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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khatib, Hisham, 1936-

Contributor:

Institution of Electrical Engineers.

Series:

IEE power and energy series ; 44.

IEE power and energy series ; 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric utilities--Economic aspects--Evaluation.

Electric utilities.

Electric utilities--Finance--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

[New ed.].

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-01002-6

9786612010026

1-61583-321-8

1-84919-050-X

OCLC:

505870019