This book aims to assess multidimensional aspects of energy security in the electricity sector. There are few academic literature that assess regulation and governance, availability, technology development and efficiency, environmental sustainability, and affordability dimension comprehensively....

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Historical Overview of the Electricity Sector -- 3. Electricity Production and Consumption: Boom and Bust -- 4. Economic Crisis and Its Impact on the Power Sector -- 5....

1. China, India, and the new global energy order -- 2. Economic growth and energy demand -- 3. Geopolitics of energy security -- 4. Global quest for energy resources -- 5. Case study I : the Middle East -- 6. Case study II : Africa -- 7. Case study II : Southeast Asia -- 8. Conclusions :...