Economic growth in Europe

a comparative industy perspective

Why has European growth slowed down since the 1990s while American productivity growth has speeded up? This 2010 book provides a thorough and detailed analysis of the sources of growth from a comparative industry perspective. It argues that Europe's slow growth is the combined ...

Lecciones de economía e industria de la defensa

La economía de la defensa es una disciplina económica que prácticamente no ha sido analizada en nuestro país, aunque no así en el mundo anglosajón. Sin embargo, el 2,5% del PIB mundial se origina en el ámbito de la defensa. Adam Smith escribió en ...

Recursos energéticos y crisis

el fin de 200 años irrepetibles

Los recursos de la naturaleza son finitos, especialmente las energías no renovables, lo que no parecen tener en cuenta muchos de los responsables políticos y empresariales, así como parte de la ciudadanía. El autor se pregunta si será posible mantener el sistema de desarrollo industrial ...

Usos y abusos de las gasolinas

El petróleo es el combustible ideal: con una poca cantidad de esta sustancia fósil se puede producir una gran cantidad de energía, lo cual explica su amplio uso en la industria y en la vida cotidiana. Uno de los productos más conocidos derivados del petróleo ...

El sector energético español

(Revista Papeles de Economía Española, Nº134, Año 2012)

INDICE: Introducción. Marco energético internacional. Estrategia energética para España. Competencia y regulación de los mercados energéticos. Demanda, eficiencia y seguridad de suministro.

America's blind spot

Chávez, oil, and US Security

High oil prices are bound to undermine the U.S. economic recovery, unless global supplies increase significantly. Latin America holds the world's biggest oil reserves after the Middle East, but politics are hindering its potential, especially in Venezuela. Global U.S. security would benefit ...

The history of mining

the events, technology and people involved in the industry that forged the Modern World

This book deals with the industry that forged the modern world. Throughout history metals and raw materials have underpinned human activity. So it is that the industry responsible for extracting these materials from the ground - mining - has been ever present throughout the history of civilisation ...

The pricing of internationally trade gas

This is the first book on the pricing of gas in international trade. Gas accounts for around 25% of global energy demand and international gas trade is growing rapidly. The volume examines the theory of energy pricing and looks at the contribution that theory can ...

Wheel of fortune

the battle for oil and power in Russia

The Russian oil industry--which vies with Saudi Arabia as the world's largest producer and exporter of oil, providing nearly 12 percent of the global supply--is facing mounting problems that could send shock waves through the Russian economy and worldwide. Wheel of Fortune provides an ...

El lado oscuro del capitalismo

el Caso Enron

Este libro relata la historia de Enron, un floreciente emporio de empresas energéticas de ámbito global. Las páginas recogen su nacimiento, su rápido crecimiento, su efímero esplendor, su súbita decadencia y su fulminante ruina. Además, el autor realiza un examen minucioso de los pormenores del ...

The carbon crunch

how we're getting climate change wrong -and how to fix it

Despite commitments to renewable energy and two decades of international negotiations, global emissions continue to rise. Coal, the most damaging of all fossil fuels, has actually risen from 25 per cent to almost 30 per cent of world energy use. And while European countries have ...

Economía de la generación eléctrica solar

la regulación fotovoltaica y solar termoeléctrica en España

El peso creciente de las fuentes renovables de electricidad en el mix energético avala su análisis desde una perspectiva económica. Entre estas fuentes, destacan las que aprovechan la radiación solar, esto es, la técnica fotovoltaica y la solar termoeléctrica. Ambas alternativas presentan singularidades cuyo examen ...

The Oil Era

emerging challenges

While oil remains a comparatively inexpensive form of energy and enjoys global demand, its future as a major and essential source of world energy remains uncertain in light of the decline of strategic reserves and the adverse effects of fossil fuels on the climate and ...

Renewable energy

power for a sustainable future

The provision of sustainable energy supplies for an expanding and increasingly productive world is one of the major issues facing civilisation today. Renewable Energy examines both the practical and economic potential of the renewable energy sources to meet this challenge. The underlying physical and technological ...

Energy

what everyone needs to know

Without a doubt, the topic of energy--from coal, oil, and nuclear to geothermal, solar and wind--is one of the most pressing across the globe. It is of paramount importance to policy makers, economists, environmentalists, and industry as they consider which technologies to invest in, how ...

El vehículo eléctrico

desafíos tecnológicos, infraestructuras y oportunidades de negocio

El vehículo eléctrico.Desafíos tecnológicos, infraestructuras y oportunidades de negocio. La revolución tecnológica, económica y social que supondrá la implantación del vehículo eléctrico está al caer. Para anticiparse a las exigencias futuras del nuevo parque automovilístico, imásImásD ha contado con la contribución de los mejores ...

Carbon trading

some insights and perspectives

CONTENTS: Demystifying Carbon Trading: The Market Based Mechanism; An Insight into Carbon Trading: Understanding the Behavior of Emissions Market with a Financial Perspective; Carbon Credits - An Introduction; The Voluntary Carbon Market: Current & Future Market Status, and Implications for Development Benefits; Getting Carbon Offsets Right: A Business Brief on Engaging Offset Providers; Carbon ...

Liquefied natural gas

the Law and business of LNG

From its regional beginnings, the business of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been transformed into a broad industry that now spans the globe. The production and liquefaction of natural gas and its shipping, regasification and use bring together diverse producer and consumer jurisdictions under many ...

Pipelines

flowing oil and crude politics

Oil and natural gas are now acknowledged to be the driving forces of international politics. What has not yet been fully explored is how their delivery affects the geopolitics of the world. Pipelines, once built, create new diplomatic realities - some states are newly connected, others ...

Minerals and mining

a practical global guide

Minerals and mining are key to the world economy. The mining and processing of minerals are major sources of income and employment in some states. Minerals are used to make goods, materials and energy which are essential to people and economies worldwide. The exploration and ...