Economics of Energy Use

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Department of Economics, Management and Humanities

Synopsis:

The organisation and the management of the energy economy of the enterprise. Monitoring of energy consumption and the energy balance of the enterprise. Energetic characteristics of production equipment, optimization of their operational regimes. Secondary energetic resources. Prices and tariffs of individual forms of energy, economic evaluation of energy savings. Energetic audit and optimization of energy economy of the enterprise.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. The power companies in the CR's economy

2. Energy policy and legislation in CR

3. Organization and management of energy sector in the enterprise

4. Energetic characteristics of production equipments

5. Optimization of the operational regimes

6. Energy efficiency of individual forms of energy

7. Analysis of consumption diagrams for individual forms of energy

8. Optimization of energy sector in the enterprise

9. Avoidable and unavoidable energy losses

10. Economic evaluation of energy savings

11. Energetic audit

12. Financial analysis of energy sector in the enterprise

13. Prices and tariffs

14. Secondary energetic resources

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Consumptions energy characteristics of production equipments - case studies

2. Consumptions energy characteristics of production equipments - case studies

3. Consumptions energy characteristics of production equipments - case studies

4. Consumptions energy characteristics of production equipments - case studies

5. Optimization of the operational regimes of production equipments - case studies

6. Optimization of the operational regimes of production equipments - case studies

7. Optimization of the operational regimes of production equipments - case studies

8. Energy efficiency of individual forms of energy - case studies

9. Energy efficiency of individual forms of energy - case studies

10. Economic evaluation of energy savings

11. Energetic audit and financial analysis - case studies

12. Energetic audit and financial analysis - case studies

13. Energetic audit and financial analysis - case studies

14. Energetic audit and financial analysis - case studies

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Marsch, W.D. Economics of Electric Utility Power Generation. New York: Clarendon press. 1980

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Economics and Management of Power Engineering- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Economics and Management in Electrical Engineering- structured studies (compulsory elective course)