Analytical Methods for Energy Diversity and Security: Portfolio Optimization in the Energy Sector: A Tribute to the Work of Dr. Shimon Awerbuch - Softcover

9780080975504: Analytical Methods for Energy Diversity and Security: Portfolio Optimization in the Energy Sector: A Tribute to the Work of Dr. Shimon Awerbuch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 008097550X ISBN 13: 9780080975504

Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2014

This is an ideal volume for professionals in academia, industry and government interested in the rapidly evolving area at the nexus between energy and climate change policy. The cutting-edge international contributions allow for a wide coverage of the topic. Energy Diversity and Security focuses on the consideration of financial risk in the energy sector. It describes how tools borrowed from financial economic theory, in particular mean-variance portfolio theory, can provide insights on the costs and benefits of diversity, and thus inform investment decision making in conditions of uncertainty. It gives the reader an in-depth understanding of how to manage risk at a time when the world's focus is on this area. The book provides insights from leading authorities in the area of energy security. It gives readers abundant, rigorous analysis and guidance at a critical time in facing the twin challenges of energy security and climate change. The book also highlights the role of clean energy technology in moving towards future diverse and intelligent electricity systems. It will be a trusted, first point of reference for decision-makers in the field of energy policy. The book includes a foreword by the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner. All royalties from sale of this book will be donated to charities working in the energy sector in the developing world.

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Review

"The world is at a point where it is critically important to make the right tradeoffs between different sources of energy. Shimon Awerbuch’s unique contribution was to show how to do so rationally, in the face of fluctuating costs and risks. It was groundbreaking work, and its impact will only grow over time." --Michael Liebrich, CEO New Energy Finance

"Dr. Awerbuch’s work helped the business and industry sectors to better understand the costs and risks of investing in renewable energy, an extremely important contribution." --James Cameron, Vice-Chairman, Climate Change Capital

"Shimon Awerbuch has made an invaluable contribution by bringing the perspectives of finance theory to bear on the practical problems of analysing risk in energy markets, showing that a risk efficient portfolio of technologies may look quite different from the least expected cost choice, and thus providing powerful arguments for diversity and the use of renewables." --Professor David Newberry, Cambridge University

From the Back Cover

There is an unprecedented focus and interest in the energy sector. High and volatile fuel prices and threats to energy security have revived businesses and policy makers' interest in fuel mix diversity. However, these are complex issues and not easy to assimilate into the policy making process. What is required is the use of rigorous analysis to inform the design and implementation of appropriate policies and strategies.

This tribute book explores different facets of fuel mix diversity and its impact on security of supply and technology choices in the power sector. It describes how new tools borrowed from financial economic theory can provide insights on the costs and benefits of diversity. Influenced by the groundbreaking research of Dr. Shimon Awerbuch, the various contributions explore the potential of such analytical techniques when applied to electric utility planning.

Given the uncertain environment in which utilities make investment decisions, it is useful to consider not only alternative technologies, but also alternative electricity generating portfolios and strategies. The relevant analytical tools are rooted in modern finance theory - in particular mean-variance portfolio theory, based on the pioneering work of Nobel Laureate Harry Markowitz fifty years ago.

|There is an unprecedented focus and interest in the energy sector. High and volatile fuel prices and threats to energy security have revived businesses and policy makers' interest in fuel mix diversity. However, these are complex issues and not easy to assimilate into the policy making process. What is required is the use of rigorous analysis to inform the design and implementation of appropriate policies and strategies.

This tribute book explores different facets of fuel mix diversity and its impact on security of supply and technology choices in the power sector. It describes how new tools borrowed from financial economic theory can provide insights on the costs and benefits of diversity. Influenced by the groundbreaking research of Dr. Shimon Awerbuch, the various contributions explore the potential of such analytical techniques when applied to electric utility planning.

Given the uncertain environment in which utilities make investment decisions, it is useful to consider not only alternative technologies, but also alternative electricity generating portfolios and strategies. The relevant analytical tools are rooted in modern finance theory - in particular mean-variance portfolio theory, based on the pioneering work of Nobel Laureate Harry Markowitz fifty years ago.

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