Energy Policy Analysis and Modelling

This book presents a hierarchical modelling scheme intended to support energy planning and policy analysis in developing countries.

List of contents

Part I. Conceptual Framework: 1. Introductory ideas; 2. Integrated national energy planning; 3. The role of modelling in energy policy analysis; Part II. Basic Techniques: 4. Energy balances; 5. Demand projection; 6. Optimisation models; 7. Energy-environmental interactions; Part III. Subsectoral Analysis: 8. The electricity subsector; 9. The fuelwood subsector; Part IV. Sectoral Integration: 10. Pricing; 11. Energy-economic linkages; 12. Energy sector models; Part V. Implementation: 13. Institutional arrangements; 14. Implementing the analytical process; 15. Case study: Sri Lanka; 16. Case study: Morocco; Bibliography.

Summary

This book presents a hierarchical modelling scheme intended to support energy planning and policy analysis in developing countries. The authors examine the spreadsheet models, optimization models, and linear planning models which energy planners use, drawing illustrative case material from a number of countries throughout.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Meier, Mohan Munasinghe
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2007
• EAN: 9780521363266
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36326-6
• No. of pages: 372
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 754 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in French
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches