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Course ENERGY ECONOMICS |
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Academic year: 2017/2018 |
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Prof. Carlo Andrea Bollino and Prof. Paolo Polinori |
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channnel 1 |
channnel 2 |
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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 |
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Suggested Readings: |
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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, |
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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 |
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markets: assessments and policy implications, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016, 68, 199-211 |
Exam: |
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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 |
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