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Economic evaluation of projects in the electricity supply industry /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Khatib, Hisham, 1936- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2014.
Edición:3rd edition.
Colección:IET power and energy series ; 70.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; 1. Global electrical power planning, investments and projects; 2. Considerations in project evaluation; 3. Time value of money (discounting); 4. Choice of the discount rate; 5. Financial evaluation of projects; 6. Considerations in project evaluation; 7. Economic evaluation of projects; 8. Environmental considerations, cost estimation and long term discounting in project evaluation; 9. Electricity generation in a carbon-constrained world. Part I
  • The strategies, national requirements and globalagreements.
  • 10. Electricity generation in a carbon-constrained world. Part II
  • The technologies11. Economics of reliability of the power supply; 12. Economics of new renewables: is there viable energy at the end of the renewables tunnel?; 13. Electricity trading; 14. Evolvement of the electricity sector
  • utility for the future; 15. Investment projects analysis: evaluation of risk and uncertainty; 16. Risk management
  • in electricity markets; Appendix A. Levelised cost of electricity generation; Appendix B. Social discount rate for climate change evaluation.
  • Appendix C. Calculating the economic benefit of renewablesAppendix D. Glossary; Index.