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Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Study Group (CREE) The Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Study Group is an informal group of Canadian economists with research interests in the field of Natural Resource and Environmental Economics. Its chief function is to hold an annual study conference.

Cost Analysis In this unit they develop and apply a number of fundamental economic cost concepts.

Dollars and Sense: Investment in Public Transportation The bottom line, though, is this: investment in public transportation makes dollars, and it makes sense. The benefits to motorists, to businesses, to transit riders, and to American society as a whole far outweigh the costs. In recent years, after the passage of the ISTEA, more and more people have come to realize that public transit needs to be an essential element of America's strategic transportation investment portfolio for the 21st century. The reauthorized ISTEA should make that realization a reality.

Economic Analysis Division The Economic Analysis Division's (EAD) principal task in recent years has been to provide medium to long-term projections of energy demand and CO2 emissions. This requirement to provide energy and CO2 emissions projections has led EAD to develop a World Energy Model. The World Energy Model is an econometric model that models each of the world's regions separately. The principal inputs to the model are GDP and energy price assumptions. GDP assumptions for the near future are directly provided by the OECD. Energy price assumptions, such as the oil price, are developed internally by the IEA following a consultation process. Currently the model's projections extend up until 2010, but the IEA has recently decided that the next version of the model should have a time horizon that extends beyond 2010.

Economic Appraisal Techniques The basic feature of economic appraisal is a systematic examination of all the advantages and disadvantages of each practicable alternative way of achieving an objective such as solving a problem or overcoming a deficiency. This is economic appraisal's main strength. While the techniques have been developed mainly in the context of investment decisions, the principles apply to any specific proposal for the use of resources or for spending or saving money. Economic appraisal sets the framework for thinking rationally about the use of resources through a systematic approach to capital expenditure and asset management decisions. The techniques of economic appraisal are also applicable to decisions with regard to the disposal of assets, the design or provision of standards or the assessment of plans (eg security of supply of services, environmental standards or Land and Water Management Plans).

Economics of Environment and Energy In recent years we have been confronted with one of the most challenging issues in nearly a century. It is harder for some people to deal with then sending young men and women to war against each other. The prevailing question is, how do we deal with the unavoidable issue of the degrading environment that we continue to create.

Energy Economics Energy Economics is the pre-eminent international journal in its field. For twenty years, it has provided a respected and well-cited forum for papers concerned with the modelling and economic analysis of energy systems and issues. Contributions to this theme can arise from a number of disciplines, including economic theory, regulatory economics, statistics, econometrics, industry simulation, operational research and strategic modelling. A wide interpretation of the subject is encouraged to include, for example, issues related to forecasting, financing, pricing, investment, development, policy, conservation, regulation and the environment.

Energy User News This site is a collection of source material for the readers of Energy User News that includes articles, indexes, and training programs that appeared in the magazine, as well as web site addresses and hyperlinks to other sites in the energy-efficiency field.

Environmental Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards Systainable Development African countries face numerous challenges as they seek to achieve development that is economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. To integrate environmental considerations into the development process, a number of countries are preparing National Conservation Strategies and National Environmental Action Plans ( NEAPs). Economics was used sparingly in the formulation of the early NEAPs, largely because the techniques and skills to do so were in short supply. This paper, Applying Environmental Economics in Africa illustrates how environmental economics can and should be used to improve the quality of decision-making.

Environmental, Natural Resources, and Sustainability Economics his website contains material prepared for two courses: Economics 423 -- Environmental and Natural Resources Economics, and Economics 309 -- The Economics of a Sustainable Society. These materials also serve as ancillaries to accompany a textbook, Environmental and Natural Resources Economics: Theory, Policy, and the Sustainable Society (M.E. Sharpe, 1998). You will find that some of the material on this site is password-protected.

Estimating Market-Based Present Value Costs for Solar and Conventional Fossible Technologies Downloadable report in PDF format.

Financial Analysis Tool for Electric Energy Projects There is an ongoing need for program and policy analysis incorporating financial and microeconomic aspects of renewable electric (and competing) technologies. These types of analyses lead to a better understanding of the financial impact of policy and tax incentives (and barriers). Accurate tools for use by government and non-government stakeholders that reflect the key financial perspectives have not been widely available or used. In an effort to fill this void, the Financial Analysis Tool for Electric Energy Projects (FATE2-P) was developed. FATE2-P is a power plant project finance model for calculating Cost of Energy or Internal Rate of Return for alternative energy projects. It was sponsored by the Department of Energy's Office of Utility Technologies and was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Princeton Economic Research, Inc.

Green Economics Eco Sustainability Green Economics Network. Your sustainability resource. All kinds of joy and anger concerning economics, right here for you.