Handbook of Energy Economics and Policy

Alessandro Rubino is Assistant Professor in Economics at Jonian Department of Law, Economics and Environment at the University of Bari Aldo Moro. Alessandro has worked extensively on energy market integration in the Mediterranean region focussing its work and research on investment under uncertainty in energy infrastructures. He has worked as Senior Manager for international consultancy services and National regulatory authorities for gas and electricity markets. Alessandro holds a PhD in economics from Siena University and is currently member of the editorial board of the Journal Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy. Alessandro Sapio is Full Professor of Economic Policy at the Parthenope University of Naples. Professor Sapio has been a member of FP7 project Impressions – Impacts and risks from high-end scenarios on climate policy — and has collaborated with research consultancy companies, such as Ricerche per l'Economia e la Finanza. He also contributes to the portal RiEnergia with comments on energy policy. Massimo La Scala is Full Professor of Electrical Energy Systems at Politecnico di Bari, Italy, and Director of the Laboratory for the development of renewables and energy efficiency in urban areas: Progetto ZERO (Zero Emission Research Option). He is an active researcher and principal investigator in numerous projects about smart grids and energy systems. He has been a consultant for many agencies involved in the energy business and regulators in Italy and abroad. He is in the panel of experts in cost–benefit analysis ACB 2.0 for the development of the Italian Transmission Grid on behalf of ARERA (energy regulator) and TERNA (TSO).

Part I - Fundamentals of the energy industry 1. The energy system 2. Structural analysis of final energy demand 3. Energy supply 4. Energy transportation: gas 5. Energy transportation: electricity 6. Wholesale markets - regulation of electricity and gas industry  7. Carbon market analysis and risk management

Part II - Economics and policy of energy transition 8. Energy innovation and the sustainability transition 9. Impact of variable renewable energy sources on bulk power systems 10. Regulatory challenges for energy storage systems 11. Multicarrier energy systems  12. Financing the energy transition: the role of public funding, collaboration and private equity  13. Beyond energy independence: the geopolitical externalities of renewables

Part III - Energy data modelling and forecasting 14. A macro-evolutionary approach to energy policy 15. Econometric modelling and forecasting of wholesale electricity prices 16. Complex systems applications to electric mobility and regional intermittent sources planning