Books in Energy business strategy and planning

Managing the Future

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Maria Angela Capello
English

Managing the Future: Sustainability Leadership in Energy reveals, first hand, how to lead sustainability in the energy sector and shares factual and practical experiences of leaders who integrated sustainability and made it work. The book lays a framework through an overview of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), covers Sustainability Strategies, Sustainability and ESG reporting, the intersections of Sustainability and Geoscience, Communicating, Vision and Strategy Setting. A special chapter is dedicated to faculty leaders of academia in careers related to the energy sector who have advanced programs with a fresh perspective grounded in advancing the 2030 UN Sustainability Agenda. Narratives and stories from other sectors are also included, to showcase that both hurdles and acceleration paths for rooting sustainability in corporate arenas are not only similar, but identical, when entities set out to pursue the betterment of people, the planet and prosperity.

Strategies for an Energy Transition

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Tania Itzel Serrano-Arévalo + 6 more
English

Strategies for an Energy Transition: Planning for a Sustainable Future is a detailed guide to strategic planning and execution for a sustainable energy shift, bringing together a wide range of approaches and topics, from the optimization of renewable energy systems and sustainable fuel production, to the integration of unconventional resources and considerations of the water-energy nexus. The book addresses the need for an integrated approach to green energy planning that considers not only the technological and economic aspects, but also the environmental and social dimensions of sustainability, enabling a deeper understanding of the interconnections between different energy systems and the broader implications of energy decisions, and thereby supporting the development of strategies that are both sustainable and equitable. By offering insights into modelling, optimization, and strategic planning within the context of recent advancements and future possibilities, the book equips academics, engineers, industry professionals, and policymakers with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate the complexities of the energy transition.

Optimal Operation of Integrated Energy Systems Under Uncertainties

1st Edition
September 6, 2023
Bo Yang + 2 more
English
Paperback
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Optimal Operation of Integrated Energy Systems Under Uncertainties: Distributionally Robust and Stochastic Models discusses new solutions to the rapidly emerging concerns surrounding energy usage and environmental deterioration. Integrated energy systems (IESs) are acknowledged to be a promising approach to increasing the efficiency of energy utilization by exploiting complementary (alternative) energy sources and storages. IESs show favorable performance for improving the penetration of renewable energy sources (RESs) and accelerating low-carbon transition. However, as more renewables penetrate the energy system, their highly uncertain characteristics challenge the system, with significant impacts on safety and economic issues. To this end, this book provides systematic methods to address the aggravating uncertainties in IESs from two aspects: distributionally robust optimization and online operation.

Energy Services Fundamentals and Financing

1st Edition
October 30, 2020
David Borge-Diez + 1 more
English
Paperback
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Energy Services Fundamentals and Financing, first volume of the Energy Services and Management series, provides a global view of energy services schemes and practices. The book discusses the role of energy services within the larger energy landscape and explores key technical aspects of energy systems for power, heating and cooling, including renewable energy systems and combined heat and power. The book analyzes energy efficiency in several electrical devices, such as motors, lighting and vehicles. It then examines actual energy services business models and policy, before presenting a quick reference section that includes key models and calculations.

Electric Utility Resource Planning

1st Edition
September 9, 2020
Joe Ferrari
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Electric Utility Resource Planning: Past, Present and Future covers the balance of renewable costs, energy storage, and flexible backstop mechanisms needed in electric utility resource planning. In addition, it covers the optimization of planning methodologies and market design. The book argues that net load, ramping and volatility concerns associated with renewables call into question the validity of almost a century of planning approaches. Finally, it suggests that accounting for flexibility helps optimize the efficiency of the entire fleet of assets, minimizing costs and CO2 generation simultaneously, concluding that a flexible, independent backstop mechanism is needed, regardless of renewables or storage. Case studies provide a mix of hypothetical "what if" scenarios and analyses of real-life utility portfolios drawn from international examples.

Renewable Energy Finance

1st Edition
December 3, 2019
Santosh Raikar + 1 more
English
Paperback
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Renewable Energy Finance: Theory and Practice integrates the special characteristics of renewable energy with key elements of project finance. Through a mixture of fundamental analysis and real-life examples, readers learn how renewable energy project finance works in actual deals that mix finance, public policy, legal, engineering and environmental issues. The skills developed in analyzing non-recourse cash flow-based finance are applicable not only to green energy, but also apply more widely in project finance and infrastructure investing. The book's comparisons of developed and developing countries make it valuable to readers worldwide.

Transport and Energy Research

1st Edition
September 17, 2019
Junyi Zhang
English
Paperback
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Transport and Energy Research: A Behavioral Perspective deals with the transport issues associated with energy from a behavioral perspective in an interdisciplinary and systematic way. Existing transport and energy research has focused on technologies and energy efficiency; however, more efficient technologies do not necessarily lead to energy reduction. Unfortunately, very limited behavioral research can be found in the literature. This book covers major transport modes in major countries. It emphasizes the importance of researching the behaviors of not only transport and energy service users, but also transport and energy service providers, policy makers, organizations, company managers, and other stakeholders who are involved in and/or affected by transport and energy policies. It not only overviews the history of relevant research and presents new developments but also extensively discusses the future research issues. Various findings are summarized for reducing energy consumption from a behavioral perspective. This book provides readers with behavioral insights into more effective policymaking. Behavioral interventions are recommended as a key policy instrument for reducing energy consumption in a sustainable way. It provides policy makers with comprehensive insights into making more effective policies over the whole process of policymaking. The book can serve as a handbook for researchers and a textbook for graduate students in the fields of transport, energy, environment, planning, public policy, behavioral studies, and so on.

Innovation and Disruption at the Grid’s Edge

1st Edition
May 10, 2017
Fereidoon Sioshansi
English
Paperback
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Innovation and Disruption at the Grid’s Edge examines the viable developments in peer-to-peer transactions enabled by open platforms on the grid’s edge. With consumers and prosumers using more electronic platforms to trade surplus electricity from rooftop solar panels, share a storage battery, or use smart gadgets that manage load and self-generation, the grid's edge is becoming crowded. The book examines the growing number of consumers engaging in self-generation and storage, and analyzes the underlying causes and drivers of change, as well as the implications of how the utility sector—particularly the distribution network—should/could be regulated. The book also explores how tariffs are set and revenues are collected to cover both fixed and variable costs in a sustainable way. This reference is useful for anyone interested in the areas of energy generation and regulation, especially stakeholders engaged in the generation, transmission, and distribution of power.

Energy for Rural and Island Communities

1st Edition
January 1, 1981
John Twidell
English
eBook
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Energy for Rural and Island Communities covers the proceedings of the conference held in Inverness, Scotland on September 22-24, 1980, which aims to gather several professionals concerned with energy supplies for island and rural communities in the 1980s. The papers in this collection are divided into six themes. The first three major topics the papers tackle are the strategy and action in providing energy resource to rural and island communities; the community energy use and generation; and the renewable energy supplies. Other papers discuss several energy sources such as wind, water, and solar. The last part is devoted to presenting papers on development and planning in relation to energy consumption of island and rural communities. This compendium will be invaluable to government and private sectors, educational institutions, and others interested in studying the energy resource, consumption, and generation for island and rural populations.

Dictionary of Energy

1st Edition
August 24, 2009
Cutler J. Cleveland + 1 more
English
eBook
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Written by the editor of The Encyclopedia of Energy, Cutler Cleveland, Dictionary of Energy gives professionals across the multi-disciplinary field of energy a tool to better communicate on energy matters and understand energy issues and opportunities. This paperback edition, priced at less than half the price of the hardcover edition and expanded with over 500 new terms, makes this valuable reference available to an even wider audience beyond energy scientists, including new professionals, students, and corporate oil and gas companies.

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