Economics of Power Systems

Christoph Weber is a Full Professor of Management Sciences and Energy Economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. With a background in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Economics, his main research interests are in electricity markets, risk and sustainable energy systems, and the use of operations research methods in connection with energy.Dominik Möst is a Full Professor of Energy Economics at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. He studied Industrial Engineering and Management at the Universität Karlsruhe (TH) and at the ENSGI-INPG Grenoble (Ecole nationale supérieure de Genie Industriel, France), holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Universität Karlsruhe (TH) and habilitated at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). His research interests are European electricity and gas markets, the integration of renewable energy sources, and energy system modeling, as well as energy and resource efficiency.Wolf Fichtner is a Full Professor of Energy Economics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. He studied Industrial Engineering and Management at the Universität Karlsruhe (TH), holds a doctoral degree in Economics and habilitated at the Universität Karlsruhe (TH). His main research interests are electricity markets, sustainable energy systems, and operations research in energy systems.

• Introduction.- Fundamentals of Energy and Power Systems.- Energy Demand.- Electricity Generation and Operational Planning.- Electricity Transport and Storage.- Regulation: Grids and Environment.- Simple Electricity Market Equilibrium Models.- Markets: Organisation, Trading and Efficiency.- Imperfect Competition and Market Power.- Electricity Markets in Europe.- Valuing Flexibilities in Power Systems as Optionalities.- Moving Towards Sustainable Electricity Systems.