Financial Aspects in Energy

In this book, attention is paid to prevalent energy issues from a finance perspective. The topics discussed cover markets, prices, regulations and firms. The book has a European focus and contains contributions by scholars from all over the world.

Energy production and supply, as well as sourcing and consumption, are becoming evermore important in a volatile world. In this book, attention is paid to prevalent energy issues from a finance perspective. The topics discussed cover markets, prices, regulations and firms. An international group of authors from both academia and energy practice provides in twelve chapters a state of the art of the energy markets in a finance environment. They do so by discussing the current knowledge and presenting empirical research in this quickly changing and developing field. This book is the first in a planned series on energy at a high scientific level organized by the Centre for Energy and Value Issues (CEVI).

Combines energy economics, energy finance and energy policy issues Contributions by scholars from all over the world Multi-disciplinary approach Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Prof. Dr. André Dorsman, Associate Professor Financial Management, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Inhalt
Introduction: 1 Financial Aspects in Energy: The European Perspective.- Markets: 2 The Development of Energy Markets in Europe.- 3 Renewables in the Energy Market.- 4 The CO2 -Trading Market in Europe.- Prices: 5 Market Efficiency in a Changing Energy Environment.- 6 The Price Forming Process in Energy Markets.- 7 The Electricity Market, Day Ahead Market and Futures.- Regulations: The Disintegration of the Concept of Sovereignity and the Energy Sector in Europe.- 9 The EU Energy Policy After the Lisbon Treaty.- 10 The Developments of the European Electricity Market in a Juridical no Man's Land.- Firms: Value Creation with Wood-Based Energy Sources.- 12 Tackling With Natural Monopoly in Electricity and Natural Gas Markets