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The Arctic century is upon us. A great jockeying for power and influence has erupted among nations in the high north. At stake are trillions of dollars in profit or loss, US security, geopolitical influence and the fate of a fragile environment as well as the region's...
Editeur :
Business Plus
Parution :
2012-05-15
ePub
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Turkey has been reforming its energy markets since the 1980s, culminating in two major bills in the early 2000s. The country has restructured electricity and natural gas markets, establishing an independent regulatory agency (EMRA) and passed legislation on renewable...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2012-05-11
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The ‘Arab Spring’ of 2011 has affected the countries of the region to varying degrees, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members, comprising Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain. The GCC has become a significant regional...
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Springer
Parution :
2012-04-23
ePub
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The twelfth edition of the European Energy Markets Observatory covers the full year 2009 and the winter 2009/2010. Key messages developed in the report include the following: -New energy trends are emerging after the crisis. -The crisis and some new investments resulted...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2012-04-09
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This is the first book to address the issues of affordable power, sustainable energy, and reduced environmental impact through the science of energy pricing. Looking at the availability of natural resources from an engineering perspective, and determining how they can...
Editeur :
Wiley-Scrivener
Parution :
2012-02-15
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An analysis and exploration into the impact of Japan's 2011 nuclear crisis. Investigation of the disaster will pose questions regarding why Daiichi was constructed in an earthquake-prone zone and was still operating despite problems that had been plaguing the reactors...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-12-12
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Royal Dutch/Shell is a multinational behemoth. Every four seconds of every day, 1,200 cars fill their tanks with petrol on Shell forecourts, while at airports around the world civil airliners are refuelled with Shell aviation spirit every ten seconds. The company has...
Editeur :
Mainstream Digital
Parution :
2011-09-30
ePub
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This book sets the questions of energy and the environment in the North in the global context and further addresses historical developments, views on energy taxation and tariffs, and effects of EU energy policy. Climate change appears more frequently than ever on the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-09-01
ePub
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In April 2010, the world watched in alarm as BP's Macondo well suffered a fatal explosion and a catastrophic leak. Over the next three months, amid tense scenes of corporate and political finger-pointing, millions of barrels of crude oil dispersed across the Gulf of...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-07-07
ePub
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Multicriteria Analysis and LCA Techniques introduces the reader to the basic principles of multicriteria analysis (MCA) and life cycle assessment (LCA) techniques. The use of these tools is rapidly becoming essential in any feasibility study for comparing different...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-07-03
ePub
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The departure of the last US troops from Iraq at the end of 2011 left a broken country and a host of unanswered questions. What was the war really about? Why and how did the occupation drag on, while most Iraqis, Britons and Americans desperately wanted it to end? And...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2011-04-21
ePub
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Twilight in the Desert reveals a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline. In this exhaustively researched book, veteran oil industry analyst Matthew Simmons draws on his three-plus decades of insider experience and more...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-01-04
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This book addresses the key challenges of balancing economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection in the development of major physical infrastructure, ranging from transport to energy.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-05-24
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Concerns about energy security, uncertainty about oil prices, declining oil reserves, and global climate change are fueling a shift towards bioenergy as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Public policies and private investments around the globe are aiming to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-12-02
ePub
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Oil makes the world work. It has become so vital that even a small reduction in output can cause economic chaos. We know that our reliance on oil is potentially disastrous but what we are less clear about is the terrible damage it inflicts on the countries that produce...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2009-10-01
ePub
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Is there a chance that public or private research and development institutions can improve the efficiency of the R&D process? This book gives a positive answer by designing an integrated concept of the science technology cycle and the innovation system of each...
Editeur :
Physica
Parution :
2009-06-24
ePub
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I remember that the idea of this book emerged ?rst in Toulouse, during the Third Conference on Energy Markets – 3 years ago now. Anna Cret` ? gave a talk on a model dealing with seasonal gas storage in the USA, and Christian Von Hirschausen was her discussant. Both of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-04-05
ePub
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GARP's Fundamentals of Energy Risk Management introduces investors to the basic components and some of the basic terminology used in the energy industry. It covers the commodity cycle, energy use and sources, and various risk types, various energy products and the...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2008-12-05
Collection :
Wiley Finance
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The first offering from the Fisher Investments On investing series is a comprehensive guide to the Energy sector.The book can benefit both new and seasoned investors, covering everything from Energy sector basics to specific industry insights to practical investing...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2008-12-03
Collection :
Fisher Investments Press
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A new look at the different perspectives on energy security policies of European and Asian countries. The book explains the reasons for the failure of EU common energy policies and the deficiencies in the policies towards Central Asia. It examines Chinese energy...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2008-10-08
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