New Trends in Energy and Environment Researches with System Engineering Methods

Abstract

In this paper, the author describes the historical development of the energy related researches briefly and then introduces how this area has been affected by the social circumstances. Since the oil crisises in 1973 and 1978, energy conservation has been the key factor as well as the “deregulation” of the market. These two factors shifted the energy supply-demand structure from one-way flow to the birateral network involving multiple players. System methods such as gamie theory and multi agent systems are introduced to see how the energy market behaves. New transmission and distribution system is proposed to establish the flexible and reliable power system. When we look into the regional energy and environmental issues, the policy maker has to solve the interactions among energy technologies, waste management and utilization technologies and transportaion systems. The system engineering methods have to provide the solution in such an interdisplinary area.