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1.1 Philosophical and Evolutionary Aspects of Energy |
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1.2 Why Energy Economics? |
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1.2.1 Price Mechanism and Market Coordination |
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1.2.2 Particularities of Energy Markets |
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7 | (2) |
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1.3 History of Energy Economics |
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12 | (3) |
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2 Energy in Science and Engineering |
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2.1 Energy and the Natural Sciences |
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16 | (3) |
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2.2 Engineering and Energy |
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19 | (4) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (5) |
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2.3.1 Gross Energy (Primary Energy) |
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23 | (3) |
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2.3.2 Final Energy Consumption |
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26 | (1) |
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2.3.4 Useful Energy (Net Energy) and Energy Services |
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27 | (1) |
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2.4 Cumulated Energy Requirement |
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2.5 Energy Input-Output Analysis |
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34 | (3) |
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3 Investment and Profitability Calculation |
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38 | (6) |
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3.2 Interest Rate and Price of Capital |
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44 | (1) |
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3.3 Inflation-Adjusted Interest Rate |
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45 | (2) |
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3.4 Social Time Preference |
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47 | (2) |
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3.5 Interest Rate and Risk |
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49 | (5) |
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3.5.1 Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) |
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50 | (3) |
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3.5.2 New Asset Pricing Methods |
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53 | (1) |
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3.6 Real Option Valuation |
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54 | (11) |
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3.6.1 Energy Investments as Real Options |
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55 | (3) |
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3.6.2 Black-Scholes Model |
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58 | (2) |
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3.6.3 Application to Balancing Power Supply |
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63 | (2) |
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4 Bottom-Up Analysis of Energy Demand |
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66 | (2) |
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4.2 Stock of Appliances, Buildings, Vehicles, and Machineries |
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77 | (12) |
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77 | (4) |
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4.3.2 Determining Energy Efficiency Potential |
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4.3.3 Energy Efficiency: A Case of Market Failure? |
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82 | (3) |
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85 | (2) |
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87 | (2) |
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5 Top-Down Analysis of Energy Demand |
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90 | (2) |
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94 | (13) |
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5.3.1 Short-Term and Long-Term Price Elasticities |
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95 | (1) |
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5.3.2 A Partial Energy Demand Model |
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96 | (6) |
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5.3.3 Substitution Between Energy and Capital |
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102 | (5) |
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107 | (4) |
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110 | (1) |
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6 Energy Reserves and Sustainability |
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6.1 Resources and Reserves |
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112 | (5) |
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113 | (2) |
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6.1.2 Static Range of Fossil Energy Reserves |
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115 | (2) |
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6.2 Profit-Maximizing Resource Extraction |
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117 | (6) |
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6.2.1 Hotelling Price Trajectory |
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117 | (3) |
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6.2.2 Role of Backstop Technologies |
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120 | (2) |
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6.2.3 Role of Expectations and Expectation Errors |
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122 | (1) |
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6.3 Optimal Resource Extraction: Social Welfare View |
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123 | (8) |
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6.3.1 The Optimal Consumption Path |
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126 | (2) |
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6.3.2 The Optimal Depletion Path of the Reserve |
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128 | (1) |
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6.3.3 Causes and Implications of Market Failure |
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129 | (2) |
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131 | (12) |
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6.4.1 Potential of Renewable Energy Sources |
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131 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Hartwick Rule for Weak Sustainability |
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132 | (5) |
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6.4.3 Population Growth and Technological Change |
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137 | (1) |
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6.4.4 Is the Hartwick Rule Satisfied? |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (3) |
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143 | (16) |
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144 | (3) |
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147 | (3) |
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7.3 Instruments of Environmental Policy |
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150 | (4) |
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7.3.1 Internalization Approaches |
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150 | (2) |
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7.3.2 Standard-Oriented Approaches |
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152 | (2) |
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7.4 Measuring External Costs of Energy Use |
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154 | (5) |
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157 | (2) |
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8 Markets for Liquid Fuels |
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8.1 Types of Liquid Fuels and Their Properties |
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160 | (11) |
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8.1.1 Properties of Crude Oil |
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160 | (1) |
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8.1.2 Reserves and Extraction of Conventional Oil |
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161 | (2) |
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8.1.3 Peak Oil Hypothesis |
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163 | (3) |
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166 | (1) |
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8.1.5 Refineries and Oil Products |
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167 | (1) |
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8.1.6 Biogenic Liquid Fuels |
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168 | (3) |
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171 | (11) |
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8.2.1 Vertically Integrated Monopoly |
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171 | (3) |
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8.2.2 Global Oligopoly of Vertically Integrated Majors |
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174 | (2) |
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8.2.3 The OPEC Cartel of Oil-Exporting Countries |
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176 | (4) |
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8.2.4 State-Owned Oil Companies |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (15) |
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8.3.1 Oil Spot Markets and the Efficient Market Hypothesis |
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183 | (2) |
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8.3.2 Long-Term Oil Price Forecasts and Scenarios |
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185 | (5) |
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8.3.3 Prices of Crude Oil Futures |
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190 | (2) |
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8.3.4 Wholesale Prices of Oil Products |
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192 | (3) |
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195 | (2) |
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9 Markets for Gaseous Fuels |
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197 | (30) |
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9.1 Gaseous Fuels and Gas Infrastructures |
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198 | (6) |
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9.1.1 Properties of Gaseous Fuels |
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199 | (1) |
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9.1.2 Reserves and Extraction of Natural Gas |
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200 | (2) |
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9.1.3 Biogas and Renewable Natural Gas |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (9) |
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9.2.1 Transport by Pipeline |
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205 | (6) |
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9.2.2 LNG Transport and Trade |
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211 | (2) |
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9.3 Gas Markets and Gas Price Formation |
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213 | (8) |
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9.3.1 Long-Term Take-or-Pay Contracts |
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214 | (2) |
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9.3.2 Natural Gas Spot Trade |
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216 | (5) |
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9.4 Third Party Access to the Gas Infrastructure |
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221 | (6) |
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224 | (3) |
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10 Markets for Solid Fuels and CO2 Emissions |
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227 | (20) |
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10.1 Solid Fuels and Their Technologies |
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228 | (6) |
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228 | (2) |
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230 | (1) |
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10.1.3 Surface and Underground Coal Mining |
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231 | (1) |
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10.1.4 International Coal Market |
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232 | (2) |
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10.2 The Greenhouse Gas Problem |
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234 | (3) |
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10.3 Markets for Emission Rights |
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237 | (10) |
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10.3.1 Prices for CO2 Emission Rights |
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239 | (3) |
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242 | (2) |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (2) |
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11 Uranium and Nuclear Energy |
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247 | (22) |
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11.1 The Foundations of Nuclear Technology |
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248 | (6) |
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249 | (2) |
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11.1.2 Uranium as the Dominant Fuel for Nuclear Power |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (2) |
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254 | (2) |
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11.3 Risk Assessment of Nuclear Energy |
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256 | (13) |
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11.3.1 Probabilistic Safety Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants |
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258 | (2) |
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11.3.2 Risk Assessment According to the (μ, σ2) Criterion |
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260 | (4) |
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11.3.3 Risk Assessment Based on Stated Preferences |
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264 | (3) |
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267 | (2) |
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12 Markets for Electricity |
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269 | (28) |
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12.1 Features of Electricity Markets |
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270 | (5) |
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12.1.1 The Consumer Surplus of Electricity |
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271 | (1) |
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12.1.2 Non-storability of Electricity |
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272 | (1) |
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12.1.3 Power Market Design Options |
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273 | (2) |
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12.2 Electricity Generation |
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275 | (13) |
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12.2.1 Types of Power Generation Technologies |
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275 | (3) |
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12.2.2 Power Plant Dispatch in Liberalized Markets |
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278 | (2) |
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12.2.3 Properties of Day-Ahead Power Prices |
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280 | (2) |
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282 | (1) |
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12.2.5 Portfolio Management |
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283 | (2) |
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285 | (3) |
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12.3 Power Plant Investments |
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288 | (9) |
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12.3.1 Power Plant Investments in Regulated Markets |
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288 | (3) |
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12.3.2 Power Plant Investment in Competitive Markets |
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291 | (2) |
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293 | (2) |
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295 | (2) |
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13 Economics of Electrical Grids |
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297 | (18) |
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13.1 Grid Properties and System Services |
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298 | (4) |
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13.1.1 Electrotechnical Aspects |
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298 | (2) |
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13.1.2 Services to Be Provided by Electrical Grid Operators |
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300 | (1) |
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13.1.3 Markets for Control Power |
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301 | (1) |
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13.2 Regulation of Grid Fees |
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302 | (8) |
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13.2.1 The Grid as an Essential Facility |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (4) |
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13.2.3 Incentive Regulation |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (1) |
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13.3 Economic Approach to Transmission Bottlenecks |
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310 | (5) |
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312 | (3) |
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315 | (2) |
References |
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