Regulation and Investments in Energy Markets: Solutions for the Mediterranean - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128044365 ISBN 13: 9780128044360

Publisher: Academic Press, 2015

Synopsis

Regulation & Investments in Energy Markets: Solutions for the Mediterranean presents the status of advancement and maturity of the Mediterranean energy policy, identifying patterns of development as well as lessons learned.

Mediterranean countries are facing unprecedented challenges in the energy sector which affect the entire region. Energy policy and regulation is the key to tackling energy efficiency challenges, and providing favorable conditions for engineering infrastructures, investments, and improving security of energy supply.

The assumption that the normative model, on which the EC energy policy is based, could be adopted outside EU boundaries has proven to be difficult to implement. This book looks at the Mediterranean regions search for a revised model for regulatory convergence and provides answers to those research questions, allowing the reader to understand the different technical, institutional, and financial frameworks for energy policy.

• Contains a detailed overview of the specificities and institutional frameworks, giving greater clarity on existing energy practice
• Provides recommendations and contributions from leading scholars and key players in energy policy research
• Presents information from a region wide interdisciplinary approach based on specific industry information

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[Academic Press Logo} Regulation & Investments in Energy Markets Policy solutions for the Mediterranean

Alessandro Rubino Maria Teresa Costa Campi Veronica Lenzi Ilhan Ozturk

Regulation & Investments in Energy Markets presents the status of advancement and the maturity of the Mediterranean energy policy, identifying patterns of development as well as lessons learned. Mediterranean countries are facing unprecedented challenges in the energy sector which affect the entire region. Energy policy and regulation are key to tackling energy efficiency challenges, and providing favorable conditions for engineering infrastructures, investments, and improving security of energy supply. The assumption that the normative model, on which the EC energy policy is based, could be adopted outside EU boundaries has proven to be difficult to implement. This book looks at the Mediterranean Regions search for a revised model for regulatory convergence, and provides answers to those research questions, and allows the reader to understand the different technical, institutional and financial frameworks for energy policy.

• Detailed overview of the specificities and institutional frameworks, giving greater clarity on the existing practice
• Recommendations and contributions from leading scholars and key players in energy policy research
• A region wide interdisciplinary approach based on specific industry information

Alessandro Rubino is Lecturer in Economics at Bari University. Alessandro's research interests are in the fields of regulation, industrial organisation, energy market integration and demand side participation. He has been junior expert in the EC founded project "Paving the Way for the Mediterranean Solar Plan" and coordinator of the International Energy Regulation Network (IERN). From July 2012 to January 2014 Alessandro has been head of Capacity building and knowledge dissemination at the Enel Foundation.

Maria Teresa Costa Campi is a Doctor of Economic Science and Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona (UB). Currently she is Director of the Chair of Energy Sustainability at the University of Barcelona, a post held since 2012, and has been General Coordinator of the FUNSEAM project since 2013. She has been President of the National Energy Commission (2005-2011), President of the Association of Energy Regulators (2005-2012), President of the Iberian Electricity Market (MIBEL) (2006-2007), Vice President of MEDREG (2010-2011)

Dr. Veronica Lenzi Veronica Lenzi holds a Ph.D. in Political Systems and Institutional Change from the IMT Institute for Advanced Studies of Lucca, Italy. Her research interests concern geopolitics of energy, structure and administrative reforms of regulatory authorities and international economy of energy.

Dr. Ilhan Ozturk is currently working as Associate Professor at Cag University, Mersin, Turkey. His research interests include energy economics and international economics. He published over 80 papers in international journals such as Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Applied Energy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Ecological Indicators, Energy and etc. and participated in many international conferences. He has been invited as a Keynote Speaker in several international conferences. He is the editor of IJEEP and IJEFI and he has been member of editorial board in many international journals.

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About the Author

Alessandro Rubino is Lecturer in Economics at Bari University. Alessandro's research interests are in the fields of regulation, industrial organisation, energy market integration and demand side participation. He has been junior expert in the EC founded project "Paving the Way for the Mediterranean Solar Plan" and coordinator of the International Energy Regulation Network (IERN). From July 2012 to January 2014 Alessandro has been head of Capacity building and knowledge dissemination at the Enel Foundation.

Dr. Ilhan Öztürk is Professor of Economics at Cag University, Mersin, Turkey, where he is also the Director of the Higher Vocational School. His research interests include energy economics and international economics. He has published more than 155papers in international journals such as Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Applied Energy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Ecological Indicators, Energy and etc. and participated in many international conferences. He has been invited as a Keynote Speaker in several international conferences. He is the editor of IJEEP and IJEFI and he has been member of editorial board in many international journals.

Veronica Lenzi holds a Ph.D. in Political Systems and Institutional Change from the IMT Institute for Advanced Studies of Lucca, Italy. Her research interests concern geopolitics of energy, structure and administrative reforms of regulatory authorities and international economy of energy.

Maria Teresa Costa Campi is a Doctor of Economic Science and Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona (UB). Currently she is Director of the Chair of Energy Sustainability at the University of Barcelona, a post held since 2012, and has been General Coordinator of the FUNSEAM project since 2013.

She has been President of the National Energy Commission (2005-2011), President of the Association of Energy Regulators (2005-2012), President of the Iberian Electricity Market (MIBEL) (2006-2007), Vice President of MEDREG (2010-2011)

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0128044365
• ISBN 13: 9780128044360
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Rubino Alessandro, Öztürk Ilhan, Lenzi Veronica, Campi Maria Teresa Costa