| Course ENERGY ECONOMICS | |||
| Academic year: 2017/2018 | |||
| Prof. Carlo Andrea Bollino and Prof. Paolo Polinori | |||
| channnel 1 | channnel 2 | ||
| Day | Hour | Hour | content |
| Th 15-02-2018 | 17:00 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 17:00 | The energy system: Forms and sources of energy (B Ch 1 2) |
| Tu 20-02-2018 | 18:30 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 18:30 | Monopoly, discriminating monopoly, oligopoly (B Ch 12) |
| Th 22-02-2018 | 17:00 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 17:00 | Optimal pricing, peak-load pricing, Regulation of rate of return (B Ch 13) |
| Tu 27-02-2018 | 18:30 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 18:30 | Market failures |
| Th 01-03-2018 | 17:00 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 17:00 | Economic assessment: LCOE (ZPE Ch. 3.1) |
| Tu 06-03-2018 | 18:30 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 18:30 | Hotelling price, target revenue, backstop technology (B Ch 12 ZPE Ch. 6.2) |
| Th 08-03-2018 | 17:00 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 17:00 | The energy system: resources, reserves, Hubbert model (B Ch 7 ZPE Ch 6.1) |
| Tu 13-03-2018 | 18:30 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 18:30 | The international oil and gas market (B Ch. 14 15 ZPE Ch. 8 9) |
| Th 15-03-2018 | 17:00 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 17:00 | Surplus, welfare analysis |
| Tu 20-03-2018 | 18:30 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 18:30 | The Economics of Environment (B Ch. 26) |
| Th 22-03-2018 | 17:00 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 17:00 | Energy demand (B Ch 6) |
| Tu 27-03-2018 | 18:30 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 18:30 | Energy markets, liberalization, regulation of energy utilities (Ch 28) |
| Th 29-03-2018 | 17:00 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 17:00 | The energy system: Demand, conservation and energy savings (B Ch. 6) |
| Th 05-04-2018 | 17:00 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 17:00 | Imtermediate exam |
| Th 12-04-2018 | 17:00 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 17:00 | The willingness to pay for Renewable Energy Sources |
| Tu 17-04-2018 | 18:30 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 18:30 | Fundamentals of the electricity market (ZPE Ch 12) |
| Th 19-04-2018 | 17:00 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 17:00 | Game of the Power Exchange |
| Tu 24-04-2018 | 18:30 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 18:30 | Market power and congestion in the Electricity Market |
| Th 26-04-2018 | 17:00 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 17:00 | Invited Lecture |
| Th 03-05-2018 | 17:00 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 18:30 | Oligopoly and Electricity market contagion |
| Tu 08-05-2018 | 18:30 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 17:00 | Electricity market demand elasticity |
| Th 10-05-2018 | 17:00 – 20:00 | 15:30 – 18:30 | Marketing renewable energy |
| Suggested Readings: | |||
| S Bhattacharyya, Energy Economics, Springer London, 2011 | |||
| P.Zweifel, A. Praktiknjo. G. Erdmann, Energy Economics, Springer Berlin, 2017 | |||
| S. Bigerna, C.A. Bollino, S. Micheli, The Sustainability of Renewable Energy in Europe, Springer, New York, 2015 | |||
| S. Bigerna P. Polinori. Italian households’ willingness to pay for green electricity, | |||
| Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014, 34, 110–121 | |||
| S. Bigerna, C.A. Bollino, D. Ciferri, P. Polinori, Renewables diffusion and contagion effect in the Italian regional electricity | |||
| markets: assessments and policy implications, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016, 68, 199-211 | |||
| Exam: | |||
| Intermediate exam, 5 april: 12 questions. Score: 18 + 1 point for each correct answer | |||
| Short work project (“tesina”), Optional. Score: Max 2 points. | |||
| Final exam: 12 questions, 1 point for each correct answer. Score: (sum of correct answers/12)*(30-Intermediate Exam Score) | |||
| Final Course Score: Intermediate Exam + Final Exam + project work | |||
