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Energy Economics

Concepts, Issues, Markets and Governance

  • Gives a reader-friendly treatment of the topics included to make the book accessible for those without specific knowledge of energy
  • Includes examples from a range of sectors, including industry, transport and residential consumers
  • Introduces the reader to sophisticated methods of demand forecasting
  • Written by an expert in energy economics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
  2. Introduction to Energy Economics

    • Subhes C. Bhattacharyya
    Pages 1-5
  3. Energy Demand Analysis and Forecasting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
  4. Energy demand analysis and forecasting

    1. Energy Data and Energy Balance

      • Subhes C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 9-39
    2. Understanding and Analysing Energy Demand

      • Subhes C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 41-76
    3. Energy Demand Analysis at a Disaggregated Level

      • Subhes C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 77-106
    4. Energy Demand Forecasting

      • S. C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 107-133
    5. Energy Demand Management

      • Subhes C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 135-160
  5. Economics of Energy Supply

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
  6. Economics of energy supply

    1. Economic Analysis of Energy Investments

      • Subhes C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 163-189
    2. Economics of Fossil Fuel Supply

      • Subhes C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 191-220
    3. Economics of Non-Renewable Resource Supply

      • Subhes C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 219-225
    4. Economics of Electricity Supply

      • S. C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 227-247
    5. The Economics of Renewable Energy Supply

      • Subhes C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 249-273
  7. Energy Markets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275
  8. Energy markets

    1. Energy Markets and Principles of Energy Pricing

      • Subhes C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 277-297
    2. Energy Pricing and Taxation

      • Subhes C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 299-324
    3. International Oil Market

      • S. C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 325-352
    4. Markets for Natural Gas

      • Subhes C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 353-381
    5. Developments in the Coal Market

      • S. C. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 383-391

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

    Subhes C. Bhattacharyya

About the author

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.

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