Dr Subhes Bhattacharyya
PhD, DEA, ME, BE
Programme Director for MSc in Energy Studies

PUBLICATIONS
(a) Papers in referred journals(from 2003 onwards)
- Changes in the GHG emission intensity in EU -15: Lessons from a decomposition analysis, Energy – the International Journal, (Accepted for publication), 2010.
- A sustainable energy future for India: Management challenges, Energy Policy, (accepted for publication), 2010.
- Modelling energy demand of developing countries: Are the specific features adequately captured? Accepted for publication in Energy Policy (with Govinda R. Timilsina)
- Analysis of oil export dependency of MENA countries: Drivers, trends and prospects, Energy Policy, 38, pp. 1098-1107, 2010 (with A. Blake)
- Fossil-fuel dependence and vulnerability of electricity generation: Case of selected European countries, Energy Policy, 37, pp. 2411-20, 2009.
- Emerging Regulatory Challenges facing the RGGVY programme, Energy Policy, 37(1), pp. 68-79, 2009 (jointly authored with Dr Leena Srivastava of TERI).
- Domestic demand for petroleum products in MENA countries, Energy Policy, 37(4), pp. 1552-60, 2009 (with Andon Blake).
- Investments to promote electricity supply in India: regulatory and governance challenges and option, J. of World Energy law and Business, 1(3), 2008.
- Expanding electricity capacity in Thailand to meet the twin challenges of supply security and environment protection, Energy Policy, 36(6), pp. 2265-78, 2008, (with Thanawat Nakawiro and Bundit Limmeechokchai).
- Electricity capacity expansion in Thailand: An analysis of gas dependence and fuel import reliance, Energy, 33(5), pp. 712-23, 2008 (with Thanawat Nakawiro and Bundit Limmeechokchai)
- Energy Sector Management Issues: An overview, International J of Energy Sector Management, 1(1), 2007, pp. 13-33.
- High gas dependence for power generation in Thailand: The vulnerability analysis, Energy Policy, 35(6), 2007, pp. 3335-46 (with Thanawat Nakawiro).
- Managing risk in a large rural electrification programme in India, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, March 2007 , 25(1), pp. 15-26. (with Dr. P. Dey).
- Sustainability of power sector reform in India: What does recent experience suggest, Special Issue of Journal of Cleaner Production, 15(2), pp. 235-246, 2007.
- Power sector reform in South Asia: Why slow and limited so far? Energy Policy, 35(1), pp. 317-332, 2007.
- Energy Access problem of the poor in India: Is rural electrification a remedy? Energy Policy, 34(18), pp. 3387-97, 2006.
- Universal electrification: will the new electrification programme succeed in India? OPEC Review, 30(2), pp. 105-123, June 2006.
- Energy access to the poor: Indian situation and need for alternative strategies, Natural Resources Forum, 30(1), pp. 2-14, 2006 (with VS. Ailawadi).
- Renewable energies and the poor: Niche or Nexus, Energy Policy, 2006, 34(6), pp. 659-663.
- Rural electricity tariffs: Case of India, International Journal of Regulation and Governance, December 2005, 5(2), pp. 93-122.
- Changes in energy demand in Thai industry between 1981 and 2000, Energy, 30 (2005), pp. 1845-57 (with Arjaree Ussanarassamee).
- The Electricity Act 2003: Will it transform the Indian power sector? Utilities Policy, September 2005, 13(3), pp. 260-272.
- Changes in energy intensities in Thai industry between 1981 and 2000: A decomposition analysis, Energy Policy, 33(8), pp. 995-1002, 2005 (with Arjaree Ussanarassamee).
- The cogeneration potential of paper and pulp industry in Vietnam, International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 29 (4), pp. 345-358, 2005 (with Mrs N. Thuy Hien).
- Decomposition of Energy and CO2 intensities of Thai industry between 1981 and 2000, Energy Economics, 26 (5), 2004, pp. 765-781, with Arjaree Ussanarassamee.
- Decomposition of CO2 intensities from energy use: Case of Thai Industry between 1981 and 2000, International J. of Global Environmental Issues, 4(1/2/3), pp. 177-194, 2004 (with Arjaree Ussanarassamee).
- Economic buy-back rates for electricity from cogeneration: case of sugar industry in Vietnam, Energy, 29(7), pp. 1039-51, 2004 (with Mr. D. N. Q. Thang).
- The cogeneration potential of the sugar industry in Vietnam, The Opec Review, March 2004, 28(1): 63-80. (with D N Q Thang).
- Short term electric load forecasting using an artificial neural network: Case of Northern Vietnam, International Journal of Energy Research 28(5), pp. 463-472, 2004 with Mr. Le Tien Thanh).
- 'Selection of Power market structure using the Analytical Hierarchy Process’, International Journal of Global Energy Issues, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 36-57, 2003 (jointly with Dr. P. K. Dey).
- ‘Electric Load forecasting for Northern Vietnam using an artificial neural network’, The Opec Review, 27(2), pp. 159-170, 2003, (with Mr. Le Tien Thanh).
(b) Other papers/ commentaries
- The White paper on Energy: Will it meet the United Kingdom’s energy challenge, CEPMLP Internet Journal and to appear in IJESM, 2007.
- Power Sector reform in South Asia: An institutional economics perspective, OGEL Vol. 3, Issue 4, 2004.
- Renewable energies and the poor: Niche or nexus, OGEL, 2(2), 2004.
- Review of the Electricity Act 2003 of India, OGEL, 1(5), 2003.
(c) Papers presented in seminars
- Policy Responses for the future of energy: Global overview and perspectives, Energy Futures Conference, IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland, November 5-6, 2005. (available as chapter 16 in Energy Futures edited by Rald Boschek, MacMilland Palgrave, UK, 2006).
- Rural Electricity Tariffs: Case of India, paper presented at the Silver Jubilee Symposium of the Institute of Rural Management, Anand, India in December 2004.
- Consumption of domestic fuels in rural farm households of Tamil Nadu (with K. R. Sanmugam) in 21st National Solar Energy Convention, December 22-24, 1997, Anna University, Chennai, India.
- La fiscalité énergétiques et le développement durable: quelques réflexions (with Julien Baddour), in International Colloque on "Economie des régions Méditerranéénnes et Développement Durabl", 19-20 June, 1997, Arles, Aix-en-Provence, France.
- 'Estimation of energy subsidies and the policy implication of their removal: A case study of India', 17th Annual Conference of the IAEE, Washington, D.C, 1995.
(d) Books
- Energy Economics: Concepts, Issues, Markets and Governance, Springer-Verlag, 2011 - read an extract
(e) Book chapters
- Policy responses for the future of energy: global overview and perspectives, in Energy Futures, by Ralf Boscheck (ed.), Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, UK, 2007.
- Rural Electricity Tariff, in Governance of rural Electricity in India by H. Panda (Ed.), Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2007.
(f) Reports
- Cost of Capital for Privatised Distribution Companies: A Working Paper on a calculation for India, with Sarah Voll and Andrej Juris, NERA, 1998.
- Natural Gas in India: Market prospects and investment opportunities, Report published by Financial Times, Singapore 1999.
- 'Impact of energy price subsidies on the economies of developing countries and on the emission of greenhouse gases: An application to the Indian case', Report prepared for the GDR 'OIKIA', 1995, (in French).
- Contribution to the synthesis report on Sectoral Energy Demand Studies in Asia, Proceedings of a Regional Workshop, ESCAP, Bangkok, March 23-27, 1992.
(g) Book Reviews
- Climate Change and Emissions Trading: What every business needs to know, CAEG, London, in IJESM, 1(3), pp. 295-97, 2007.
- China and the Global Energy Crisis: Development and Prospects for China’s Oil and Natural Gas, Tatsu Kambara and Christopher Howe, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, in IJESM, 192), 2007, pp. 203-206.
- Liquefied Natural Gas: the law and business of LNG, Paul Griffin, Globe Business Publishing, London, in IJESM, 1(2), pp. 206-210, 2007.
- Regulating Utilities and promoting competition: Lessons for the future, Colin Robinson (Ed.), Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK in IJESM, 1(1), 2007.
- Economics of hydroelectric power – new horizons in environmental economics by Brian K. Edwards, Edward Elgar, UK, review published in the Natural Resources Forum, 28(3), 2004, pp. 243-244.
- Hubbert’s peak – the impending world oil shortage, Kenneth S Deffeyes, Princeton University Press, Natural Resources Forum, 26(4), 2002, pp. 326-327.
- Climate Change and Power: Economic Instruments for European Electricity, Christiaan Vrolijk, (Ed.), The Journal of Energy and Development, Autumn 2004, pp. 150-155.
- New Horizons in Natural Gas Deregulation, Jerry Ellig and Joseph Kalt (Eds.), Praeger, Westport, in Natural Resources Forum, 21(3), pp. 221-22, 1997.