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- An Initial View on Methodologies for Emission Baselines: Case Study on Energy Efficiency
- This paper is largely based on the experience gained through energy efficiency projects and programmes in industrialized countries - which may provide valuable lessons for the construction of baselines for JI and CDM projects in developing countries, as well as in economies in transitions. It is also based on the...
- White papers 2000-06-01
- Ukraine - An Important Energy Supply Corridor to Europe
- This paper identifies the Ukraine as an important energy supply to Europe. In Europe, rising gas demand is likely to lead to further big increases in gas imports and intra-European cross-border trade. European demand will be driven by the increased use of CCGTs in power generation, by new technologies, by...
- White papers 2001-03-01
- The Commitment Period Reserve
- Emission trading as envisioned under Article 17 of the Kyoto Protocol seeks to establish a market price for GHG emission reductions among industrialized country. The commitment period reserve minimizes the risk of overselling by setting aside a portion of Parties' assigned amount in a reserve. This paper describes and assesses...
- White papers 2001-10-01
- Energy Price Volatility: Trends and Consequences
- There is an increasing concern about price volatility in energy markets, particularly oil markets, and this paper is to address the following key questions relevant to policy makers: how is volatility of energy prices measured and how has it been evolved? What are the underlying reasons for the current pronounced...
- White papers 2003-04-07
- Defining and Measuring Environmentally Harmful Subsidies in the Energy Sector
- This paper focuses on the effects of some harmful energy subsidies in IEA/OECD countries. The form in which subsidies are administered can be classified in different ways. Some have a direct effect on price, like grants and tax exemptions, while others act indirectly, such as regulations that skew the market...
- White papers 2004-04-27
- Security of Supply in Liberalized Electricity Markets
- The document summarizes the evolution of generation reserves in some key electricity markets. Generation reserves, as you know, are defined as the generating capacity available in excess of peak demand. Generating reserves measure the degree to which an electricity system can withstand unexpected occurrences. Reserves have remained robust after liberalization...
- White papers 2004-04-27
- Making Energy Markets Work
- This paper reviews the energy system markets. Energy markets have historically been subject to substantial government involvement. However, the growing number of participants in the energy market, the increasing size and sophistications of the financial markets and the changing economies of scale of energy technologies had caused governments to rethink...
- White papers 2004-08-23
- Policy Summary From District Heating Workshop: Priorities for National Governments
- This paper focuses on district heating, which is a critical energy source for countries in transition and it can provide a cost effective, environmentally friendly source of heat and power for cities. It covers sixty percent of heating and warm water needs in transition economies currently. It can also play...
- White papers 2004-04-27
- The Impact of Convergence of the Gas and Electricity Industries: Trends and Policy Implications
- This paper studies the trends of convergence between gas and electricity industries all over the world. The study particularly concentrated on the implications of convergence trends on the M&A activities in the gas and electricity industries as one of the major impacts that lend itself to a numerical and objective...
- White papers 2004-04-27
- Emissions Trading and Its Possible Impacts on Investment Decisions in the Power Sector
- The purpose of this study is to explore how investment decisions in the power generation sector may be modified with the introduction of CO2 emission allowances. To do so, it considers, through a simplified quantitative analysis, power plant costs, and operation and investment changes in the electricity generation over both...
- White papers 2004-04-27
- Volatile Electricity Prices, Government Intervention and Power Generation Investment
- IEA was created in 1974. Its main tasks where Oil emergency stocks and oil markets, Technology development, Energy statistics, Policy Analysis. Power generation investment outlook in IEA electricity markets. Power generation investment and electricity prices. Demand for electricity varies by the minute, hour, day, season. Volatile electricity prices encourage investment...
- Case studies
- Peak Oil Closer Than IEA Forecasts Show: Report
- LONDON (Reuters) - The world is closer to a peak in oil supply than International Energy Agency estimates admit, UK newspaper The Guardian reported in its Tuesday edition, citing an unidentified "whistleblower" at the IEA.The IEA, which advises 28 industrialized countries on energy policy, is scheduled to release its World...
- News items 2009-11-10
Additional Resources
- Week in Oil & Gas: Punting in Copenhagen and Gulf of Mexico Leases -- Abridged
- The odds Congress would be able to pass climate-change legislation this year dimmed by the minute last week, as the political wrangling moved to the Senate Finance Committee and the debate focused once again on jobs and the economy. The bill's molasses-like progress through the Senate has rippled through the...
- Blog posts 2009-11-16
- Energy sector ready for Y2K.
- France - As one of a series of regular disruption response exercises held to maintain and improve its emergency response capabilities, the International Energy Agency has completed a simulation exercise of possible Y2K disruptions in the energy sector. The simulation exercise in Paris...
- Research articles 1999-11-01
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