This book covers available approaches to improving the performance and
impact of long-term projections of the national energy sector
development. In turn, it introduces an original multi-stage approach to
narrowing down the uncertainty range of the input data and resulting
projections. Its unique contribution is that it limits the scope for
each of the projection timeframe segments step-by-step. This is done in
the course of iterative calculations, which employ dedicated methods and
other tools to elucidate and solve top-priority problems specific to
each time segment. In closing, the book provides a detailed treatment of
two essential research problems: 1) long-term forecasting for regional
energy markets, and 2) the quantitative assessment of a) the barriers
that are likely to hinder energy sector development and b)
strategic-level energy security threats.