Coming In from the Cold provides a road map of options to help transition economy policy makers sort through key district heating issues. It finds that district heating systems in formerly socialist countries could save the equivalent of 80 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year through...

Mit der wirtschaftlichen Transformation ändert sich die Struktur des Energieverbrauchs: Der Anteil der Industrie nimmt, trotz hoher Energieintensität, ab, der Anteil der Haushalte steigt. Der Gesamtenergieverbrauch sinkt und wird nicht vor dem Jahr 2000 das Niveau von 1990 erreichen. Die...

The countries of Continental Europe have started the process of reforming their natural gas markets. This book sets the context for, and considers the issues raised by, these reforms. It also analyses the key elements of effective reform, such as third party access to the gas infrastructure....