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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

La energía después de Fukushima

Este libro ve la luz cuando aún se desconoce la magnitud de los efectos de la catástrofe nuclear de Fukushima. Nada extraño, si se tiene en cuenta que todavía no podemos evaluar las consecuencias del accidente de Chernóbil (1986) porque ni siquiera han llegado a ...

The political economy of pipelines

a Century of comparative institutional development

With global demand for energy poised to increase by more than half in the next three decades, the supply of safe, reliable, and reasonably priced gas and oil will continue to be of fundamental importance to modern economies. Central to this supply are the pipelines ...

Las claves del éxito de la inversión en energías renovables

La transición de un modelo económico "energívoro" a un modelo económico sostenible

El entorno económico en el que hasta ahora se habían desenvuelto las inversiones en energías renovables era tremendamente favorable, con mucho apetito inversor, financiador y un apoyo incondicional por parte de los Estados. Sin embargo, el entorno ha cambiado en los últimos años de forma ...

Sûreté nucléaire

Droit et gouvernance mondiale

Fukushima, mars 2011. Vingt-cinq ans après la tragédie de Tchernobyl, l’accident japonais nous rappelle que la recherche d’une énergie nucléaire totalement sûre est une quête qui semble sans fin. Au-delà de la remise en question du choix nucléaire par un certain nombre d ...

Energía eólica

La energía eólica es, de entre todas las energías renovables, la forma de producción de energía con mejor presentey, conjuntamente con la obtenida a partir de la biomasa, más prometedor futuro. La reducciónd e los costes de esta tecnología, acrecentada por el hecho de que ...

Investing in the renewable power market

how to profit from energy transformation

The financial challenges facing clean energy installations The path to the widespread adoption of renewable energy is littered with major technological legal, political, and financial challenges. Investing in the Renewable Power Market is a reality check for the mass roll out of green energy and ...