Hydropower Economics

• Main Author: Førsund, Finn R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Series: International Series In Operations Research & Management Science, 112
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Environmental management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Energy industries.; Environmental economics.; Energy Economics.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Environmental Economics.; Environmental Management.

HYDROPOWER ECONOMICS examines sustainable alternate energy sources beginning with modeling hydropower and extending the model to include thermal power and wind power. The book will use various econometric measures, equilibrium metrics, OR methods, and DEA/productivity analyses to analyze and model t...

Table of Contents:

• Water as a Natural Resource
• Hydropower with Constraints
• Multiple Producers
• Mix of Thermal and Hydropower Plants
• Trade
• Transmission
• Market Power
• Uncertainty
• Summary and Conclusions.