Since its modest beginning in the 1970s, the academic and research focus on energy has grown substantially and energy has established itself as an independent, interdisciplinary subject area. It attracts attention from people in a range of different fields including engineers, scientists, geologists, environmentalists, bankers, investors, policy makers and politicians. Energy Economics introduces the basic concepts of energy economics and explains how simple economic tools can be used to analyse contemporary energy issues.

Energy Economics is organised into six parts that give the reader a thorough grounding in various key aspects of the subject:

• basic demand-related concepts and ideas used in energy economics;
• supply-side economics;
• energy markets, with specific emphasis on oil, gas and coal;
• the application of simple economic principles in analysing contemporary energy issues;
• environmental aspects of energy use; and
• regulatory and governance issues. Energy Economics is an easily accessible reference book for students of energy economics at the postgraduate level, as well as for a wider interdisciplinary audience. It provides readers with the skills required to understand and analyse complex energy issues from an economic perspective.

Autorentext

Dr. Subhes Bhattacharyya is a senior lecturer in Energy/Petroleum Economics at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, UK. He has been the Programme Director for the MSc in Energy Studies since October 2006. He also directs the MSc programme in Climate Change Economics and Policy.

Dr. Bhattacharyya is the founder co-editor of the International Journal of Energy Sector Management. He specialises in energy economics, energy planning and policy issues, regulation and restructuring of energy industries and energy environment interactions.

He has 25 years of experience in the energy sector in various capacities: graduate-level teaching in energy, research and industry experience. Dr. Bhattacharyya mainly focuses on applied, interdisciplinary energy research on developing economies, with a special emphasis on India and Thailand. He has published widely in peer-reviewed energy-related journals.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to Energy Economics.- 2. Energy Data and Energy Balance.- 3. Understanding and Analysing Energy Demand.- 4. Energy Demand Analysis at a Disaggregated Level.- 5. Energy Demand Forecasting.- 6. Energy Demand Management.- 7. Economic Analysis of Energy Investments.- 8. Economics of Fossil Fuel Supply.- 9. Economics of Non-renewable Resource Supply.- 10. Economics of Electricity Supply.- 11. The Economics of Renewable Energy Supply.- 12. Energy Markets and Principles of Energy Pricing.- 13. Energy Pricing and Taxation.- 14. International Oil Market.- 15. Markets for Natural Gas.- 16. Developments in the Coal Market.- 17. Integrated Analysis of Energy Systems.- 18. Overview of Global Energy Challenges.- 19. Impact of High Energy Prices.- 20. Energy Security Issues.- 21. Investment Issues in the Energy Sector.- 22. Energy Access.- 23. The Economics of Environment Protection.- 24. Pollution Control from Stationary Sources.- 25. Pollution Control from Mobile Sources.- 26. The Economics of Climate Change.- 27. The Clean Development Mechanism.- 28. Regulation of Energy Industries.- 29. Reform of the Energy Industry.