Integrated Green Energy Solutions, Volume 1

12Energy Technologies and Pricing Policies: Case Study

Shanmugha S. and Milind Shrinivas Dangate*

Chemistry Division, School of Advance Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India

Abstract

In this context we explain the irrigation technologies, energy inputs and conservation policies to irrigated agricultural production. We utilized empirical and simulation modelling to understand the impact of non-linear energy pricing on groundwater use decisions in the Republican River Basin in Colorado, USA. My hope is that this context will contribute to the overall understanding of the relationship between energy and economic growth. The importance of energy-related economic concerns is not likely to diminish in the near future. During the research process I have come to the realization that this work marks the first step in a career-long journey. Rather than ending the inquiry, each question answered has led to multiple others.

Keywords: Energy inputs, irrigation technology, energy pricing, energy management, economic growth

12.1 Introduction

Inputs from common pool nature of groundwater precipitates with inefficient rates of extraction that may exceed recharge, leading to posing the growing scarcity of aquifer resources in many areas. The objective of this chapter is to understand how non-linear input price schedules potentially exacerbate common pool resource problems using groundwater extraction for irrigation as a theoretical and empirical illustration.

Groundwater ...