Natural Gas & Electric Power in Nontechnical Language

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A history of these two converging industries and an overview of the factors forcing them together—political, regulatory, technical, and economic. She covers other fuels competing for market share in the electric industry, the merchant power uprising, distributed generation, and strategies for creating value in the new BTU stream.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Natural gas history
  • Transportation and storage
  • Exploration, drilling, and production
  • Trading
  • Natural gas basics
  • Electric power history
  • Deregulation
  • Convergence
  • Power plant basics
  • Power generation technologies
  • Competing fuels and environmental factors
  • Merchant plants
  • Distributed generation
  • Conclusion

Audience

  • Field level personnel
  • Management
  • Energy lending and finance professionals
  • Anyone who seeks to understand how, or relies upon, energy markets
  • Students

About the Author

Ann Chambers is author of several PennWell top-selling books. She served as managing editor for PennWell's 1998 and 1999 editions of the International Electric Power Encyclopedia. Ms. Chambers is a former editor and writer for Power Engineering and Power Engineering International and an author of PennWell's Power Industry Abbreviator. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and English from Oklahoma State University.

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Type: Hardcover
Size: 6x9
Pages: 258
Published: 1999
ISBN: 9780878147618

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Ann Chambers
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