Geoffrey S. Rothwell, Tomás Gómez

Gebundenes Buch

Electricity Economics

Regulation and Deregulation

Herausgeber: Rothwell, Geoffrey; El-Hawary, Mohamed E; Gómez, Tomás

Beschreibung

_ Explains the principles of markets and how to evaluate investment projects under competition.
_ With the growth of electricity markets in many countries, this has wide relevance for operators of electricity generation facilities worldwide.
_ Ideal for electrical engineers employed in the electric utility industry who have little background in economics and financing.
_ Appropriate for utility industry professionals in regions of the world now considering or experiencing electric utility liberalization or deregulation.

Autor

GEOFFREY ROTHWELL is a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics at Stanford University and a senior research associate at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He received his MS and PhD at the University of California, Berkeley.  TOMÁS GÓMEZ is a professor of electrical engineering at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain. He is currently Vice Rector of Research and formerly was the director of the Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica at the same university.

Produktdetails

• IEEE Press Series on Power Engineering
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 555g
• ISBN-13: 9780471234371
• ISBN-10: 0471234370
• Artikelnr.: 11096122

Rezensionen

"...produced for...the thousands of professionals...who need to understand the underlying changes that are occurring...the value of this primer is that it covers many topics of regulatory economics...applicable to restructured electricity markets and introduces the reader to electricity markets..." (Energy Journal)

"This training guide requires no familiarity with economics and uses a minimum of mathematics to provide power sector professionals with the tools to face change." (Business Horizons, September-October 2004)

"...this collection is devoted tot he challenges that lie ahead in this area." (Business Horizons, Vol. 47, No. 2, March/April 2004)

"...a useful addition to the introductory literature on electricity market deregulation..." (The Journal of Energy Literature, Vol.1X, No.1, 2003)

"...produced for...the thousands of professionals...who need to understand the underlying changes that are occurring...the value of this primer is that it covers many topics of regulatory economics...applicable to restructured electricity markets and introduces the reader to electricity markets..." (Energy Journal)

"This book, sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is really an economics tutorial. It could well be worth millions of dollars to the right industry niche players... I highly recommend this title for anyone playing in this niche financial and energy market." (Business Information Alert, Vol. 15, No. 9, October 2003)

"...I would recommend this book for self-study for any engineer..." (IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, July/Aug 2003)