Zusatztext "This book gives a comprehensive view of contemporary issues in energy policy! production! and economics in Kazakhstan! in a period in which the country is exploring ways to reshape this field with the advent of new green energy ideas and technologies. It also considers the reality of businesses in the energy market along with the technological and managerial capacity to integrate cleantech equipment to reduce GHG emissions. In addition! it investigates their ability to construct wind-solar power plants and consider potentials on developing biogas and biofuel sources. "Zhibek Tleshova! Nazarbayev University! Astana! Kazakhstan! Acta Via Serica! Vol. 2! No. 2! December 2017 Informationen zum Autor Yelena Kalyuzhnova is Professor of Economics, Director of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies and Vice Dean (International) at Henley Business School in the University of Reading, UK. Richard Pomfret is Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide, Australia, Adjunct Professor of International Economics, The Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe, Italy, and Fellow of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, University of Reading, UK. Zusammenfassung This book analyses the implications of the global shift to cleaner energy for a country whose economy has centred on hydrocarbon exports. Chapters written by experts in the field provide a comprehensive review of the current energy situation in Kazakhstan including fossil energy and renewable resources. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Richard Pomfret Part one: Setting the scene 1. Resource-rich countries, clean energy and volatility of oil prices 2. Fulfilment of obligations aligned by the Kyoto Protocol and beyond 3. Moving towards sustainable energy in a resource-rich country: setting the context for Kazakhstan Part two: Evolution and future scenarios for Kazakhstan's energy sector 4. Integration of wind and solar power in Kazakhstan: incentives and barriers 5. The national power grid and the room for feed-in energy supply: USSR heritage in Kazakhstan and international best-practice benchmarks 6. Scheduling and planning for optimal operations of power plants using a unit commitment approach 7. Scenarios of GHG emissions from fuel combustion in Kazakhstan 8. Determination of optimal CO2 allowance prices for stimulation of investments in CCS, RES and other carbon-clean technologies in Kazakhstan 9. Carbon capture and storage in geological formations: the potential for Kazakhstan 10. Energy service centres: an innovative approach to achieving energy efficiency in Kazakhstan 11. Samruk-Green Energy LLP: case study Part three: Learning from global practice 12 . Biogas for sustainable rural communities: case studies 13. How biotechnology can be used to develop sustainable fuels and energy resources 14. Why firms eco-innovate 15. Low carbon cities and the development of cleantech innovation clusters in oil-rich economies: a case study on Masdar City Part four: Looking forward 16. Challenges for Kazakhstan's energy sector to 2050 Index ...

"This book gives a comprehensive view of contemporary issues in energy policy, production, and economics in Kazakhstan, in a period in which the country is exploring ways to reshape this field with the advent of new green energy ideas and technologies. It also considers the reality of businesses in the energy market along with the technological and managerial capacity to integrate cleantech equipment to reduce GHG emissions. In addition, it investigates their ability to construct wind-solar power plants and consider potentials on developing biogas and biofuel sources. " Zhibek Tleshova, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan, Acta Via Serica, Vol. 2, No. 2, December 2017

Autorentext

Yelena Kalyuzhnova is Professor of Economics, Director of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies and Vice Dean (International) at Henley Business School in the University of Reading, UK.

Richard Pomfret is Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide, Australia, Adjunct Professor of International Economics, The Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe, Italy, and Fellow of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, University of Reading, UK.

Zusammenfassung
This book analyses the implications of the global shift to cleaner energy for a country whose economy has centred on hydrocarbon exports. Chapters written by experts in the field provide a comprehensive review of the current energy situation in Kazakhstan including fossil energy and renewable resources.

Inhalt

Introduction

Richard Pomfret

Part one: Setting the scene

1. Resource-rich countries, clean energy and volatility of oil prices

2. Fulfilment of obligations aligned by the Kyoto Protocol and beyond

3. Moving towards sustainable energy in a resource-rich country: setting the context for Kazakhstan

Part two: Evolution and future scenarios for Kazakhstan's energy sector

4. Integration of wind and solar power in Kazakhstan: incentives and barriers

5. The national power grid and the room for feed-in energy supply: USSR heritage in Kazakhstan and international best-practice benchmarks

6. Scheduling and planning for optimal operations of power plants using a unit commitment approach

7. Scenarios of GHG emissions from fuel combustion in Kazakhstan

8. Determination of optimal CO2 allowance prices for stimulation of investments in CCS, RES and other carbon-clean technologies in Kazakhstan

9. **Carbon capture and storage in geological formations: the potential for Kazakhstan

10. Energy service centres: an innovative approach to achieving energy efficiency in Kazakhstan

11. Samruk-Green Energy LLP: case study

Part three: Learning from global practice

12*.* Biogas for sustainable rural communities: case studies

13. How biotechnology can be used to develop sustainable fuels and energy resources

14. Why firms eco-innovate

15. Low carbon cities and the development of cleantech innovation clusters in oil-rich economies: a case study on Masdar City

Part four: Looking forward

16. Challenges for Kazakhstan's energy sector to 2050

Index