Economic Evaluation of Projects in the Electricity Supply Industry (IEE Power and Energy Series)

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 210 pages
• Published by: Institution Electrical Engineers July 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0863413048
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0863413049
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Product Description
In a highly capital-intensive environment such as the electricity supply industry, it is essential that those working in the electrical power field - on either the engineering or management side - understand the methodologies of evaluating projects in order to fully comprehend and analyse investment proposals and decisions. This new book, a substantially revised and updated edition of the authors previous work "Financial and Economic Evaluation of Projects in the Electricity Supply Industry" (IEE/1996), takes a broad introductory approach and includes extensive consideration of market and environmental issues. It introduces the reader to the tools and techniques of financial analysis and evaluation, as well as clean environmental technologies and costs. New topics introduced include electricity trading and risk management, evolving electricity utilities, and new and future generation technologies in a carbon-constrained world.

About The Author
Hisham Khatib has over 44 years experience in the energy and electricity supply industry as an engineer and economist. In the 1980s he was Director General and later Chairman of the Jordan Electricity Authority. For many years he was Minister of Energy as well as Minister of Planning in the Government of Jordan. He is presently Vice Chairman of Jordan Electricity Regulatory Commission and is a past Vice Chairman of the World Energy Council (WEC).