of the sector regulator.This volume will prove invaluable to practitioners, policymakers and lawyers involved in monopoly regulation, regulatory reform and deregulation.Trade Review'I found the book useful for my teaching, especially to obtain material on recent developments in this field, particularly with respect to the UK. . . I highly recommend this book. I found it extremely useful for teaching courses in regulatory economics and regulation and competition policy. . . The book is also important reading for policy decision-makers, politicians and university students in this field, both undergraduates and postgraduates.' -- Clevo Wilson, Economic Analysis and Policy'Utility regulation is a wide topic and this book edited by Colin Robinson has a little something for everyone interested in the subject.' -- Christopher Joshi Hansen, The Journal of Energy LiteratureTable of ContentsContents: Introduction by Colin Robinson 1. UK Transport Policy, 1997–2001 – Stephen Glaister, Chairman’s Comments – Tom Winsor 2. Electricity: Regulatory Developments Around the World – Stephen Littlechild, Chairman’s Comments – Eileen Marshall, CBE 3. Prospects for Gas Supply and Demand and their Implications with Special Reference to the UK – Alexander G. Kemp and Linda Stephen, Chairman’s Comments – Callum McCarthy 4. The Ingredients of Effective Competition Policy – Irwin M. Stelzer, Chairman’s Comments – Derek Morris 5. Regulatory Incentives and Deregulation in Telecommunications – Leonard Waverman, Chairman’s Comments – David Edmonds 6. An End to Economic Regulation? – Robert W. Crandall, Chairman’s Comments – Penelope Rowlatt 7. Mutualization and Debt-Only Vehicles: Which Way for RPI-X Regulation? – David Currie, Chairman’s Comments – Philip Fletcher 8. International Mergers: The View from a National Authority – John Vickers 9. Liberalizing Postal Services – John Dodgson, Chairman’s Comments – Graham Corbett Index

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