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Record Nr.

UNINA9911006617903321

Autore

Khatib Hisham <1936->

Titolo

Economic evaluation of projects in the electricity supply industry / / Hisham Khatib

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stevenage, U.K., : Institution of Electrical Engineers, c2003

ISBN

1-282-01002-6

9786612010026

1-61583-321-8

1-84919-050-X

Edizione

[[New ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

IEE power and energy series ; ; 44

Disciplina

333.79323

Soggetti

Electric utilities - Economic aspects - Evaluation

Electric utilities - Finance - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 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 and cost estimation in project evaluation; 9 Electricity generation in a carbon-constrained world; 10 Economics of reliability of the power supply; 11 Electricity trading; 12 Evolvement of the electricity sector - utility for the future

13 Project analysis: evaluation of risk and uncertainty14 Risk management - in electricity markets; Appendix 1 Financial evaluation for choice of transformer; Appendix 2 Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This revised and updated edition takes a broad introductory approach, covering market and environmental issues, financial analysis and evaluation and clean environmental technologies and costs.