Economic Evaluation of Projects in the Electricity Supply Industry / Edition 2

by Hisham Khatib

Overview

In the highly capital-intensive electricity supply industry, it is essential that both engineers and managers understand the methodologies of project evaluation in order to comprehend and analyse investment proposals and decisions. This updated and expanded edition of Economic Evaluation of Projects in the Electricity Supply Industry takes a broad introductory approach, covering planning and investment, financial analysis and evaluation, risk management, electricity trading, and strategies, technologies, national requirements and global agreements for electricity generation in a carbon-constrained world.

Developments covered by this new edition include the changing mix of fuels in the power generation sector, greater involvement of the private sector in power generation investments through independent power producers, the important role of regulations, the growing interest in clean electricity generation, the economics of investing in renewables, the introduction of smart grids and intelligent meters and networks, and cyber security.

Economic Evaluation of Projects in the Electricity Supply Industry, 3rd Edition is essential reading for academic and industrial engineers and economists concerned with energy supply, students of energy economics and planning, industry planners and project managers, and government and regulatory officials.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780863413049
Publisher:	The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Publication date:	07/25/2003
Series:	Power & Energy , #44
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Hisham Khatib is Honorary Vice Chairman of the World Energy Council and a member of the World Federation of Scientists Energy Permanent Monitoring Panel. He is a founding member of the WEC Committee on Clean Fossil Fuels Studies, and the committee on Performance of Generating Plants. During the last twenty five years he has consulted to many international and regional development and environmental agencies on different aspects of energy, electrical power, water, local and global environmental issues. He has co-authored many books related to energy, including the UNDP/UNDESA/ WEC World Energy Assessment study 'Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability'.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Global electrical power planning, investments and projects
• Chapter 2: Considerations in project evaluation
• Chapter 3: Time value of money (discounting)
• Chapter 4: Choice of the discount rate
• Chapter 5: Financial evaluation of projects
• Chapter 6: Considerations in project evaluation
• Chapter 7: Economic evaluation of projects
• Chapter 8: Environmental considerations, cost estimation and long term discounting in project evaluation
• Chapter 9: Electricity generation in a carbon-constrained world: Part I - The strategies, national requirements and global agreements
• Chapter 10: Electricity generation in a carbon-constrained world: Part II - The technologies
• Chapter 11: Economics of reliability of the power supply
• Chapter 12: Economics of new renewables: is there viable energy at the end of the renewables tunnel?
• Chapter 13: Electricity trading
• Chapter 14: Evolvement of the electricity sector - utility for the future
• Chapter 15: Investment projects analysis: evaluation of risk and uncertainty
• Chapter 16: Risk management - in electricity markets
• Appendices