Net Energy: Concepts, Issues, and Case Studies (collection)

HISTORY

• A brief history of net energy analysis
• Net Energy Analysis: Handbook for Combining Process and Input-Output Analysis by Clark W. Bullard, Peter S. Penner, and David A. Pilati
• Production, Consumption, and Externalities by Robert U. Ayres and Allen V. Kneese
• Biophysical economics

BASIC CONCEPTS

• Ten fundamental principles of net energy
• Energy return on investment (EROI)

ISSUES IN ENERGY COST ACCOUNTING

• System boundaries in energy accouting
• Joint products in energy accounting
• Energy quality
• Energy discounting

METHODS OF ENERGY ACCOUNTING

• Input-output energy accounting
• Process analysis energy accounting
• Hybrid analysis energy accounting
• Net energy analysis

CASE STUDIES

• Energy return on investment (EROI) for wind energy
• Energy return on investment (EROI) for photovoltaic energy
• Energy return on investment (EROI), economic feasibility and carbon intensity of a hypothetical Lake Ontario wind farm