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Almost 400 pages of detailed facts , figures and commentary covering every country including:
Generating capacity
Composition of the generating fleet
Electrification
Consumption of electricity
Numbers of customers by end use
Transmission and distribution
Overhead lines and cables by voltage
Power and distribution transformer capacity
Interconnections
The capacity cycle
Import dependence
Revenue and capex
Utility landscape
Pricing and regulation
Renewables targets
Energy losses
Detailed profiles of 49 countries
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction to the StatPlan Yearbook 2012
1.2 Additional Excel files
1.3 Special Analysis Available from StatPlan
1.4 Statement on Accuracy
1.5 Other Publications
2 Global Generating Capacity
2.1 The development of the global power sector
2.2 Generating capacity around the world
2.3 Net generation by energy source, by country, GWh
3 Composition of the Generating Fleet
3.1 Fuel Options
Fossil fuels
Nuclear
Renewables
3.2 Technologies
Conventional Coal-fired Steam
Gas Turbines (GT)
Nuclear Power
Geothermal Power
Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
Solar Thermal - Concentrated Solar Power CSP
Biomass-fired BFB
Wave and Marine technologies
3.3 Power Plant Construction and Operating Cost
Costing Methods
Overnight cost
LCOE (Levelised Cost of Electricity), Marginal Cost, LRMC (Long Run
Marginal Cost)
Discount rate
Externalities
3.4 Nuclear Power - Present and Future
The current nuclear power sector
The future of nuclear power
Nuclear classifications
Safety: INES International Nuclear Event Scale
3.5 Thermal Fuel
3.6 Renewables
Intermittency, Capacity Factor and Capacity Credit
Investment
The Global Green Investment
3.7 Independent Power Producers (IPP) and Captive Power Producers (CPP)
3.8 Consumption against Generation
4 Electrification
4.1 Rates of electrification, total, urban/rural
What do we mean by "electrification"?
Access to gas and water
Electrification dramatically improves quality of life
Electrification in developing countries
Expansion of the household power market
5 Consumption of Electricity
5.1 Global patterns
5.2 Europe
5.3 CIS
5.4 Middle East
5.5 Africa
5.6 Asia Pacific
5.7 North America
5.8 LAC
6 Transmission and Distribution
6.1 Transmission and Distribution
Balancing
Transformers
7 Interconnections
7.1 South America
Central America, SIEPAC
7.2 Southeast Asia
7.3 The MEDRING and the GCC
7.4 The GCC Interconnector
7.5 Comparison of population and consumption of MEDRING countries
7.6 Comparison of generation, capacity and consumption of the Southern and
Eastern MEDRING countries
Transmission system
Trading Systems
7.7 Renewables in the Sahara
8 The Capacity Cycle: New Build and Replacement
8.1 Capacity
8.2 Capacity Building and Replacement Cycle
8.3 The Global Picture
8.3.1 United States
8.3.2 Europe
8.3.3 China
9 Energy Dependence
Energy Dependence
Sensible use of energy resource earnings
OPEC countries should recognise that reserves are finite
The world of energy is swiftly changing
Energy Dependence by Energy Source
10 Technical Briefing
10.1 Defining Energy and Electricity
Primary and secondary energy
Load Factors
LCOE (Levelised Cost of Electricity), Marginal Cost, LRMC (Long Run
Marginal Cost)
11 Revenue and Capex
11.1 Revenue
11.2 Cost breakdown
11.3 Capex
11.4 Ease of doing business
12 The Utility Landscape
12.1 Regional analysis of utility type, state-owned/private
The vertically integrated utility (VI)
Vertically integrated utilities together with commercially owned
companies
The liberalised sector
State ownership and private ownership
12.2 Numbers of utilities by regions and major countries
Europe
CIS
Middle East
Asia Pacific
Africa
South and South America
North America
13 Pricing and Regulation
13.1 Electricity prices and tariffs
13.2 Regulation for major countries
13.3 Renewables, Policy Targets and Support Mechanisms
Market Development
Hydropower
Wind Power
Solar PV
Concentrating Solar Thermal Power (CSP)
Solar Hot Water Heating
Biomass Power and Heat
Biofuels
Geothermal Power and Heat
Ocean energy
13.4 National Renewables Targets
Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)
Other Support Policies
14 Energy Loss
14.1 Generation, Transmission and Distribution Losses
Europe
CIS
Middle East
Asia Pacific
North America
Central and South America
15 Country Profiles
15.1 Europe
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
15.2 CIS
Russia
Ukraine
15.3 Middle East
Iran
Saudi Arabia
15.4 Asia
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
South Korea
Malaysia
Philippines
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
15.5 Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
15.6 Africa
Egypt
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
Nigeria
South Africa
15.7 North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
15.8 South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Venezuela
16 Sources
16.1 List of Figures
16.2 17.1 List of Tables
The Electricity Markets Yearbook 2012 published by StatPlan Energy Limited in June 30, 2012. This report consists of 390 pages and the price starts from US $ 940.
