Power Supply Industry

Power and Energy industry is a highly capital intensive business field. Furthermorethere is a very close interlinkage between technologies and economicsthat requires engineering consultants, economists and lawyers dealing with investments in this field to have a basic knowledge of the power sector technologies and a common understanding of project evaluation approaches and methodologies. The book's overall objectiveis to provide a comprehensive but concise coverage of power supply technologies and the related economics as required for techno-economic evaluation of investments in powerand business projects. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on transferring practicalknow-how rather than pure theoretical knowledge. This is also demonstratedin numerous examples derived from experience of respective projects. The book comprises eleven chapters, 35 tables, 100 figures, 35 application examples and 10 case studies Target audience of the book areprimarily international consultants, staffmembers of engineering companies, utility personnel, energy economists andlawyers, as well as employees of government agencies entrusted with regulatingthe energy and utility sector and, finally, students in related fields of engineeringand economics.