Economic History of the European Energy Industry: Lighting up Western Europe, 19th to 21st centuries

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Alberte Martínez-López Jesús Mirás-Araujo

Economic History of the European Energy Industry

Lighting up Western Europe, 19th to 21st centuries

Alberte Martínez-López, Jesús Mirás-Araujo, Nuria Rodríguez-Martín

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English

Routledge
06 August 2024

Economics of industrial organisation; Economic history; Management & management techniques; Energy industries & utilities

Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

Global climate change and the war in Ukraine have put energy back on the agenda for Europe in a way that has not been seen since the oil crisis of the 1970s. But the economics and business of supplying energy to Europe has a long and rich history going back to the nineteenth century. This book explores changes in energy markets, strategies, firms and investments during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The primary focus is on manufactured gas—the gas that was initially produced from coal distillation until new ways of manufacturing gas emerged after the Second World War.

The expert contributors to this volume draw on their extensive research and utilise primary sources to explore a wide range of issues, including technological adaptation, market regulation, energy investments (particularly the role of foreign capital), gas consumption and supply issues. The case studies are particularly drawn from Spain, France and Italy, but the authors provide a comparative and global perspective to consider the wider context. The volume closes with an epilogue that brings the story into the present day to consider current issues affecting gas markets in the EU, including war, geostrategy and pipelines.

This book will be of interest to readers in economic history, business history, energy history, the history of public utilities and modern European history more broadly.

Edited by: Alberte Martínez-López, Jesús Mirás-Araujo, Nuria Rodríguez-Martín
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9781032550343
ISBN 10: 1032550341
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 06 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. The European energy transitions 3. The emergence of a competitor: The impact of the development of electricity on the gas sector through Le Gaz Journal in the last third of the 19th century 4. Gas and electricity in Spain, between competition and complementarity (1880-1936) 5. The rivalry between gas and electricity in France and Spain through advertising and marketing (1890-1936) 6. The withdrawal of foreign capital in Spain's gas industry in the first third of the 20th century 7. The energy market during the Depression: gas and electricity in Spain and France in the 1930s 8. The impact of World War II on gas consumption in Western Europe 9. Iberian island rather than a peninsula? Gas pipelines between France and Spain since c. 1959: failures and achievements 10. Gas supply to France and Italy in the second half of the twentieth century 11. The Redevelopment and Repurposing of Historic Gas Site 12. Epilogue - EU, war and energy: geostrategy and gas pipelines

Alberte Martínez-López is Professor of Economic History at the University of A Coruña (Spain), where he coordinates the Business History Study Group. Jesús Mirás-Araujo is Senior Lecturer of Economic History at the Department of Economics of the University of A Coruña (Spain). Nuria Rodríguez-Martín is Lecturer in Contemporary History at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain).