Christoph Lang untersucht die Marktmacht am deutschen Grosshandelsmarkt fur Strom: Er weist nach, dass alle strukturellen Indikatoren auf ein hohes Marktmachtpotential hindeuten, der Verhaltensspielraum der deutschen Stromproduzenten jedoch nicht in voller Hohe genutzt wurde.
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Burkhard Schnorrenberg untersucht, inwieweit die in der okonomischen Theorie entwickelten Preisbildungsansatze fur Terminkontrakte auf Strom-Forwardkontrakte anwendbar sind. Wesentliche Elemente der Arbeit sind eine Analyse der Forwardpreise auf der Basis der Riskpremium-Theorie, eine Untersuchung der Beziehungen zwischen verschiedenen Teilmarkten von Forwardkontrakten sowie eine Uberprufung der Backwardation-Hypothese."

Florian Meister zeigt, wie Netzwerke im Allgemeinen und in der Energiewirtschaft im Speziellen erfolgreich realisiert werden konnen. Neben betriebswirtschaftlichen Fragen untersucht er insbesondere soziologische und psychologische Aspekte. Themen sind u.a. Machtverteilung, Vertrauensaufbau, Regionalitat und zu ubertragende Netzwerkinhalte. Der Autor entwickelt einen ganzheitlichen Change-Management-Ansatz zur Etablierung von Unternehmensnetzwerken und identifiziert branchenspezifische sowie branchenubergreifende Erfolgs- und Misserfolgsfaktoren fur die praktische Umsetzung."

Gli autori propongono una visione multidisciplinare che integra settori apparentemente lontani fra loro ma uniti dal tema della globalizzazione.

Il volume raccoglie contributi di Economia, Giurisprudenza, Agraria, Ingegneria, Medicina, Farmacia, Biologia e Scienze della Terra.

I diversi capitoli forniscono uno sguardo d'insieme sul tema della globalizzazione in maniera accessibile a tutti coloro che desiderano conoscere meglio la realta dei nostri giorni senza rassegnarsi ad accettarne gli aspetti negativi.

Die Blockchain-Technologie erweist sich als eine neue, hochinteressante Technologie, die seit der Einfuhrung des Bitcoins in zahlreichen Anwendungsfeldern diskutiert wird. Die zahlreichen Forschungsprojekte untermauern die hohen Erwartungen an diese Technologie. Das vorliegende Essential soll ein grundlegendes Verstandnis uber die Blockchain-Technologie vermitteln und insbesondere den Fokus auf die technologische Ausgestaltung und Konzeptentwicklung in ausgewahlten Bereichen der Energiewirtschaft legen.

Continuity of operations at Department of Defense (DOD) installations is vital to supporting the department's missions, and the disruption of utility services -- such as electricity and potable water, among others -- can threaten this support. DOD installations have experienced utility disruptions resulting in operational and fiscal impacts due to hazards such as mechanical failure and extreme weather. Threats, such as cyberattacks, also have the potential to cause disruptions. This book addresses whether threats and hazards have caused utility disruptions on DOD installations and, if so, what impacts they have had; the extent to which DOD's collection and reporting on utility disruptions is comprehensive and accurate; and the extent to which DOD has taken actions and developed and implemented guidance to mitigate risks to operations at its installations in the event of utility disruption. Moreover, DOD relies overwhelmingly on commercial electrical power grids for secure, uninterrupted electrical power supplies to support its critical assets. This book also examines the extent to which DOD's most critical assets are vulnerable to disruptions in electrical power supplies and the extent to which DOD -- both within and outside of the Defense Critical Infrastructure Program -- has attempted to assure the availability of electrical power supplies to its most critical assets.

Jan Dinand und Egon Reuter zeigen, dass die Einrichtung eines zentralen Ubertragungsnetzbetreibers und die damit verbundene Abtrennung der Transportnetze von den ubrigen Aufgaben im Strommarkt die Verbesserung des Wettbewerbs und die erforderliche Offnung der Energiemarkte ermoglichen. Sie prasentieren eine in Deutschland zu realisierende, verfassungsrechtlich unproblematische Losung und setzen sich mit dem Netzzugang und der Netznutzung in Europa auseinander."

Welche Chancen Beschaffungsmarkte fur Strom und Gas den nachfragenden Unternehmen bieten, und wie sie diese nutzen koennen, wird in diesem Band dargestellt. Stephan Schnorr schildert den Weg von der Anfrage eines Endkunden bis hin zum Agieren der Lieferanten an den Grosshandelsmarkten, um die sich ergebenden Chancen, aber auch die korrespondierenden Risiken bewerten zu koennen. Die resultierende Betrachtung der nutzbaren Marktsegmente schafft ein grundsatzliches Verstandnis der preisbeeinflussenden Faktoren.

This book examines select elements, issues and analyses relating to international energy partnerships. Topics discussed include the proposed U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement which marks the start of an energy partnership in an area of international waters estimated to contain as much as 172 million barrels of oil and 304 billion cubic feet of natural gas. The main purpose of the partnership would be to lift a moratorium and to jointly develop reservoirs of oil and natural gas, referred to as "transboundary resources," that exist in areas straddling the marine border of both countries. Also discussed are the potential approaches that Europe might employ to diversify its sources of natural gas supply, Russia's role in Europe's natural gas policies, and key factors that could hinder efforts to develop alternative suppliers of natural gas as well as strategies for international co-operation in support of energy development in Pacific island nations.

Policymakers at all levels of government are debating a wide range of options for addressing the nation's faltering economic conditions. One option that is once again receiving attention is accelerated investments in the nation's public infrastructure - that is, highways, mass transit, airports, water supply and wastewater, and other facilities - in order to create jobs while also promoting long-term economic growth. This book discusses policy issues associated with using infrastructure as a mechanism to benefit economic recovery. Discussed are the Federal-Aid Highway Program (FAHP); surface transportation funding and programs under MAP-21; federal-aid highway assistance for disaster-damaged roads and bridges; earthquake risk and U.S. highway infrastructure; information on materials and practices for improving highway pavement performance; federal freight policy; Positive Train Control (PTC); Essential Air Service (EAS); the changing tide of U.S.-international container trade; and containerships that carry inventory for U.S. retailers.

Regenerating Dixie is the first book that traces the electrification of the US South from the 1880s to the 1970s. It emphasizes that electricity was not solely the result of technological innovation or federal intervention. Instead, it was a multifaceted process that influenced, and was influenced by, environmental alterations, political machinations, business practices, and social matters. Although it generally hewed to national and global patterns, southern electrification charted a distinctive and instructive path and, despite orthodoxies to the contrary, stood at the cutting edge of electrification from the late 1800s onward. Its story speaks to the ways southern experiences with electrification reflected and influenced larger American models of energy development. Inasmuch as the South has something to teach us about the history of American electrification, electrification also reveals things about the South's past. The electric industry was no mere accessory to the "New South" agenda-the ongoing project of rehabilitating Dixie after the Civil War and Reconstruction. Electricity powered industrialism, consumerism, urban growth, and war. It moved people across town, changed land- and waterscapes, stoked racial conflict, sparked political fights, and lit homes and farms. Electricity underwrote people's daily lives across a century of southern history. But it was not simply imposed on the South. In fact, one Regenerating Dixie's central lessons is that people have always mattered in energy history. The story of southern electrification is part of the broader struggle for democracy in the American past and includes a range of expected and unexpected actors and events. It also offers insights into our current predicaments with matters of energy and sustainability.

Die Energiewende ist inzwischen Gegenstand der sozialwissenschaftlichen Fachdisziplinen geworden. Haufig konzentriert sich die wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung auf einen speziellen Themenkomplex. Im vorliegenden Sammelband werden erstmals originar politikwissenschaftliche Beitrage gebundelt. Das Themenspektrum reicht von Energiearmut bis zu Energiewende-Governance: Lokale Konflikte, politische Partizipation und soziales Engagement sowie regionale Strategien werden umfassend dargestellt. Daneben werden Energiepolitiken anderer Lander analysiert sowie eine theoretische Einordnung der Energietransformation vorgenommen. Der Band bietet damit einen ersten Einstieg in die Welt der Energiewende aus politikwissenschaftlicher Perspektive.

Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards are fleet-wide fuel economy averages that motor vehicle manufacturers must meet each model year. On May 19th, 2009, President Obama announced a plan to integrate CAFE standards administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) with automotive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards to be issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This book explores the CAFE standards and its environmental and economical impacts.

The federal government is the nation's single largest energy consumer, spending approximately $17 billion in fiscal year 2007 on energy for buildings and vehicles. This total represents almost 1 percent of all federal expenditures and these costs have been rising in recent years. In light of these energy price increases, congressional interest in making the federal government more energy efficient has grown as well. Although the federal fleet is less than 1 percent of all vehicles on the road in the U.S. today, Congress and the administration have established energy conservation objectives for the federal fleet in an effort to provide leadership in reducing petroleum consumption. This book gathers the latest data from the Federal Energy Management office and explores current government energy efficiency goals.

Energy policy is the manner in which a given entity (often governmental) has decided to address issues of energy development including energy production, distribution and consumption. The attributes of energy policy may include legislation, international treaties, incentives to investment, guidelines for energy conservation, taxation and other public policy techniques. A national energy policy comprises a set of measures involving that country's laws, treaties and agency directives. This book presents the latest research on the economic effects, security aspects and environmental issues connected with energy policy.

Dieser Band diskutiert auf knappem Raum die wichtigsten Themenfelder der deutschen Energiewende und die damit verbundenen Chancen und Risiken. Er richtet sich an alle Interessierten, die sich in der Debatte zur Umsetzung der Energiewende "nicht mehr mitgenommen" fuhlen und sich beteiligen moechten.

The Caspian Sea is a 700 mile-long body of water in central Asia, landlocked between Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan. While not a littoral state, nearby Uzbekistan is seen by some as being in the Caspian Sea region in view of its energy resources. It is estimated that the Caspian Sea region holds in reserves 16-33 billion barrels of oil and 236-337 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in reserve. This new book explores details related to energy exploration and the potentials of trade and production in this geo-politically significant region. The possible repercussions on OPEC are explored as well. Region: Potential Oil and Gas Supply to World Markets; Index.

Die Energieversorgung der Welt steht vor einer radikalen Wende: Mit Fracking erschliesst eine neue Technik bislang unerreichbare OEl- und Gasquellen in der Tiefe. Das verandert die Spielregeln im globalen Energiemarkt. Durch die Ausbeutung dieser sogenannten unkonventionellen Lagerstatten koennen einige Staaten, die bislang von OEl- und Gas-Importen abhangig sind, zu Exporteuren aufsteigen. Die Preise fur Energie werden gerade in diesen Regionen enorm sinken. Unternehmen investieren Milliarden in Fracking und die LNG-Technologie zur Erdgasverflussigung - und verandern damit das Gefuge der Weltwirtschaft. Fur energieintensive Industrien wie Stahl- und Aluminiumhutten, Automobilfertigung oder Maschinenbau werden etwa Verlagerungen in der Produktion noetig, um die Wettbewerbsfahigkeit zu halten. Doch die Fracking-Technologie ist heftig umstritten. In diesem Buch stellen Experten den neuesten Stand der Diskussion, Chancen und Risiken des Fracking-Booms vor. Entscheider aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft koennen sich so ein unvoreingenommenes Bild machen, um an einer aufgeheizten Debatte kompetent teilnehmen zu koennen. Die 2. Auflage wurde durchgesehen, aktualisiert und um aktuelle Technologiefakten, Statements mit dem aktuellen Stand der Gesetzgebung sowie Prognosen erganzt.

Deutschland wird seine bisher weitgehend auf fossilen Brennstoffen basierende Energieversorgung bis zum Jahr 2050 auf grosstenteils regenerative Energien umstellen. Die Burgerinnen und Burger dieses Landes kennen dieses weltweit einzigartige Projekt unter dem Namen Energiewende. Von ihren gesellschaftlichen Wurzeln, dem Beginn ihrer Umsetzung und ihrer rasanten Entwicklung in den letzten Jahren berichtet Klaus-Dieter Maubach. Er beschreibt, wie das deutsche Energiesystem der Zukunft aussehen muss, und schlagt einen kurzfristigen Aktionsplan vor, der die volkswirtschaftlichen Kosten eindammt und die Energiewende fur die Verbraucher bezahlbar macht."

Die zuverlAssige Versorgung einer hoch technisierten Gesellschaft mit elektrischer Energie ist von enormer Bedeutung. Der Bedarf an unterbrechungsfreiem Strom wAchst bestAndig; gleichzeitig sind Forderungen nach Wirtschaftlichkeit, Effizienz, Kostengerechtigkeit und nicht zuletzt Umweltschutz zu erfA1/4llen.

Hinzu kommt, dass grundlegend verAnderte rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen in Deutschland und Europa Netzbetreiber vor groAe Herausforderungen stellen: Die Netze mA1/4ssen langfristig ausgebaut werden, um einen EU-weiten Strombinnenmarkt gewAhrleisten zu kAnnen. Kurz- bis mittelfristig ist durch Koordination mit anderen Netzbetreibern sicherzustellen, dass trotz neuer Transportfunktionen der Netze gravierende StromausfAlle ausbleiben.

Die vorliegende Studie prAsentiert das Resultat einer interdisziplinAren Forschungsarbeit, die Ursachen von InstabilitAten, wesentlich beeinflusst durch den Trend zu einer weitergehenden Integration der europAischen Stromnetze, untersucht und die VerlAsslichkeit der Energieversorgungsnetze reflektiert. Die Studie richtet sich mit konkreten Empfehlungen zu Investitions-, Sicherheits-, Effizienz- und QualitAtsaspekten der elektrischen Netze an Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft, Politik und die interessierte A-ffentlichkeit. Ziel ist es, fA1/4r anstehende politische Entscheidungen sowie administrative und unternehmerische MaAnahmen eine wertvolle Entscheidungsgrundlage zu bieten. So wird durch die fachA1/4bergreifende Analyse der netzwirtschaftlichen Pflichten und ihrer Regulierung eine LA1/4cke in der wissenschaftlichen Betrachtung geschlossen und Impulse fA1/4r die weitere Gestaltung der ElektrizitAtsnetzwirtschaft gegeben.

During the 1990s, a new paradigm for power sector reform was put forward emphasizing the restructuring ofutilities, the creation of regulators, the participation of the private sector, and the establishment of competitivepower markets. Twenty-five years later, only a handful of developing countries have fully implemented theseWashington Consensus policies. Across the developing world, reforms were adopted rather selectively, resultingin a 'hybrid model' where elements of market-orientation coexist with continued state-dominance of the sector.This book aims to revisit and refresh thinking on power sector reform approaches for developing countries. Theapproach relies heavily on evidence from the past, drawing both on broad global trends, and deep case materialfrom 15 developing countries. It is also forward-looking; considering the implications of new social andenvironmental policy goals, as well as emerging technological disruptions.A nuanced picture emerges. While regulation has been widely adopted, practice often falls well short of theory;and cost recovery remains an elusive goal. The private sector has financed a substantial expa_nsion of generationcapacity. Yet, its contribution to power distribution has been much more limited, with efficiency levels cansometimes be matched by well-governed public utilities. Restructuring and liberalization have been beneficial ina handful of larger middle-income nations; but have proved too complex for most countries to implement.Based on these findings, the report points to three major policy implications. First, reform efforts need to beshaped by the political and economic context of the host country. The 1990s reform model was most successfulin countries that had reached certain minimum conditions of power sector development and offered asupportive political environment. Second, reform efforts should be driven and tailored towards desired policyoutcomes, and less preoccupied with following a predetermined process. Particularly given that WashingtonConsensus reforms alone will not deliver on twenty-first century policy objectives. Third, countries foundalternative institutional pathways to achieving good power sector outcomes, making a case for greater pluralismgoing forward.

Leadership in gas turbine technologies is of continuing importance as the value of gas turbine production is projected to grow substantially by 2030 and beyond. Power generation, aviation, and the oil and gas industries rely on advanced technologies for gas turbines. Market trends including world demographics, energy security and resilience, decarbonization, and customer profiles are rapidly changing and influencing the future of these industries and gas turbine technologies. Technology trends that define the technological environment in which gas turbine research and development will take place are also changing - including inexpensive, large scale computational capabilities, highly autonomous systems, additive manufacturing, and cybersecurity. It is important to evaluate how these changes influence the gas turbine industry and how to manage these changes moving forward. Advanced Technologies for Gas Turbines identifies high-priority opportunities for improving and creating advanced technologies that can be introduced into the design and manufacture of gas turbines to enhance their performance. The goals of this report are to assess the 2030 gas turbine global landscape via analysis of global leadership, market trends, and technology trends that impact gas turbine applications, develop a prioritization process, define high-priority research goals, identify high-priority research areas and topics to achieve the specified goals, and direct future research. Findings and recommendations from this report are important in guiding research within the gas turbine industry and advancing electrical power generation, commercial and military aviation, and oil and gas production. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Background 2 Aggressive Goals for Gas Turbine Development 3 High-Priority Research Areas and Topics 4 Additional Considerations Appendixes Appendix A: Statement of Task Appendix B: Compendium of High-Priority Goals, Research Areas, Research Topics, and Their Summary Statements Appendix C: Committee Member Biographical Information Appendix D: Acronyms